Watermelon Cake
Ready In: 35 mins
Serves: 12-16
Ingredients
- 18 1⁄4 ounces white cake mix
- 3 egg whites (or as called for by your cake mix)
- 1⁄3 cup oil (or as called for by your cake mix)
- 1 1⁄3 cups water (or as called for by your cake mix)
- green food coloring
- red food coloring
- 16 ounces cream cheese frosting
- 1⁄2 cup strawberry jam
- 1⁄2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350*.
- Grease and flour two 9" round cake pans.
- Cut two aluminum foil pieces 24" long.
- Fold and refold each strip until each strip is 2" wide. Mold strips around 7" round bowl to shape. Tape ends together to form 7" circles.
- Prepare cake following package directions for original recipe.
- Measure 1 1/2 cups batter into bowl. Add 12 drops green food coloring.
- Add 15 drops red food coloring to remaining batter.
- Stir until thoroughly blended.
- Place foil circles in center of pans.
- Pour half the green batter outside each foil circle.
- Pull out foil rings.
- Bake and cool cake following package directions.
- Tint 1/2 cup cream cheese frosting to desired pink color.
- Tint remaining frosting to green color.
- To assemble, place one cake layer on serving plate. Spread strawberry jam on pink layer of cake layer.
- Spread green frosting on green part of cake layer.
- Spread green frosting on green part of cake layer.
- Top with second cake layer.
- Frost sides and green area on top layer with green frosting.
- Spread pink frosting on center of cake top; sprinkle with miniature chocolate chips.
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