Recipe: Rubber Ducky Cake

Rubber Ducky Cake and how too put together.

Prep Time: 1 hour (Ready in 2 hours 40 minutes)

CAKE

1 (18.25-oz.) pkg. Pillsbury Moist Supreme Yellow Cake Mix
1 1/4 cups water
1/3 cup oil
2 eggs

FROSTING

1 (16-oz.) can Pillsbury Creamy Supreme Vanilla Frosting
Yellow gel or paste food color
Red gel or paste food color
Bue gel or paste food color

EQUIPMENT AND DECORATIONS

Toothpicks
1 (6-inch) bamboo skewer
2 blue candy-coated chocolate pieces
Black decorating icing
2 wedge-shaped grapefruit jelly candies or large yellow gumdrops

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 1 1/2-quart ovenproof bowl, two 10-oz. custard cups and one 6-oz. custard cup.

In large bowl, combine all cake ingredients; beat at low speed until moistened. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed. Pour 1/2 cup batter into each greased and floured 10-oz. custard cup and 1/3 cup batter into 6-oz. cup; pour remaining batter into greased and floured bowl. Place bowl in oven first, then custard cups.

2. Bake at 350 degrees F. Bake cakes in custard cups for 20 to 25 minutes; bake cake in bowl for 50 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool in cups and bowl for 15 minutes. Remove cakes from cups and bowl; place on wire rack. Cool 30 minutes or until completely cooled.

3. Reserve 1/2 cup white frosting for water; reserve about 1 teaspoon white frosting for eyes. Place remaining frosting in medium bowl. Add yellow food color; blend well. Reserve 3 tablespoons yellow frosting for beak.

4. Trim tops of all cup cakes so that top is flat. Cut about 1 inch off flat side of bowl cake; reserve for later use. Place bowl cake, flat side down, on platter or foil-covered cardboard for body of duck. Cut 6-oz. cup cake in half crosswise to form 2 wing pieces. With toothpicks, attach wing pieces to side of rounded cake.

5. Spread small amount of yellow frosting on flat side of one 10-oz. cup cake; place second cup cake, flat side against frosting, to form head.

With bamboo skewer, attach "head" to "body." From reserved 1-inch-thick piece, cut two 1-inch triangles for tail piece. Place small amount of yellow frosting on 1 triangle. Place triangles together; attach to "body."

6. Frost cake with yellow frosting. Spread 1/2 teaspoon white frosting on each side of head for eye; place blue candy in center. Outline "eye" with black decorating icing.

7. Add red food color to reserved 3 tablespoons yellow frosting; blend well to make orange frosting. To make beak, use wedge-shaped jelly candies. Or, flatten large gumdrops and cut into two 1 1/2-inch triangles; insert toothpick into
short side of each triangle. Frost candies or triangles with orange frosting.
Position on cake for beak.

8. Add blue food color to reserved 1/2 cup white frosting; blend well. Frost platter around "duck" with blue frosting to resemble water.

12 servings