Board Shorts Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2 (16.5 oz) boxes maderia cake mix
    2 tubs white frosting
    None None turquoise and blue food coloring
    3 oz fondant
    None None powdered sugar, for dusting
    18 inch polyester cord
    5 None small yellow jelly beans, halved
    33 None small white jelly beans
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 300\u00b0F. Grease and flour a large baking dish.
    Make cake mix according to directions on box. Transfer to prepared dish and bake for 50 mins. Let cool in pan for 10 mins then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
    Level cake top then place cut-side down on a cutting board. Cut out \"board shorts.\" Secure cake, cut-side down, on a cake board using a little frosting. Tint remaining frosting turquoise using both colors of food coloring. Spread over cake.
    Knead fondant on a work surface dusted with powdered sugar. Roll out until 1/8 inch thick. Cut out a \"waistband\" and 2 \"pockets.\" Use a skewer to make 2 holes in the center of waistband and thread polyester cord through holes. Tie ends in a bow. Position waistband and pockets on shorts.
    Make flowers on shorts using jelly beans.

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