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Polka Dot Cake

August 29, 2012 by Jaime @ Mom's Test Kitchen 11 Comments

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I don’t know why I attempt to make frosted cakes. I’m horrible at it. I am never happy with how the finished product looks. The icing is never smooth & even like you see in the recipe pictures. It irritates me. 

This cake I actually think is a really cute idea and would be great for a kid’s birthday party, especially if you were going with a simple color theme. I would also like to point out that I was able to make this cake for under $5 (not including the ingredients needed to make the actual cake – I imagine most everyone has them in their fridge already)!!

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INGREDIENTS:
1 box cake mix of choice ~ I used French Vanilla
1 can icing of choice ~ I used Cream Cheese
eggs, oil & water called for on box
3 premade pudding snack cups ~ I used Vanilla
1 package Fruit Roll-Ups in a variety of colors
round cookie or biscuit cutters in multiple sizes

LETS COOK:
1. Prepare and bake the cake according to package directions for the size of pans you are using. I used two 8 inch square pans. I thought the square cake would be more fun with the fruit roll-up circles.
2. Cool the cakes for 10 minutes before removing from the pans and allowing to cool completely on wire racks.
3. Spread the pudding between the layers of cake. I had a thick layer of pudding.
4. Apply your crumb coat to the cake and allow to set in the fridge for about 20 minutes.  A crumb coat is simply a very thin layer of icing applied to the cake as its almost cooled to seal in any crumbs so they don’t show up when you are frosting your cake.
5. Reserving about 1-2 tablespoons of frosting, spread the remaining frosting over the top and sides of the cake. Allow to set in the fridge for another 20 minutes.
6. Unroll the fruit roll-ups. Using the cookie cutters, cut out circles. I also used a decorating tip to make some smaller circles.
7. Apply a small amount of the reserved frosting onto the back of your fruit roll-up circles. Arrange the circles on the top and sides of the cake.

NOTES:
*I can’t remember where the original idea for this cake came from.  I don’t take credit for coming up with this idea

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  1. Winnie

    August 30, 2012 at 9:00 pm

    It’s super cute cake!
    I think it looks fantastic 🙂

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    • Jaime @ Mom's Test Kitchen

      August 31, 2012 at 2:48 am

      Thank you Winnie!!

      Reply
  2. Tif

    August 30, 2012 at 2:16 am

    YUM! Great job!

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    Tif
    Ramblings of a Southern Belle
    https://www.her-southern-ramblings.blogspot.com

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  3. dinoheromommy.com

    August 29, 2012 at 6:28 pm

    wow, you did a great job babe

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    • Jaime @ Mom's Test Kitchen

      August 29, 2012 at 7:04 pm

      Well thank you! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Michelle

    August 29, 2012 at 3:48 pm

    Ha ha I just did a cake post on my blog as well. I’ve been tyring to work on having better technique when it comes to decorating cakes. I found the tip on Pinterest, I don’t know if you’ve seen it, but you tape a coloring page to a piece of glass, and trace it, then it makes the frosting flat and even…check it out!
    https://sunshineandasummerbreeze.blogspot.com/2012/08/avengers-birthday-cake.html

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    • Jaime @ Mom's Test Kitchen

      August 29, 2012 at 7:04 pm

      I haven’t seen that tip! Going to head over & check it out!! Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
  5. Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes

    August 29, 2012 at 1:26 pm

    How cute! And it’s easy enough for little ones to help “decorate” 🙂 I wanted to also let you know that I nominated you for an award – well 2 actually! You can check it out on my blog, Love Bakes Good Cakes!

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    • Jaime @ Mom's Test Kitchen

      August 29, 2012 at 7:03 pm

      Awe, thank you Jamie!! I’ll head over and check it out!

      Reply
  6. Pamela

    August 29, 2012 at 12:31 pm

    Jamie this is a cute cake! love it polka dots made out of fruit roll ups! and you do an awesome job frosting 🙂

    Reply
    • Jaime @ Mom's Test Kitchen

      August 29, 2012 at 7:03 pm

      Lol, thank you Pamela!!

      Reply

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