Makes enough for two single layer cakes or 24 cupcakes
Ingredients
1box white cake mix
1box lime gelatin
3eggs
1/3cupcanola oil
1 ¼cupwater
1bag12 oz white chocolate chips
½cupbuttersoftened
4cupspowdered sugar
3-4tbspmilk
1packet watermelon flavor Kool-Aid
Green food coloringfor cake
½cupmini chocolate chips
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Grease two round cakes pans (8” or 9”) or line 24 muffins tins
Mix together the cake mix, gelatin, eggs, oil and water.
Beat together for two minutes.
Fill your cake tins and bake according to package directions.
Cool completely
Once cakes have cooled, melt the white chocolate.
Spread a thin layer over the top of the cake layers or cupcakes
Beat sugar, butter and milk together on medium high speed for 5 minutes until very light and fluffy.
(For the cake, separate and reserve I cup icing. Add 5-10 drops green food coloring for watermelon “rind”)
Add watermelon Kool-Aid to icing and mix well.
To assemble the cake: Spread green icing around the cake sides and make a tiny lip on top. Carefully spread watermelon icing in center of each layer leaving a ring of white chocolate showing around the edge. Sprinkle randomly with mini-chocolate chips for “seeds”.
To assemble cupcakes: Pipe (or spread) watermelon icing in center of each cupcake leaving a little of the white chocolate showing in a ring around the outside. Sprinkle with mini chocolate chips for “seeds”.