Blue's Clues Kids Cake!

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box yellow cake mix
• 4 eggs, to prepare cake mix
• 1 cup buttermilk, to prepare cake mix
• 1 (16 ounce) can vanilla frosting, plus
• 1 cup vanilla frosting
• royal blue food coloring paste

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 grease and flour baking pan with vegetable cooking spray and flour. prepare cake mixes according to package directions, replacing the water with buttermilk, and increase eggs to 4.
• 3 pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth top. bake until golden and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean; about 32 to 35 minutes.
• 4 transfer the cakes to a wire rack to cool for ten minutes.invert and cool completely.
• 5 print the blue's cake printable templates, www.nickjr.com/food/character_food/blues_clues_recipes/blue_cake_templates.jhtml, and place the paper templates onto the cooled cakes. cut out pieces using a small knife. arrange cake pieces onto a serving platter or cardboard covered with foil.
• 6 divide 1/2 cup of frosting into two bowls.
• 7 tint one a dark blue and one a very dark royal blue.
• 8 transfer each color into a resealable bag.
• 9 spoon 1/4 cup of frosting into a resealable bag.
• 10 tint the remaining frosting a light blue.
• 11 frost the entire cake with the light blue frosting using a small spatula.
• 12 heat the taffy in the microwave for a few seconds to soften. roll out the blue taffy so that it’s 1/8 inch thick. cut out blue's spots from the taffy and place on top of the cake. reheat and reroll scraps if necessary.
• 13 for her tongue, cut pink taffy into shape and press the back of a knife down the center for the crease.
• 14 cut around blue's eyes from blue's face printable. use a toothpick to mark the eyes' shape. pipe or squeeze the frosting from the bags to fill in the eye areas, make the mouth, nose and pupils.