Sweet Beehive cake recipe

Sweet Beehive

Create some buzz at your little honey’s garden-, flower-, or bug-themed party with this simple cake and its cookie swarm.


Materials:

- 8-inch round cake

- 6-inch round cake

- Half-sphere cake baked in a 2-cup ovenproof bowl

- 3 ½ cups yellow frosting

- 13 round cookies

- 1 ½ cups light-blue frosting

- 12 Twix Minis

- 12 marshmallows

- Chocolate frosting

- Large yellow gumdrop

Instructions:

1. Use a long serrated knife to trim the tops of the round cakes

flat, if needed. To get the smooth look of our cake, first stack

the three cakes on a wire rack over a cookie sheet. Heat 3 cups

of the yellow frosting in the microwave until it liquefies, about

20 seconds. Stir the frosting, then slowly pour it over the top of

the cakes, as shown, covering them completely. Refrigerate the

stack for about 30 minutes to harden the frosting.

2. Meanwhile, frost 12 of the cookies light blue and place a Twix in

the center of each. Use scissors to cut the ends from the

marshmallows and press on these ends, sticky side down, for

wings.

3. Carefully transfer the cake to a platter. To add a door, trim one

edge of the remaining cookie, as shown, cover both sides with

chocolate frosting, then press it onto the hive. Spoon the rest of

the yellow frosting into a resealable sandwich bag, snip off a

corner, and pipe markings onto the bees and hive. Top the hive

with the gumdrop and arrange the bees around it.
Serves 12.

Courtesy: Disney FamilyFun magazine. Go to familyfun.com for more great ideas.