Racetrack Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 (9 inch) round baked cake
• 3 cups icing
• 1 -2 cup chocolate cookie crumb, finely crushed
• 1 -2 cup green sprinkles (tinted with green gel coloring) or 1 -2 cup green-tinted shredded coconut (tinted with green gel coloring)
• good & plenty candies
• checkered paper or ribbon
• 2 toothpicks
• tape (and new toy cars washed with soap and water)

Recipe

• 1 cut a small semicircular notch from one cake, then position the cakes as shown and cover them with the icing.
• 2 place a small bowl in the center of each cake and sprinkle cookie crumbs around it to create the track.
• 3 remove the bowls and sprinkle sprinkles onto each icing circle, then press the remaining sprinkles onto the sides of the cake for grass.
• 4 lay a good & plenty dotted line along the track and use a pastry bag to pipe a icing border around the edge of the cake.
• 5 create racing flags by taping small squares of the paper or ribbon to the toothpicks and place them on the track along with the race cars.