ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

Written by admin on April 11, 2008 – 7:15 pm -

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Just look at this picture and tell me if you have the same reaction:

I randomly came across this post on this blog today, and when I saw the pic I thought: Did someone actually MAKE that?? But, as I read the ingredients (cake mixes!!) and the instructions, it actually doesn’t seem nearly as difficult as I had anticipated! I mean it’s definitely not something I would make everyday, but for special occassions where I want to impress and be praised on my culinary mastermindedness…SURE! So, click here to check out her post and here is the recipe:

Checkerboard Cake

  • your favorite white cake mix
  • your favorite chocolate cake mix
  • eggs (whatever your cake mixes call for)
  • water (whatever your cake mixes call for)
  • vegetable oil (whatever your cake mixes call for)
  • 2-3 cans white icing/frosting
  • 1 pkg Hershey Kisses
  • shredded coconut, optional
  • 3 (9-inch) cake pans
  • 2 large plastic freezer bags
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Oil and flour your cake pans well.
  3. Prepare your cake mixes according to package directions.
  4. Pour white cake mix into large freezer bag, and seal.
  5. Repeat with chocolate cake mix.
  6. Make a small cut in one corner of each plastic bag. Pretend your cake pan is a bullseye and make a ring around the outside with the chocolate, followed by a smaller ring of the white cake mix, and finally a large dollop in the center.
  7. Repeat, starting with the white cake mix in the second pan.
  8. Repeat again on the third pan, again starting with the chocolate cake mix.
  9. Bake for 26-32 minutes, or until a toothpick stuck into the center comes out clean. Let cool in the cake pans, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

To build:

  1. Layer cakes on a cake pedistal, making sure that the layers are interchangeable. Spead a thin layer of white icing between each later.
  2. Frost the entire cake.
  3. Press shredded coconut into sided of cake. Top cake with Hershey kisses…she also dusted the top with cocoa powder (see her post for a picture of the finished cake).

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