Recipe: Father's Day Golf Bag Cake

Father's Day Golf Cake
Serve this cake to golf-loving Dad and make his Father's Day the best!

For the Cake
1 package (18 1/4 ounces) yellow cake mix

For the Decorations
3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 can (16 ounces) plus 1 cup prepared vanilla frosting
blue, green and yellow food coloring
1 can (16 ounces) prepared chocolate frosting

Special Aids:
large resealable plastic bag
ruler
large flat serving platter or a 19 x 10-inch piece of cardboard covered with aluminum foil
pastry bags fitted with small plain tips

Preparation Time: 1 hour plus cooling and chilling
Baking Time: 45 minutes
Serves 12

Making the Cake:
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease and flour a 13 x 9-inch pan. Prepare cake mix and bake as package directs. Transfer pan to wire rack; cool for 10 minutes. Turn cake onto rack; cool completely.

Decorating the Cake:
Place chocolate chips in plastic bag; microwave on MEDIUM until melted, about 2 minutes. Snip off 1 corner of the bag. Pipe 4 golf clubs onto waxed paper; chill until set, about 5 minutes.

Cut a 2-inch strip of cake lengthwise. Cut the strip crosswise into one 3-inch piece and two 4 1/2-inch pieces. Transfer large portion of cake to a serving platter. Add blue and green food coloring to the can of vanilla frosting to make blue-green. Place one 4 1/2-inch piece on each side of the golf bag at the bottom edge. Cover golf bag with tinted frosting. Place the 3-inch cake piece on top of the cake for a pocket; frost with chocolate frosting. Transfer 1/4 cup vanilla frosting to a small bowl; add yellow food coloring until desired color is reached. Spoon yellow frosting and remaining chocolate and vanilla frostings into separate pastry bags fitted with plain tips; pipe score card, trim and stitching on cake. Gently press chocolate golf clubs into the top of the cake, overlapping slightly. Pipe lines of white frosting on club heads.