Uncle Sam's Crispy Treat Cake Recipe

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Uncle Sam's Crispy Treat Cake
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Ingredients:

  • 8 cups miniature marshmallows
  • 1/2 cup butter, cubed
  • 2-1/2 cups shortening
  • 3 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 3 jars (7 oz each) marshmallow creme
  • red and blue paste food coloring

Directions:

  1. In a Dutch oven, combine marshmallows and cubed butter. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until melted. Remove from the heat; stir in cereal. Press 4 cups into a greased 9-in. round pan. Form remaining mixture into a 5-in. diameter x 6-1/2-in. tall cylinder; place on waxed paper to cool.
  2. For frosting, in a large bowl, beat softened butter until fluffy; beat in confectioners’ sugar and vanilla until smooth. Beat in marshmallow creme until light and fluffy.
  3. Unmold cereal mixture from 9-in. pan and place on a cake plate. Place 3 cups frosting in a small bowl; beat in red food coloring until smooth. Frost top and sides of 9-in. cake with 1 cup red frosting.
  4. Place 1 cup white frosting in a small bowl; beat in blue food coloring until smooth. Frost bottom 2-1/4 in. of the cylinder with blue frosting. Place cylinder on cake. Frost the rest of the cylinder with red frosting.
  5. Cut a small hole in the corner of pastry or plastic bag; insert #48 basketweave tip. Using white frosting, pipe stripes on sides of hat. With a #7 round tip, pipe trim.
  6. Using a 1-1/2 in. star cookie cutter, press a row of stars onto hatband. Fill in stars with white frosting using the #7 tip. Yield: 24 servings.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 410.28 Kcal (1718 kJ)
Calories from fat 227.92 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 25.32g 39%
Cholesterol 10.17mg 3%
Sodium 115.04mg 5%
Potassium 16.74mg 0%
Total Carbs 46.66g 16%
Sugars 33.88g 136%
Dietary Fiber 0.14g 1%
Protein 0.94g 2%
Vitamin C 5.5mg 9%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 6%
Iron 4.8mg 26%
Calcium 2.6mg 0%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 541.74 Kcal (2268 kJ)
Calories from fat 300.95 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 33.44g 39%
Cholesterol 13.43mg 3%
Sodium 151.9mg 5%
Potassium 22.1mg 0%
Total Carbs 61.61g 16%
Sugars 44.74g 136%
Dietary Fiber 0.18g 1%
Protein 1.23g 2%
Vitamin C 7.2mg 9%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 6%
Iron 6.3mg 26%
Calcium 3.5mg 0%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 10.3
    Points
  • 12
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol

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