Thursday, October 06, 2005

Five Star No Bake Birthday Cake Recipe!

cake | Full Page Printable Format: "Angel Cake Surprise
An easy, quick no-bake cake made with angel food cake,
fruit, flavored gelatin, and whipped topping. Prep Time:
approx. 20 Minutes. Ready in: approx. 2 Hours 20 Minutes.
Makes 1 - 9x13 pan (24 servings).
Printed from Allrecipes, Submitted by Mel
1 (10 inch tube pan) angel
food cake
1 (3 ounce) package
strawberry flavored gelatin
1 (15 ounce) can sliced peaches
3 bananas
1 (5 ounce) package instant
vanilla pudding mix
1 (8 ounce) container frozen
whipped topping, thawed
1 (20 ounce) can crushed
pineapple, drained

Directions
1 Break angel food or pound cake into bite size pieces.
Put into a 9x13 inch pan (preferably glass).
2 Dissolve 1 package of flavored gelatin in 1 cup of
water and pour over cake pieces, spreading to the edges of
pan. Drain the peaches and pour the juice over the gelatin
in the pan. Slice bananas on top of gelatin. Arrange
peach slices on top of banana slices. If desired, add
crushed pineapple.
3 Prepare instant pudding according to instructions on
box and spread evenly over fruit.
4 Spread whipped topping on top of the pudding. Try to
keep the layers separate.
5 Refrigerate at least 2 hours"


Can't bake because your oven died just when you have a birthday party to host? Not a problem. Look at this delicious creation! Slurp!

Kid's Choo-Choo Train Birthday Cake Decorations


"This is an oh so easy Train cake to decorate...



6 Choo Choo Train Edible Hard Sugar Decorations (see note below)
4 Traffic Signs Edible Hard Sugar Decorations
1 Happy Birthday Plaque Edible Hard Sugar Decoration
1 pkg. Chocolate Pebbles & Rocks
1 Brown Writing-Decorating Gel Tube
1 Black Writing-Decorating Gel Tube

PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT
Choo Choo Train Sugars:
The Train Sugars are shaped and colored on one side ONLY. The back of the sugars are FLAT. The Train sugars in the cake photo have been placed standing up but the backs are flat and white. A cute and impressive way to use these Train sugars!"


I was never a little boy, or the mother of a little boy, but this cake kit appeals to me somehow. If you have a train-loving tyke, can't you just imagine him making train noises as he plays with his new birthday train and anticipates eating his train cake?