Slippery Snake Cake

From FamilyFun Magazine

Ingredients:

• 2 baked ring or Bundt cakes
• 5 cups green frosting
• 2 blue gum balls

• Red Fruit by the Foot, cut into the shape of a snake's tongue
• Yellow round candies, such as M&M's, Necco wafers or nonpareil mints

Instructions

• Cut the rings in half and arrange them in a slithery pattern, frosting them together

• Carve a little cake off the sides of the nose, then frost the entire snake.
• Add the gum ball eyes and the Fruit by the Foot tongue. Decorate the rest of the body with yellow candy spots.

Preschool Snake Crafts

Slithering Snakewich

from Better Homes and Gardens!

Ingredients

• 1 16-ounce loaf frozen bread dough, thawed
• 4 ounces sliced mozzarella cheese, diagonally cut in half
• 4 ounces sliced cheddar cheese, diagonally cut in half
• 1 3.5-ounce package sliced pepperoni
• 1 8-ounce can pizza sauce
• 1/2 cup red, green, and/or yellow sweet pepper strips
• 1 strip roasted red sweet pepper
• 2 pimiento-stuffed olives

Directions

1. Place thawed bread dough on a lightly floured surface. Roll into a 22-inch long rope. Place on a large greased baking sheet forming a "snaky S" shape. Let rise in a warm place for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until double in size. Bake in a 350F oven for 20 minutes or until lightly browned and bread sounds hollow when lightly tapped. Remove from baking sheet to a wire rack. Cool to room temperature.

2. Hollow out the center portion of the loaf about 1-inch deep and 1-1/2-inches wide, leaving about 2-inches on each end of the loaf. Layer cheeses down the center of loaf, pressing cheese slices down into the hollowed portion of the loaf. In a medium bowl, stir together the pepperoni and pizza sauce. Spoon atop the cheese. Top with the strips of sweet pepper. Place on a greased baking sheet and bake in 350F oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until heated through and cheese is melted.

3. Make a slit in the front of the loaf and insert a roasted red pepper strip for a tongue; insert two pimento stuffed olives with toothpicks for eyes. Makes 8 servings.