Decorate a Campfire Cake

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     For Father's Day, my granddaughter was excited to make her dad and grandpa a cake!  She chose a Dolly Parton Style Coconut Cake Mix that I had in my cupboard and whipped that up as a 2 layer round cake.   I had seen a cake online that was decorated to look like a campfire.  Since her dad and my husband both love camping, I suggested that might me a great way to decorate the cake.  She was all in!  If you decide to make this cake, of course you can do it in any flavor you like.

Here are the items that we used to decorate: 

• Chocolate Frosting, (recipe to follow)
• Large Marshmallows
• Coconut Flakes
• Green Food Coloring
• Graham Crackers
• Pirouette Cookies
• Fruit by the Foot
• Propane Torch

    Here is the recipe for the Chocolate Frosting that we used to frost the cake.  It is delicious! 

     My Granddaughter began by spreading frosting on the first layer of the cake and then placing the second layer and frosting the entire cake with this really great frosting.  
      Next, she had the great idea to crumble graham crackers over the top of the cake to represent the ground that the campfire would be sitting on.

    By putting a few drops of food coloring into a container of coconut and then shaking it, she created grass that would poke out among the marshmallow rocks. 

     The marshmallow rocks were placed all around the base of the cake.
      On the top of the cake, Pirouette cookies were used as logs of the fire.  They were placed in a Tee Pee Fire style on the top.   Then, the fruit rollups were used to create the flames. The picture that I saw had used melted hard candies, but we didn't want to go through that, so the fruit roll-ups worked out just great.​

     Finally, the really fun part was to torch the marshmallow rocks with my propane torch!  My granddaughter and grandson both wanted a chance to get in on that action!  They were highly supervised by me of course! 

Some of the rocks got a little over torched, lol!

    The cake came out great!  My granddaughter is becoming quite the baker/decorator! I'm so proud of her.

    This cake would be great for so many gatherings this summer! A camping birthday or backyard sleepover come to mind! I wish I could credit the person who put up the original idea, but I didn't see anything but the picture! Kudos to them for this fun idea! 

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