ROD RECIPES 2/28/2007 Blue Jeans Day Groovy Jeans Cake
Jeans was a blue twilled cotton cloth milled in Geneo, Italy. The French
weavers called the town "Genes" - and that's how we got the word "jeans". Blue
jeans were invented by Levi Strauss during the Gold Rush of the 1850s. Selling
canvas to the miners, he started stitching it into pants. In the 1860s, he
replaced the canvas with denim. Worn as work pants for years, they became
fashionable in 1935 when a model wore then in Vogue magazine.
Groovy Jeans Cake
Celebrate in style with a cake that's a snap to cut, assemble and
decorate.
1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® cake mix (any flavor)
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
Tray or cardboard, 15 x 12 inches, covered
2 1/2 cups Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting (from two 1-lb
containers)
Blue paste food color
1 roll Betty Crocker® Fruit by the Foot® Berry Tie-Dye® chewy fruit snack
(from 4.5-oz box)
Assorted decorations (licorice pieces, candy decors, yellow shot,
candy-coated almonds)
1. Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Grease bottom and
sides of 13x9-inch pan and lightly flour, or spray with baking spray with
flour. Make cake as directed on box, using water, oil and eggs. Pour into pan.
Bake as directed on box. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool
completely, about 1 hour.
2. Use toothpicks to mark sections of cake to be cut (see diagram).
Use serrated knife to cut cake into sections.
3. On tray, place largest piece. Place 1 1/2-inch strip of cake along top
edge of jeans; cut off excess. Place triangles along outer edges of legs.
Cover; freeze 1 hour or until firm.
4. Tint frosting with blue food color. Remove cake from freezer; frost
sides and top of cake. Use fork or decorating comb to create fabric texture.
5. To decorate cake, cut fruit snack into 8-inch length and 6-inch
length. Place fruit snack on top edge of cake, overlapping in center, for belt.
Decorate as desired with candies. Store loosely covered at room temperature.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Follow High Altitude directions on box for
13x9-inch pan.
Nutrition Information:
1 Serving: Calories 500 (Calories from Fat 200); Total Fat 23g (Saturated
Fat 6g, Trans Fat 5g); Cholesterol 55mg; Sodium 430mg; Total Carbohydrate 72g
(Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 53g); Protein 3g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%;
Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 6%; Iron 4% Exchanges: 1/2 Starch; 4 1/2 Other
Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 4 1/2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 5
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Success
If the center of your cake is a lot higher than the sides, carefully
level it off with a serrated knife so it's all the same height.
Purchasing
Specialty candy stores may sell button-shaped candies for decorating this
cake.
Cutting and Assembling Cake
1. Cut cake into pieces.
2. Arrange pieces on tray to form jeans.
Marla
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