Mummy Moose Cake

Who's that handsome costumed fellow? It's Mummy Moose A. Moose! Whip up this clever cake to celebrate Halloween with your child's favorite antlered friend.

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Ingredients

• 1 box (18.25 ounces) yellow cake mix
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 4 large eggs
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup white chocolate chips
• 2 cans (16 ounces each) vanilla frosting
• Yellow food coloring
• 1/4 cup chocolate frosting
• 2 Jr. mints

Supplies

• Moose Cake Template

Directions

1. Step 1

   Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 9 by 13 inch cake pan. Combine the cake mix, buttermilk, eggs and oil in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds to combine. Increase speed to medium high and beat 2 minutes longer. Pour batter into the prepared cake pan. Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean; 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.

2. Step 2

   Take the Moose Cake template, place the antler template onto a sheet pan, and cover with a sheet of wax paper. Place the white chocolate chips into a small bowl and microwave until smooth, about 1 minute. Spoon the melted chocolate into a 1 quart freezer weight resealable bag. Snip a very small corner, about 1/8 inch, from the bag with the chocolate. Pipe outline of antlers and fill with with more chocolate. Tap sheet pan to make tops smooth. Place pan in refrigerator until set, about 5 minutes.

3. Step 3

   Tint 1 cup of the vanilla frosting yellow with the food coloring. Reserve 2 cups of the remaining vanilla frosting to pipe the bandages.

4. Step 4

   Place the Moose body template on top of the cake and cut out Moose's shape with a small paring knife. Cut two 1 by 2 inch rectangles of cake from the scraps. Transfer cake to a serving platter. Arrange the 2 cake pieces where the antlers will be. Frost sides of cake with vanilla frosting. Spread some areas of the cake with the yellow frosting; eyes, hands, mouth. Spoon some of the reserved 2 cups frosting into a pastry bag fitted with a ribbon tip. Pipe lines of frosting to look like bandages all over the cake. Frost 1 1/2 inch rounds for vanilla frosting as the eyes. Add the chocolate candies for the pupils. Pipe a chocolate mouth. Arrange the white chocolate antlers resting on the cake pieces. Pipe with more vanilla frosting bandages.

Nurtition Facts

• Calories: 518
• Total Fat: 22g
• Saturated Fat: 12g
• Trans Fat: 0g
• Cholesterol: 59mg
• Sodium: 263mg
• Total Carbs: 77g
• Fiber: 0g
• Sugar: 70g
• Protein: 4g