PIñATA POUND CAKE

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What's better than a cake piñata? Cutting into it to reveal matching candies, of course! Coordinate the cake's colors and candies to your party theme for an extra touch.

Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories Dessert

Time 4h15m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
5 eggs
1 cup milk or evaporated milk
1 1/4 cups multi-colored candies
3 containers fluffy white whipped ready-to-spread frosting
Pink, blue, yellow and green gel food color

Steps:

Heat oven to 325°F. Grease 2 (1 1/2-quart) ovenproof glass bowls (8 inches across top) with shortening; coat with flour. Place a small circle of cooking parchment paper in bottom of each bowl for easier removal of cake.
In medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. In large bowl, beat sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed 5 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Beat flour mixture into sugar mixture alternately with milk on low speed, beat just until smooth after each addition. Pour into bowls.
Bake 60 to 70 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in bowls 20 minutes; remove from bowls to cooling racks. Remove parchment paper. Cool completely, about 2 hours.
Using serrated knife, cut rounded top off cakes to make a level surface. Use 2 1/2 to 3-inch round biscuit cutter to hollow out a small hole in the center of one of the cakes (do not go all the way through the cake). For second cake, use biscuit cutter to cut a hole completely through the cake layer. Place first layer, cut side up, on cake stand. Fill cut out portion of cake with assorted multi-colored candies. Frost cut side of cake with 1/4 cup frosting and top with remaining cake to make a round cake. Fill hole to the top with remaining candies.
Thinly frost side and top of cake with 1 cup of the frosting. Divide remaining frosting among 4 small bowls, and mix frosting with pink, blue, yellow and green food colors, one color in each bowl. Place frosting in 4 separate pastry bags fitted with couplers. Rotate ruffle tip between bags as you work. Frost cake, working in horizontal circles, alternating colors every row.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 700, Carbohydrate 99 g, Cholesterol 90 mg, Fat 6, Fiber 1 g, Protein 5 g, SaturatedFat 15 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 260 mg, Sugar 41 g, TransFat 4 1/2 g