Snowman Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 2 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 32 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cake mix, whatever flavor you like
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 3 egg whites
• 2 candy canes, unwrapped
• 2 flat bottom ice cream cones
• vanilla candy coating, melted (almoond bark)
• 1 container vanilla frosting
• 1 (7 ounce) package flaked coconut or 1 (7 ounce) package shredded coconut
• 5 large black gumdrops
• 1 large orange gumdrop
• 7 small black gumdrops
• 1 package fruit by the foot fruit leather (any red flavor)
• 2 cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies
• black shoestring licorice
• 2 pretzel sticks

Recipe

• 1 bake cake mix as directed on package, using water, oil and egg whites, in two 8- or 9-inch round pans.
• 2 cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire rack.
• 3 cool completely, about 1 hour.
• 4 cover 18x10-inch tray or cardboard with aluminum foil.
• 5 attach candy cane to each cone using melted candy coating to make ice skates; let stand until set.
• 6 arrange cake rounds with sides touching on tray.
• 7 frost with frosting.
• 8 sprinkle with coconut, pressing gently so it stays on frosting.
• 9 use large black gumdrops for eyes and buttons, large orange gumdrop for nose, small black gumdrops for mouth and fruit snack roll for scarf.
• 10 place cookie on each side of head for earmuffs; attach with shoestring licorice.
• 11 arrange pretzel rods for arms and cones for ice skates.