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A shape straight from Santa’s workshop can transform an easy-to-make cake into the theme for your next holiday gathering. What a simple joy!

Holiday Candy Cane Cake

1 (18.25-ounce) package Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow cake mix
1 cup milk
1 (3-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon peppermint extract
2 tubs Betty Crocker® Whipped fluffy white frosting
2 to 3 rolls (from 4.5-ounce box) Betty Crocker® Fruit by the Foot® strawberry fruit snack

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Generously grease 12-cup bundt cake pan with shortening; lightly flour.
2. Beat cake mix, milk, cream cheese, vanilla and eggs in large bowl with electric mixer on low speed 1 minute, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Pour into pan.
3. Bake 38 to 43 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes;then loosen sides with rubber spatula or knife turn upside down onto wire rack and remove pan. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
4. To assemble, cut cake in half crosswise. Place half of cake on serving plate to form hook of candy cane. Cut remaining half into 5 equal pieces (about 2-inches wide).
5. Stir half of the peppermint extract into each tub of frosting. Attach cut pieces to hook of candy cane with frosting, alternating pieces to form the straight part of the cane. Frost cake.
6. To decorate, arrange strips of fruit snack rolls on cake to look like stripes on a candy cane.
7. Store cake loosely covered at room temperature.

Makes 20 servings.

Special Touch:
A few drops of red or green food color added to the frosting will give your next candy cane cake a whole new look!

Nutritional Information: 1 Serving, Calories 300 (Calories from Fat 110); Total Fat 12g (Saturated Fat 4g; Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 35mg; Sodium 230mg; Total Carbohydrate 44g (Dietary Fiber 0g; Sugars 33g); Protein 3g% Daily Value: Vitamin A 2%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 6%; Iron 4%, Exchanges: 1 Starch; 2 Fruit; 2 Fat, Carbohydrate Choices: 3

Recipe and photograph provided courtesy of General Mills, Inc.