Name: Construction site
Prep time: 60 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 2 x 340g packets buttercake mix; Butter cream; 250 gram butter; 3 cup (480g) icing sugar; 4 tablespoon milk; yellow colouring; Decorations; 2 x 50g violet crumble bars, crushed; 300 gram packet chocolate-covered fruit and nuts; 1 road works sign; 1 toy dump truck; 2 toy construction workers; 2 toy witches' hats

Ingredients

2 x 340g packets buttercake mix

Butter cream

250 gram butter

3 cup (480g) icing sugar

4 tablespoon milk

yellow colouring

Decorations

2 x 50g violet crumble bars, crushed

300 gram packet chocolate-covered fruit and nuts

1 road works sign

1 toy dump truck

2 toy construction workers

2 toy witches' hats

Method

1.Preheat oven to 180&degC. Grease and line deep 22cm-round cake pan. Make cake according to directions on packets, pour into pan; bake about 1 hour. Stand cake in pan 5 minutes; turn onto wire rack to cool.

2.Place cake on 30cm round prepared board top-side up; using serrated knife, shape cake to make a pit and hill.

3.To make butter cream, beat butter until white as possible, gradually beat in half the sifted icing sugar then milk, then remaining icing sugar. Beat until smooth. Tint butter cream with yellow colouring; spread all over cake.

4.Sprinkle cake with Violet Crumble.

5.Place chocolate fruit and nuts around base of cake.

6.Position toys on cake.

Violet Crumbles can be substituted with Crunchie bars or any other chocolate-coated honeycomb.
Note

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