Delicious Drummer Boy Chocolate Cake
PREP: 10 min. plus baking and cooling
MAKES: 18 servings
What you need
- 1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping (frozen), divided
- 1 pkg. (2-layer size) chocolate cake mix or your favorite cake recipe
- 1 pkg. (3.9 oz.) Instant Chocolate Pudding
- 1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp. powdered sugar, divided
- 1/2 tsp. milk
- 11 NILLA Wafers
- 4 squares Semi-Sweet Chocolate, chopped
- 1 pkg. (8 oz Cream Cheese, softened
- 1 jar (10 oz.) cherries, well drained, chopped
- 1 strip peelable red licorice
- 2 Marshmallows
- 2 pretzel rods
Make it!
- REFRIGERATE 1/3 of the COOL WHIP. Return remaining COOL WHIP to freezer.
- Prepare cake batter, blend in dry pudding mix. Bake as directed on package for 2 (9-inch) round layers.
- Cool cakes in pans 10 min.; invert onto wire racks. Cool completely.
- MEANWHILE, mix 2 Tbsp. powdered sugar and milk. Brush onto wafers.
- Microwave frozen COOL WHIP and chopped chocolate on HIGH 1-1/2 min, or until chocolate is melted, stirring after 1 min. Cool 15 min to thicken.
- BEAT cream cheese and remaining sugar with whisk until well blended. Stir in cherries and thawed COOL WHIP.
- Stack cake layers on plate, filling with cream cheese mixture. Frost with chocolate mixture. Decorate with wafers and remaining ingredients to resemble drum and sticks. Refrigerate leftovers.
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