Stained glass cake

 

Stained Glass Cake

Ingredients:

• 1 recipe Chocolate Chip Cake

• 1 recipe White Vanilla Frosting

• Candy: 24 pink and red Jolly Ranchers, pink sanding sugar

• Cooking spray

 Preparation: 

• Make Chocolate Chip Cake according to recipe. Trim domed tops of two of the layers. 

• Place one trimmed layer on a cake stand or serving platter and top with 2/3 cup White Vanilla Frosting.

• Repeat two more times, using domed layer on top. Frost top and sides with remaining frosting.

• Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Line a baking pan with parchment paper. Line three candies end to end in the left corner of the prepared baking sheet. 

• Repeat three more times in the remaining corners. Bake until the candy has melted together and makes one long piece, 3 to 5 minutes. 

• Cool until cool enough to handle, 3 to 5 minutes; transfer to a lightly greased wire rack to cool completely. Repeat one more time.

• Gently tap cooled candy on the edge of the baking sheet to crack into shards.

• Brush the edges of the shards with water and dip into sanding sugar. Attach around sides of cake.