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Heat oven to 300F. Grease and flour 1 1/2 quart round baking dish. Prepare pound cake mix as directed on package except - pour batter into baking dish. Bake 1 hour 5 to 10 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake 10 minutes; remove from dish. Prepare fluffy white frosting mix as directed on package.
Place cake flat side down on serving plate or tray. Frost cake. Make face on side of cake, using black gumdrop slices for eyes, red gumdrop slice for nose, red shoestring licorice for mouth and black shoestring licorice for eyebrows and antennae.
For colored shell of ladybug, sprinkle red sugar over cake about 2" from curved edge of face. Place black gumdrop slices for spots on shell; use black shoestring licorice for stripe across center of shell.
Place cake flat side down on serving plate or tray. Frost cake. Make face on side of cake, using black gumdrop slices for eyes, red gumdrop slice for nose, red shoestring licorice for mouth and black shoestring licorice for eyebrows and antennae.
For colored shell of ladybug, sprinkle red sugar over cake about 2" from curved edge of face. Place black gumdrop slices for spots on shell; use black shoestring licorice for stripe across center of shell.
