Great Cake Contest

Combine cookies with cake to celebrate one of autumn's greatest events!

RECIPE INGREDIENTS:

• 1-2 cake mixes
• 1 9" x 13" sheet cake
• 1 egg cake (bake half of full egg) or small round cake
• 2-3 jars frosting
• Sugar cookie mix or prepared sugar cookie sheets
• Leaf shaped cookie cutters

1. Bake cakes according to package directions.
   
   Cut out sugar cookies in leaf shapes and bake according to package directions.

2. Color frosting:
   1/2 cup red
   1/2 cup yellow
   1/2 cup orange
   2 cups green
   2 cups light brown

3. Frost cookies to look like fall leaves. Set aside so frosting can dry a bit.
   
   Frost sheet cake with brown frosting. Place egg cake near center left edge of cake. Heavily frost egg with brown frosting; this is what will "glue" the cookies to the cake.

4. Using a decorator's tip or snipped sandwich bag, add grass to sides and top of cake.

5. Arrange cookies around egg cake to look like a pile of leaves.

6. Using decorator's tip or snipped sandwich bad, write "Jump Into Fall" next to mound of leaves.