Slumber Party Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package cake mix, prepared according to package directions (*see note)
• 3 eggs (*see note)
• 1 cup water (*see note)
• 1/3 cup oil (*see note)
• 1/8 teaspoon green food coloring, plus
• 4 drops green food coloring
• 2 (16 ounce) containers cream cheese frosting
• 5 hostess twinkies (see note)
• 5 large marshmallows, flattened to 1-1/2 " x 2-inch
• 5 vanilla wafers or 5 chocolate wafers
• assorted decorative icing or cake decorating gel
• decorative candy sprinkles

Recipe

• 1 cake:.
• 2 preheat the oven to 350°f and coat a 9" x 13" baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• 3 *note: prepare the cake mix according to the package directions; i'm required to list the ingredients needed to prepare the mix (eggs water, and oil) but yours may be different.
• 4 place 1 cup of the cake batter in a small bowl and stir in 1/8 teaspoon green food color; mix well.
• 5 pour the remaining batter into the baking pan and drop the colored batter by spoonfuls into the batter in the baking pan and swirl with a knife to create a marbled effect.
• 6 bake according to package directions; cool completely then invert onto a serving platter.
• 7 frosting:.
• 8 in a medium bowl, combine one container of frosting with the remaining 4 drops green food color; mix well.
• 9 lightly frost the entire cake with green frosting then heavily frost the top one-third of the cake lengthwise with the remaining green frosting.
• 10 assembly:.
• 11 cut the twinkies in half lengthwise and place the top halves on the lightly frosted cake section, slightly overlapping the heavily frosted section.
• 12 frost the twinkies and the bottom two-thirds and sides of the cake with the remaining container of cream cheese frosting to look like a blanket that covers the twinkies (the "bodies").
• 13 place a flattened marshmallow to look like a pillow above each twinkie on the green frosted part of the cake.
• 14 decorate the wafers with decorative icing to make hair, eyes, and mouths; attach the decorated wafers to the marshmallow pillows with leftover frosting.
• 15 using the decorative icing, make a ruffle around the edges of the blanket; sprinkle the blanket with decorative sprinkles; serve.
• 16 (if making ahead of time, place toothpicks in the corners and lightly cover with plastic wrap until ready to serve.).
• 17 note: use more or fewer twinkies on your cake, depending on how many "slumbering guests" will be attending your slumber party!