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Separate candy rolls into 8 pieces of each flavor; reserve remaining candy for another use.
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Place 8 pieces of one flavor candy in small plastic bag and crush with rolling pin until pieces are about 1/8-inch in size.
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Repeat with remaining flavors.
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Prepare cake mix batter as directed on package; divide into 5 small bowls.
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Fold one flavor crushed candy into each bowl.
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Pour into well greased and floured coffee cans.
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Place filled cans on cookie sheet.
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Bake at 350F for 30 to 35 minutes or until cake pulls away slightly from edge of can and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
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Cool in cans on wire rack 10 minutes.
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Remove from cans; cool completely on wire rack.
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Trim cakes across top so all cakes are level and of uniform height, about 2-1/4 inches.
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Spread 12-inch strip vanilla frosting on serving platter (this will hold cake roll in place).
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Stand cakes on rounded side in frosting strip, end-to-end, to make LIFESAVERS Candy Roll, spreading frosting in between cakes to attach.
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Make gray icing by mixing 1/2 cup vanilla frosting with 1 tsp.
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black decorator icing.
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Spread on both ends of cake and 1/4-inch onto cake roll at each end to resemble foil ends of candy roll.
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Using star tip attached to white decorating icing tube, pipe the word 'LIFESAVERS' onto center of cake roll to resemble candy roll package.
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Attach writing tip to blue icing tube and fill in around letters to form a rectangle.
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Use white icing with star tip to pipe flag beneath blue rectangle; spread with knife to smooth flag surface.
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Use blue icing with writing tip to outline flag; use red icing with writing tip to write 'Five Flavor' on white flag.
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Using star tip on the decorating icing tubes, pipe green, white, orange, yellow and red stars to make flavor stripes o cake roll to resemble candy roll package.
