Spiderweb Applesauce Cake
- 2
- cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
- 1
- cup granulated sugar
- 1
- cup packed brown sugar
- 2
- teaspoons baking powder
- 1
- teaspoon baking soda
- 1
- teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1
- cup vegetable oil
- 1
- cup applesauce
- 1
- teaspoon vanilla
- 4
- eggs
- 1
- container (1 lb) Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy dulce de leche or cream cheese frosting
- 1/4
- cup Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting (from 1-lb container)
- 24
- brown candy-coated peanut butter candies (from 12.7-oz bag of multicolored candies)
- 24
- brown miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits (from 12-oz bag of multicolored baking bits)
- 2
- tablespoons Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting (from 1-lb container)
Directions
- 1Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and sides of 15x10x1-inch pan with shortening or cooking spray.
- 2In large bowl, mix flour, sugars, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon. Add oil, applesauce, vanilla and eggs; beat with electric mixer on low speed until smooth. Spread in pan.
- 3Bake 28 to 32 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and surface is deep golden brown. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
- 4Frost with dulce de leche frosting. Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows, but leave in pan.
- 5To decorate, spoon vanilla frosting into resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag and cut off 1 tiny corner. Pipe vanilla frosting in a spiral in corner where 4 squares meet (see diagram). Pull a toothpick from corner of each square through lines of frosting 4 to 5 times to create spiderweb. Repeat to make 6 webs.
- 6Place 1 peanut butter candy and 1 baking bit next to spider web on each square. Spoon chocolate frosting into another resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag and cut off 1 tiny corner. Pipe chocolate frosting to make 6 legs for each spider.
- Be sure to check out Bettycrocker.com for more Halloween recipes!
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