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Candy Bucket Cake (Food Network Kitchens) Recipe

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Candy Bucket Cake (Food Network Kitchens)
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Ingredients
12
Count
Nutrition
238
Calories
Total time
180
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • cooking spray
  • 2 18 .25- oz boxes spice cake mix
  • 8 large eggs
  • 2 cups buttermilk
  • 2/3 cup vegetable oil
  • orange gel food coloring, for tinting
  • cornstarch , for dusting
  • 12 oz orange rolled fondant (available at craft stores)
  • 2 long black licorice strings

Directions:

  1. Spray one 8-inch-round cake pan and two 6-cup Bundt pans with cooking spray. Beat the cake mixes, eggs, buttermilk and oil with a mixer; divide among the pans. Bake until a toothpick comes out clean, about 25 minutes for the round cake and 30 to 35 minutes for the Bundts; let cool.
  2. Tint the vanilla frosting with orange food coloring. Trim the flat sides of the Bundt cakes and the top of the round cake to make level. Turn 1 Bundt cake upside down; spread with frosting. Top with the round cake, more frosting and the other Bundt cake, then frost the whole cake and chill 30 minutes.
  3. Lightly dust a sheet of wax paper with cornstarch. Roll out the fondant on the paper into a 21-by-8-inch rectangle, about 1/8 inch thick. Cut into 12 strips, 8 inches long and 1 3/4 inches wide, tapering the ends as shown.
  4. Attach the fondant strips to the cake, lightly pressing and smoothing them from the base of the cake upward. Refrigerate the cake 30 minutes.
  5. Draw jack-o'-lantern eyes, a nose and a mouth on paper and cut them out; attach to the cake with toothpicks. Score around the cutouts with a paring knife, then remove the toothpicks and paper.
  6. Trace the scored lines with the knife, cutting through the fondant and slightly into the cake. Pry out the pieces with the tip of the knife.
  7. Cut a 1-inch-deep circle out of the top of the cake. Put the dark chocolate frosting in a resealable plastic bag; snip the corner and pipe the frosting into the cutouts.
  8. Twist the 2 strings of licorice together and insert into the top of the cake to make a handle. Fill the top of the cake with snack-size candy.
  9. Photograph by Kat Teutsch
  10. /content/dam/images/food/fullset/2012/9/4/5/FNM_100112-Candy-Bucket-Cake-Recipe_s4x3.jpg How to Make a Candy Bucket Cake
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 238.3 Kcal (998 kJ)
Calories from fat 127.65 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 14.18g 22%
Cholesterol 84.38mg 28%
Sodium 183.04mg 8%
Potassium 74.4mg 2%
Total Carbs 25.06g 8%
Sugars 0.98g 4%
Dietary Fiber 0.09g 0%
Protein 4.36g 9%
Iron 0.8mg 4%
Calcium 56.8mg 6%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 288.98 Kcal (1210 kJ)
Calories from fat 154.8 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 17.2g 22%
Cholesterol 102.32mg 28%
Sodium 221.96mg 8%
Potassium 90.22mg 2%
Total Carbs 30.39g 8%
Sugars 1.19g 4%
Dietary Fiber 0.11g 0%
Protein 5.28g 9%
Iron 0.9mg 4%
Calcium 68.9mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 5.9
    Points
  • 7
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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