Spiral Candle Cake Recipe

Ingredients

1

                        box (15.25 oz) Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Vanilla Cake Mix (or your favorite flavor)

Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box

Thin sparkler candles, 6 1/2x1/8 inch

Pencils

1

                        tub (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frosting or 1 tub (12 oz) Betty Crocker™ Whipped Vanilla Frosting (or your favorite flavor)

Flat mint or rainbow candy-coating wafers, as desired

Preparation

Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Make, bake and cool cake as directed on box for two 8-inch or 9-inch rounds.

While cake is cooling, place candles in warm water until soft and pliable; wrap each candle around pencil. Cool candles about 15 seconds; remove pencils.

Place 1 cake layer, rounded side down, on serving plate. Spread with about 1/3 cup frosting. Place other layer, rounded side up, on top. Frost side and top of cake with remaining frosting. Arrange candles and wafers on cake.

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