Tv Dinner Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9-by-13-inch disposable aluminum cake pan with baking spray.
• Prepare the devil's food cake mix according to the package instructions. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until the cake springs back when pressed in the center, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool completely.
• With a short end of the cake pan facing you, use a knife to cut a vertical line through the center that divides the cake in half. Fold a 13-inch length of aluminum foil onto itself several times so you have a roughly 3-by-13-inch piece that will fit inside the pan and into the line cut into the cake. This will serve to divide the entree from the side dishes.
• Turn the cake so that a long side is facing you. For the mashed potatoes, pipe or spread the vanilla frosting over the right side of the top half of the cake. Press together the lemon candy chews and place in the center for a pat of butter. For the peas and carrots, pile the lime green coated chocolates and mini orange candy chews over the left side of the top half of the cake.
• For the Salisbury steak, pour about 3/4 cup caramel sauce over the entire bottom half of the cake. Stack and press 3 marshmallow treats together into one block, then press in the edges and corners with your fingers to round them. Repeat with the remaining treats. Put the cocoa powder in a shallow dish and press the treats into the powder so they are completely coated. Tap off any excess and arrange these Salisbury-steak-lookalikes on top of the cake. Pour a little caramel sauce over each treat for gravy.

Steps:

• Bake cupcakes in foil liners as directed on package. Let cool completely. Melt chocolate melts in microwave. Once melted, place in a ziploc bag. Snip corner and draw "bones" with the chocolate on waxed or parchment paper. (I drew a heart and then the straight part of the bone, ending it with a point at the end so that it can be placed into cupcake more easily). Make extras in case one or two of them break. Place in refrigerator to harden.
• "Glue" the donut holes or mini muffins on top of three of the cupcakes with frosting. Set in freezer for 10 minutes or so. Remove and frost all the way over the donuts/muffins and to the edge of the foil liners. Carefully sprinkle with cornflake crumbs to resemble fried chicken breading. When chocolate is hard, place into top of donut or muffin on cupcake to resemble chicken leg. I cut a slit with a sharp knife first to help it go in easier.
• Frost the "mashed potato" cupcake placing an indentation in the frosting for the "gravy". Top with yellow starburst candy and drizzle with caramel sauce.
• Place enough frosting to cover one cupcake into a small bowl and add green food coloring until it is close to the color of the runts candies. Frost 1 cupcake. Cut each of the orange starburst candies into quarters. Place on cupcake with the green runt candies to resemble peas and carrots.
• Place enough frosting into a small bowl and add cocoa powder to make chocolate frosting. Frost 1 cupcake. Add sprinkles to resemble tv dinner dessert.
• Place the cupcakes in a disposable foil muffin pan to resemble tv dinner tray.