Watermelon Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package cake mix
• 1 (3 ounce) package watermelon gelatin
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 1/2 cups prepared vanilla frosting or 2 1/2 cups cream cheese frosting, divided
• red food coloring
• green food coloring (gel)
• chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 combine cake mix, gelatin, eggs, water and oil.
• 2 beat on low speed just until moistened.
• 3 beat on high for 2 minutes or until well blended.
• 4 pour into two greased and floured 9 inch round pans.
• 5 bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• 6 cool for 10 minutes;remove from pans and cool completely.
• 7 set aside 2 tablespoons frosting for decorating.
• 8 place 1 1/4 cup frosting in a bowl; tint red.
• 9 tint remaining frosting green.
• 10 place one cake layer on a serving plate; spread with 1/2 cup red frosting to within 1/4 inch of edges.
• 11 top with second cake.
• 12 frost top with remaining red frosting to within 3/4 inch of edges.
• 13 frost sides and top edge with green frosting.
• 14 place reserved frosting in a frosting bag or plastic bag with corner cut out.
• 15 pipe around top edge of cake where green and red frosting meets.
• 16 for seeds, insert chocolate chips upside down into cake top.