"Let's Party" Cake

Ingredients

• 6.5 oz m&m candies 
• 12 servings purple gel food coloring red yellow
• 1 container vanilla frosting white betty crocker®
• 1 box cake mix yellow or any other flavor) betty crocker® supermoist®

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven
• cake form
• muffin liners

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease and flour bottom and side of 9-inch round cake pan, or spray with baking spray with flour.
2. Place paper baking cup in each of 12 regular-size muffin cups.
3. Make cake batter as directed on box.
4. Spread half of batter in round pan; spoon remaining batter into muffin cups.
5. Bake as directed on box. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
6. In small bowl, place 1 tablespoon frosting; stir in 2 drops yellow food color. In another small bowl, place 1/4 cup frosting, 3 drops yellow food color and 1 drop red food color; stir to make orange frosting. In third small bowl, place 1/2 cup frosting; stir in 7 drops blue neon food color. To remaining frosting in container, stir in 7 drops green neon food color.
7. Trim off rounded top of cake layer; place on serving plate, cut side down. Frost top and side with green frosting. Frost 7 cupcakes with blue frosting, 4 cupcakes with orange frosting and 1 cupcake with yellow frosting.
8. Place 1 blue cupcake on center of green frosted cake.
9. Place remaining blue cupcakes, sides touching, in circle around center cupcake.
10. Place 2 rows of 2 orange cupcakes on top center of blue cupcakes.
11. Place yellow cupcake on top center. Press candies into frosting to decorate. Store loosely covered at room temperature.