I used two boxes of cake mix and two cans of frosting from the store. The food coloring is Wilton’s. I used chocolate cake for the dark brown and black and used vanilla for the dark green, light green and tan. I poured batter from each color into the cake pan (9″ x 13″) to get the camo pattern in the cake itself. The leftover batter was made into cupcakes.
I frosted the cake the next day so I knew the cake was completely cooled. First I dropped frosting by spoonfuls onto the top of the cake, then covered the cake with wax paper and used a roller to roll the dabs into a camo pattern. When I lifted the wax paper it brought the frosting off but left enough to use as an outline so I colored it in with a spoon. The uneven ‘ground’ wound up looking better when it came time to put the toy soldiers on top. For transport I put the cake on its board onto the lid of a Sterilite plastic storage container and then put the bottom over it – very handy!
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