4.05.2010

Jelly Bean Cake {yum!}

This is such a fun spring recipe!  We made this yesterday for Easter dessert, but it is a fun one to do all spring long!!  
Just mix up a regular white cake mix.
Divide up the cake mix into several bowls.  Use food coloring to create the desired colors.  I just mixed up the basics:  Red, yellow, blue, purple, orange, and green.
This is where kids love to help!  My nephew was a regular artist.  Just take spoonfuls of colored cake batter and start plopping them into a cake pan, taking turns to create color patterns.  (I used a bundt pan this time, but it works just as well in a  rectangular pan too!). I remember as kids, trying to make sure that we didn't let the same colors touch.  
When you're done, it looks something like this!  Van Gogh couldn't do much better than this lovely work of art!
Bake according to the directions.  I realize I could have decorated this MUCH cuter (how about using green-colored coconut for grass??), but this was an impromptu idea.  So we just went for good ol' yellow frosting.
Then devour. It is lovely with vanilla ice cream.  Just one more...  YUM! 

11 comments:

  1. Such a fun Spring dessert and a great way to get kids involved too.

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  2. How cute is that? Very!!! I just saw your comment on my blog from NFF. I don't know how I missed it before. Sorry for taking so long to return the visit. It's very nice to meet you!

    p.s. I absolutely love your blog name!

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  3. Hello there,

    This is just so cute and yummy looking! Thanks for sharing! I'll have to try this sometime; such fun!

    Please pop by for a visit..,

    Cheers

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  4. Adorable cake! My four year old would love all the fun spring colors.

    Since you made it in a bundt pan, you could fill the middle with jelly beans and top the frosting with tinted green coconut and put colorful peep bunnies and chicks on it!

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  5. WOW! Bake-a-Holic, I needed you on Sunday. What a fabulous idea. Next year, I am definitely doing a jelly bean cake extravaganza.

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  6. How creative! I'm going to remember that one for Taylor's birthday in another few months...all the colors will drive him wild! :)

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  7. Love it! I think I'll do it in my egg shaped cake pan next year with the kids! Super cute!

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  8. It is just a REALLY good thing that it's midnight, or I would be heading to the store this INSTANT for white cake mix so I can make this!! Why, oh why didn't I find you before Easter! :) Love that cake, in case you couldn't tell, LOL

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  9. How fun is that!!! It looks super yummy too :)

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  10. Fun and easy -- and I am trying this with my 4 year old. Yummy

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