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Sometimes simple vanilla or chocolate frosting is just right. But when you're looking for an easy way to jazz up a cake without a lot of fuss, we've got you covered.
Fabulous Flavored Frostings
For chocolate lovers, start with 1 tub Betty Crocker Rich & Creamy or Whipped chocolate ready-to-spread frosting and add your favorite chocolate-enhancing flavors:
ALMOND-COCONUT: 1/4 TEASPOON ALMOND EXTRACT,
1/4 CUP CHOPPED ALMONDS AND 1/4 CUP TOASTED FLAKED COCONUT
Mocha Chip: 2 teaspoons instant coffee (dry) and
1/2 cup miniature chocolate chips
Peanut Butter Fudge: 1/4 cup peanut butter
Rocky Road: 1/4 cup miniature marshmallows and 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
Turtle Fudge: 1/4 cup caramel topping and 1/4 chopped pecans
Toffee: 1/3 cup almond brickle chips or bits
For vanilla fans, start with 1 tub Betty Crocker Rich & Creamy vanilla or Fluffy white ready-to-spread frosting and add your favorite mix-ins: Confetti: 1/4 cup candy sprinkles
Maple-Nut: 1/2 teaspoon maple extract and 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Mint Chip: 1/4 teaspoon mint extract, 1/3 cup chocolate chips and 2 or 3 drops green food color
Peanut Brittle: 1/3 cup crushed peanut brittle
Peppermint Crunch: 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract and 1/3 cup crushed peppermint candy (Add a few drops of red or green food color if desired.)
Terrific Cake Toppers
Looking for some no-fail ways to add pizzazz to your cakes? Just spread on your favorite frosting, and top with: Edible flower petals,such as nasturtium, rose, pansy (pesticide free)
Grated or curled lemon, orangeor lime peel
Shaved or grated chocolate
Melted white or dark chocolate
Candy-coated chocolate candies
Chocolate-covered raisins
Espresso or jelly beans
Jelly fruit slices
Colored sugar, dots and sprinkles
Cookie crumbs
Chopped, slivered or sliced nuts
Toasted or untoasted coconut
Tinted coconut
Miniature chocolate chips
Colored miniature marshmallows
From "Betty Crocker's Ultimate Cake Mix Cookbook." Text Copyright 2005 General Mills, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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