Name: Alphabet cake
Prep time: 60 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: Equipment; 30 centimetre round cake board; Cake; 2 x 600g packets round caramel mud cakes; 453 gram tub vanilla frosting; Decorations; red, blue, green and yellow writing icing; 6 x 21g packets letter jumbles biscuits (mini milk arrowroot biscuits); 33 m&m’s (red, blue, green and yellow); 15 mini m&m’s (red, blue, green and yellow); red, blue, green and yellow candles

Ingredients

Equipment

30 centimetre round cake board

Cake

2 x 600g packets round caramel mud cakes

453 gram tub vanilla frosting

Decorations

red, blue, green and yellow writing icing

6 x 21g packets letter jumbles biscuits (mini milk arrowroot biscuits)

33 m&m’s (red, blue, green and yellow)

15 mini m&m’s (red, blue, green and yellow)

red, blue, green and yellow candles

Method

1.Remove icing from cakes; level cakes. Secure one cake, cut-side down, on cake board with a little frosting. Spread cake with ¼ cup of the frosting; top with remaining cake. Spread top and side of cake with frosting.

2.Using picture as a guide, use writing icings to decorate letters on biscuits; position on cakes (try not to have two biscuits with the same colour or letter next to each other).

3.Using picture as a guide, position M&M’s and mini M&M’s on cake to fill gaps between biscuits. Position candles on cake.

Letter jumbles are sold in multi packs. You can use small plain round biscuits and write letters on them, if you prefer.
Note

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