Fire Cracker Red, And Blue Cake (betty Crocker)

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) cake mix (the recipe called for betty crocker super moist cake mix)
• 1 1/4 cups warm water
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 3 egg whites
• red food coloring
• blue food coloring
• 1 (12 ounce) container frosting (the recipe called for betty crocker whipped frosting)
• red food coloring
• blue food coloring

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 325.
• 2 generously grease a 12 cup fluted tube cake pan.
• 3 combine cake mix, water, vegetable oil and egg whites according to cake mix package directions.
• 4 pour 1 cup of batter into a separate bowl. gradually add red food color a few drops at a time and mix thoroughly until it is a nice, red color.
• 5 pour 1 cup of batter into a separate bowl. gradually add blue food color a few drops at a time and mix thoroughly until it is a nice, blue color.
• 6 pour red cake batter into bottom of pan.
• 7 carefully pour remaining batter over red batter in pan.
• 8 carefully pour blue batter over batter. (blue batter does not need to cover batter completely; it looks better if it just forms a ring in the center of the batter.).
• 9 bake as directed on box or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
• 10 remove from oven and cool cake for 5 minutes.
• 11 meanwhile, place cooling rack over cookie sheet. turn pan upside down so cake winds up on the cooling rack.
• 12 cool cake completely, about 30 minutes.
• 13 when cake is cool, divide frosting evenly into 3 microwavable bowls.
• 14 microwave 1 bowl of frosting uncovered on high a few seconds until smooth enough to drizzle over cake.
• 15 with spoon, drizzle all of frosting back and forth around cake in a striping pattern.
• 16 repeat microwaving second bowl of frosting until smooth. stir in a few drops blue food color until well blended.
• 17 drizzle over cake, scattering frosting back and forth.
• 18 repeat with remaining bowl of frosting and red food color, making sure red, and blue frostings can be seen on cake.
• 19 let cake stand at room temperature until frosting is set before serving.