Saturday, February 19, 2011

Mardi Gras Cake!

Hey everyone! I wanted to share a fun Mardi Gras cake today. A while ago our friends at CSN offered me a chance to do a review and one of the things I ordered was a Checkerboard Cake Pan.
Since I've never tried to make one before I thought I'd use cake mixes, it takes two. Use a mix with pudding in it, and use whole eggs (makes a thicker batter). Each mix makes approx 4 1/2 cups of batter, so I separated them into three bowls with three cups of batter in each and died them green, purple and yellow using Wilton Icing Colors Gel.
Next you pour the different colors into each section of the pan, one pan at a time. You wash the insert between pans. I'll have to spend some time on-line to see if anyone came up with how much batter each section holds. I was just pouring and hoping for the best...

After they cooled I leveled the top and stacked them on top of each other. 
Added a funky icing and then came the moment of truth...
Not perfect, but...
Not Bad!
This cake is a bit of a labor of love, but the end result is worth it! For a $10 investment in the pan
the possibilities are endless, holidays, baby showers, team colors, etc.
I think I made it crooked when I tried to unclip the insert from the sides of the pan. I'll work on that.
Anyone have any tips for using this pan?