Instructions: Heat oven to 350 . Grease and flour 13x9" pan. Prepare cake by mixing cake mix with pudding. Add water, soda, oil and eggs. Beat for 2 minutes with electic mixer. Bake according to time given on cake box. Cool completely.

Frost top of cake; lightly score cake into 24 sections. Following diagram, fill in center area with red M&Ms, leaving a circle in the center.

Sprinkle the center circle with yellow sugar. Fill in remainder of cake around poinsettia with green M&Ms. The 14oz package contains enough pieces to make this design.

* I made this using a cherry cake mix with vanilla pudding and cherry soda.

It can be made using any flavor cake with pudding to match, and 1 cup water instead of 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup soda.

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