Pink Elephant

Today Reegan tried out the elephant mold 

she got from Grandmaman and Grandpa for her 

11th birthday.

 

Reegan's 11th Birthday Cake

Reegs made her own 11th birthday cake during spring break at home this year. 

 School was cancelled for the Covid 19  Season 

and lots of at home projects were happening.  

The birthday cake was definitely "eye candy",

 super fun to make

 and a great way to celebrate.

  Official review 

"Pretty good, a little on the super sweet side but yummy"!

1st step...Make the crust.

Step 2:  Make the filling.

Step 3:  Blue Pool Cheesecake filling almost ready!

Step 4...Perfectly cooked Pie Crust ready to cool down.

Step 5...Spread cheesecake filling evenly over crust.

Ingredients:

1 package (16 oz.) Vanilla CANDIQUIK Coating
2 packages (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
 1 or 2  (3 oz.) packages Jell-O® Berry Blue gelatin 
1 container (8 oz.) whipped topping, thawed
1 pie crust 
1 white chocolate candy bar, cut into 1” squares
4 candy necklaces
Peach rings candy
Red cake writing icing
Pretzel twists
Chocolate candies

Instructions:

1. Form pie crust into a 13×9” glass baking pan, bake as directed. I used the Pillsbury pre-made pie crusts, and simply formed the dough to fit the 13×9 pan, I did have to “cut and paste” part of the dough- but it worked perfect and covered the bottom of my pan completely.
2. Melt Candiquik according to directions on package.
3. In a large bowl, mix softened cream cheese, berry flavored gelatin, and Vanilla Candiquik with an electric mixer until well blended.
4. Fold in whipped topping and mix until well blended.
5. Carefully spoon mixture into glass baking pan and smooth out with a spatula.
6. Cut the string of the candy necklaces so you have one long string of candy; tie a small piece of ribbon on the ends so the candy pieces do not fall off.  String candy necklaces evenly across the cake; you should have approximately 1.5” between each candy necklace.
7. Place white chocolate squares at the end of the cake, between the candy necklaces.
8. To create the life savers: use red cake writing icing to pipe thick lines on the peach ring candies.
9. To create swimmers: break off small pieces of pretzel twists and position on the cake as the arms and legs, place a small candy between the arms as the head.

Thanks to Candiquick for the recipe. For a link to more Olympic ideas and a printable for the flags click:

http://blog.candiquik.com/olympic-party-roundup-20-sweet-treats-for-an-olympic-party/

Happy 11th Birthday Reegan!