For the cake & frosting: You choose the flavor of the cake and bake according to package and/or recipe instructions. Frost cake with Cool Whip Whipped Topping.

 

Use green icing gel to draw stems. Place halved green gumdrop spearmint leaves on stems. Sprinkle green tinted coconut to resemble grass.

 

Use edible flowers such as pansies, violets, rose petals, dianthus and daylilies to garnish sweet foods. Use edible flowers such as marigold, viola, nasturtium, chamomile and rosemary to garnish entrees, side dishes and salads.

 

Also use edible flowers as a salad ingredient. Use the whole blossom or just the petals. Clean edible flowers gently as you would salad greens. Do not use flowers that have been sprayed with pesticide. Because not all flowers are edible, check with herb growers for advice on which flowers are safe to use.

 

To make Gum Drop Candy Flowers: Flatten gumdrops with rolling pin on surface or sheet of waxed paper sprinkled with sugar. Roll until very thin (about 1/16" thick), turning frequently to coat with sugar.

 

Hold flattened gumdrop at center; overlap edges slightly to give petal effect, pressing piece together at base to resemble a flower.

 

For open blossom, bend gumdrop petals outward from center. Insert small piece of gumdrop in centers with wooden pick, if desired. Use wooden pick to attach flowers to cake if necessary.