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My husband and I are lucky in that my parents live in the same city we do. But they live 30 minutes away and it’s not all too convenient when we are looking for a last-minute or week-night babysitter. But if you’ve ever used a babysitter, you know they aren’t cheap! In an effort to save money, we have to get really creative when planning date night. One of our my favorite date nights: dinner & early bedtimes for our boys and pizza & a Marvel movie (Captain America is always my first choice!) for the hubs and I.
I wanted to change things up for our at-home date, so I picked up Iron Man 3 and a couple of bags of M&M’s® minis from Walmart. We are big fans of MARVEL and M&M’s so why not combine them?!
Date Night Selfie!
Are you wondering what I did with the M&M’s? I made a Captain America Cake!
I really like the way it turned out!! I used a box cake mix, heavy whipping cream, unsweetened applesauce and eggs to make the cake. Once it cooled, I frosted it with white icing. Using circle and star cookie cutters as my guide, I added sprinkles to make the center of the shield. To finish it off, I added M&M’s minis. The cake was incredibly moist and it made a delicious dessert for our MARVEL date night!
Our entertainment center houses a few MARVEL movies and my husband would love to own them all. We don’t usually purchase movies as soon as they are released, but Captain America: The Winter Soldier comes out on September 9 and I’m not waiting to buy that one!
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Which MARVEL superhero would you want to be?
I love the Captain America cake! Its adorable and easy to make too. Thanks for sharing!
The cake looks good. The real question is how many M&Ms did you snag while trying to finish off the cake. If it were me I would have been forced to run to the grocery store to pick up more candy.
hehe! Well since I was only using red, I was able to eat as many of the other colors as I wanted! 😉
So love the cake, you did an great job. What a great date night!
I love the cake!! What a clever idea, we’re also major marvel fans 🙂
Iron man movies where all so good, the third was awesome! And I love your cake decorating, so pretty and patriotic.
Cute cake!!! You are so creative.
Oh that cake is amazing! I love how simple you made the cake and took the time to decorate with all those M&Ms! Now i just need a date night:)
I love superhero movies as well. The cake looks super easy and looks great!
I think I would want to be the hulk! I agree also that snacks are a must have during a movie. Your cake turned out fabulous!
That cake is adorable and looks so easy to make! Why can’t I come up with ideas like this?
I don’t really know any Marvel super heroes except Captain America, but I would like to be one that flies. I love cake. That cake looks yummy.
That cake is amazing! And it looks like something I could actually make! #client
Thanks a bunch for the post. I made this cake for my dayghter’s 5 the birthday and she loved it.
YAY! Thanks for sharing!