Ocean Cake Recipe

How to make it

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• Unwrap the MILKY WAY® Brand Miniatures, and chop all but two of them.
• Prepare the cake mix according to the package directions.
• Fold in the chopped candy, before transferring the batter to 3 8-inch cake pans.
• Bake for 30 minutes in a preheated 350-degree oven.
• Set 1/2 cup of vanilla frosting aside.
• Using blue food coloring, tint 1-1/2 cans of the remaining vanilla frosting to the desired shade of blue.
• Once the cake layers are cooled, sandwich blue frosting between the layers
• set one layer on a plate and frost its top; then set the second layer on top of the first layer and frost its top; then set the third layer on top of the second layer.
• Spread the top and sides of the cake with swirls of both blue and white frosting, to give the cake a water-like color.
• Swirl the frosting on the top of the cake with the back of a spoon, pulling each swirl so that it looks like a wave.
• Decorate the side of the cake.
• here are some suggestions:
• * Divide the remaining can of vanilla frosting into three small bowls. Tint one bowl green, one red and one yellow. Transfer each color to a reasealable plastic bag. Snip the corner of each bag.
• * Make the schools of M&M’S® fish:
• - Press a school of about 4 or 5 green M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies into the side of the cake. Pipe fins and tails with green frosting.
• - Press a school of 3 or 4 orange M&M’S® Brand Peanut Chocolate Candies, and pipe red fins and tails.
• * M&M’S® lobsters: Use a red M&M’S® Brand Peanut Chocolate Candy for the body. Then, place red M&M’S® for the tails and claws. Pipe the claw M&M’S® with red frosting to outline its detail.
• * M&M’S® seahorse: Use a yellow M&M’S® Brand Peanut Chocolate Candy for the body. Place a yellow M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candy to the top of the "body", and pipe a yellow frosting tail and snout.
• * Sea grass & coral: Pipe green frosting onto the sides of the cake for sea grass. Then, press Chinese noodles into the sides of cake for coral.
• Decorating the sea bottom:
• * Sprinkle the cake with cookie crumbs all around like sand. Scatter M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies around the cookie crumbs.
• * Make a treasure chest: Trim off the top of one MILKY WAY® Brand Miniature.
• Place a second MILKY WAY® Brand Miniature on top like the top of a chest, keeping the lid open.
• Fill the center with yellow M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies as if they were gold!