Carousel Cake

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Carousel Cake
Yield: Makes 14 to 16 servings
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Ingredients:
1
(10-inch) bundt cake

1
(10-inch) round cake board, covered, or large plate

1
container (16 ounces) white frosting

Orange food coloring

Assorted animal-shaped cookies

Decorating gel (optional)

Assorted candies and decors

Colored or striped drinking straws

Paper Carousel Roof (instructions follow)



Preparation:
1.
Place cake on prepared cake board.

2.
Tint frosting orange. Frost cake with orange frosting, allowing frosting to drip down side of cake.

3.
Outline animal-shaped cookies with decorating gel, if desired; arrange cookies on top of cake. Press candies and decors lightly into frosting.

4.
Place straws around cake to support carousel roof; carefully set roof on top of straws.


Paper Carousel Roof: To create carousel roof, cut out 7-1/2-inch circle from 8-1/2x11-inch sheet of construction paper. Cut one slit from outer edge of circle to center; tape cut edges together to form carousel roof. For a two-color carousel, cut a second 7-1/2-inch circle from construction paper in another color and fold into 8 wedges. Carefully cut out 4 wedges; glue them onto first circle of paper so colors alternate (before cuting the slit and taping the edges).



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