Tuesday, April 1, 2008

April Fools!


I made this cake for an April Fools joke, to play on the boys. Tate and Bradan were fighting in the car, so they missed out. When we got home from picking Nathan up from school I told him I needed him to help me with something. I told him that some elderly couple in our ward brought this over for us to clean out for them(we don't have a cat). I asked him to get a Wal-Mart bag and come in the laundry room, where I had put it in the floor for full effect. He totally fell for it. He was major bummed because he thought he was going to have to clean up cat poop. I laughed and laughed. April Fools!!

1 spice or German chocolate cake mix 1 white cake mix 2 large pkg vanilla instant pudding mix, prepared 1 large pkg vanilla sandwich cookies, green food coloring, 12 small Tootsie Rolls®, 1 new kitty litter pan, 1 new pooper scooper


Prepare cake mixes and bake according to directions (any size pans).
Prepare pudding mix and chill until ready to assemble.
Crumble white sandwich cookies in small batches in food processor, scraping often. Set aside all but about 1/4 cup. To the 1/4 cup cookie crumbs, add a few drops green food coloring and mix until completely colored.
When cakes are cooled to room temperature, crumble into a large bowl. Toss with half the remaining white cookie crumbs and the chilled pudding. Important: mix in just enough of the pudding to moisten it. You don't want it too soggy. Combine gently.
Line a new, clean kitty litter box. Put the cake/pudding/cookie mixture into the litter box.
Put three unwrapped Tootsie rolls in a microwave safe dish and heat until soft and pliable. Shape ends so they are no longer blunt, curving slightly. Repeat with 3 more Tootsie rolls bury them in the mixture. Sprinkle the other half of cookie crumbs over top. Scatter the green cookie crumbs lightly on top of everything -- this is supposed to look like the chlorophyll in kitty litter.
Heat 3 Tootsie Rolls in the microwave until almost melted. Scrape them on top of the cake; sprinkle with cookie crumbs. Spread remaining Tootsie Rolls over the top; take one and heat until pliable, hang it over the side of the kitty litter box, sprinkling it lightly with cookie crumbs. Place the box on a newspaper and sprinkle a few of the cookie crumbs around for a truly disgusting effect!

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