Name: Dump Truck Cake
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1 package chocolate cake mix (regular size) -; 5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon shortening -; 5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon butter, softened -; 2-2/3 cups confectioners' sugar -; 2 tablespoons whole milk -; 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract -; Yellow and blue liquid food coloring -; 3 Ho Ho's -; 6 chocolate-covered miniature doughnuts -; Shoestring black licorice -; 2 large white gumdrops -; 2 red M&M's -; 1 milk chocolate candy bar (1.55 ounces) -

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Ingredients for - Dump Truck Cake

1. 1 package chocolate cake mix (regular size) -

2. 5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon shortening -

3. 5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon butter, softened -

4. 2-2/3 cups confectioners' sugar -

5. 2 tablespoons whole milk -

6. 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract -

7. Yellow and blue liquid food coloring -

8. 3 Ho Ho's -

9. 6 chocolate-covered miniature doughnuts -

10. Shoestring black licorice -

11. 2 large white gumdrops -

12. 2 red M&M's -

13. 1 milk chocolate candy bar (1.55 ounces) -

How to cook deliciously - Dump Truck Cake

1. Stage

Preheat oven to 350°. Prepare cake batter according to package directions. Pour into two greased 8x4-in. loaf pans.

2. Stage

Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25-30 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

3. Stage

Using a serrated knife, level the top of each cake. Crumble removed tops; set cakes and crumbs aside.

4. Stage

For frosting, cream shortening, butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in milk and vanilla until smooth.

5. Stage

Place 1 cup frosting in a small bowl; tint yellow. Place 3/4 cup frosting in another bowl; tint blue. Leave remaining 1/4 cup frosting white. Frost the top of one cake yellow; top with the remaining cake to form truck body.

6. Stage

For truck cab, measure 2-1/2 in. from one end. Cut at an angle 1-1/2 in. deep and 1/2 in. toward the front of the truck. Remove cake wedge and save for another use.

7. Stage

For dump truck bed, leave 1-1/2 in. of cake for cab roof, then cut 1/2 in. deep at an angle. Make a horizontal cut to the back of the truck. Remove cake wedge and save for another use.

8. Stage

For wheel axles, place two Ho Ho's side by side and 1/2 in. apart near one corner of an 11x10-in. covered board. Place the remaining Ho Ho parallel to and 2 in. from the inside Ho Ho. Carefully arrange truck body over Ho Ho's. Frost the hood, doors and bottom third of the truck with yellow frosting. For wheels, attach doughnuts with plain frosting on each side of truck.

9. Stage

Spread some of the white frosting on the slanted windshield. Place the remaining white frosting in a pastry or plastic bag; cut a small hole in a corner. Pipe the windows on the doors. Frost the rest of the dump truck blue.

10. Stage

Cut thirteen 3/4-in. strips of licorice. Arrange eight strips on the front of the truck for the grille; set the remaining strips aside. For headlights, cut gumdrops in half. Place rounded half of each on outside of grille; discard the remaining cut gumdrops.

11. Stage

Cut two 3-1/2-in. strips, two 1-in. strips, six 1-3/4-in. strips, two 1-1/4-in. strips and four 2-in. strips of licorice. Using the 3-1/2-in. and 1-in. strips, outline the windshield. Place two 3/4-in. strips on windshield for wipers. For doors, position two 1-1/4-in. strips for the door tops; place the 2-in. strips for the door sides. Decorate sides and back of truck with remaining licorice.

12. Stage

Place M&M's on back of bed for rear lights. For back bumper, break candy bar into individual sections at perforations. Cut one piece in half widthwise. Place some of the chocolate, flat side out, on the truck back (save remaining chocolate for another use). Spoon reserved crumbled cake into truck bed for dirt.