Today for John's Birthday, Darrin and I decided to make him this really cool Campfire Cake! Now I actually got the idea from another craft blog. Amazing what you can do with a boxed chocolate cake, a can of frosting and some candy!
The filling on the cake is caramel too! This was the first time that I actually made caramel by boiling Sweetened Condensed Milk! I think I cooked mine a bit too long as it was REALLY thick when I was putting the cake together. The joys of having a high powered microwave - things cook a lot faster than usually called for! But it all came together in the end!
The logs are actually cappucino chocolate filled wafer cookies! (gotta love the Dollar Tree!!) and then the flames (which make the cake awesome!) are actually made from Cinnamon hard candies and Butterscotch candies, crushed and then melted in the oven. My candies were a bit thick and hard to break, but they all came apart with a little work!
Overall, this cake was not that hard to make, just a little time consuming between boiling the caramel, melting the candies and allowing ample cooling time!Now that John is done taking pictures of it, it is time to eat cake!!
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