April Fools Cake Recipes

APRIL FOOLS' CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a bowl, combine the pizza sauce, sausage and pepperoni; set aside. In another bowl, combine the biscuit mix, milk, eggs, butter and garlic salt. Spread half of the batter on the bottom and up the sides of a greased 10-in. fluted tube pan. Spoon meat mixture over batter; cover with remaining batter., Bake for 35-40 minutes or until browned and a toothpick comes out clean. Invert onto a baking sheet. Arrange cheese over cake. Return to the oven for 5 minutes or until cheese is melted. Using two large metal spatulas, transfer cake to a serving platter; serve immediately.

APRIL FOOLS' DAY CHEESEBURGER CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F
• Grease 2 8-inch layer cake pan.
• Prepare the box of white cake mix and bake according to the recipe.
• Cool on wire racks.
• Invert cakes on rack after 15 minutes and let cool completely.
• Prepare the box of brownie mix, and bake as directed in the 8 inch layer cake pan.
• Cool for 15 minutes in pan, then invert and let cool completely.
• "Tomato Slices" Place plain cookies on a wire rack set over wax paper.
• Put about 1/2 cup vanilla frosting in a small saucepan.
• Stir over low heat until melted and smooth.
• Remove from heat and stir in red food coloring (and a bit of yellow if needed) until frosting is tomato colored.
• Brush or spoon on top and sides of cookies.
• Let stand at least 30 minutes until firm to the touch.
• "Cheese" Spoon another 1/2 cup of vanilla frosting into a small bowl.
• Stir in yellow food coloring (and a drop of red if needed) until cheese colored.
• Cover to prevent drying.
• "Lettuce" Sprinkle granulated sugar on a large sheet of wax paper.
• Working with 1 at a time, place spearmint leaves on the sugar and fold wax paper over, so the candy is sandwiched between the sugar and the wax paper.
• Roll with a rolling pin until flattened and edges are jagged.
• The candy will become very sticky, but the sugar should help it release from the wax paper.
• "Buns" Put remaining vanilla frosting in a medium sized bowl.
• Stir in milk chocolate frosting and red and yellow food coloring, little by little, until frosting is the color of a hamburger bun.
• Place one cake layer on a serving plate.
• If well-rounded, best to cut off the hump, then put it upside down for the flat top.
• Cover with frosting.
• Arrange spearmint leaf "lettuce" on top and around edges of the bottom "hamburger bun".
• Place brownie cake on top of the "lettuce" using spatulas.
• Spoon "cheese" about 1 inch from edge of top of burger, letting some run down the sides.
• Top with "tomato" slices.
• If needed, now is the time to insert toothpicks through the brownie layer (leaving at least ¼" above the tomato cookies) to keep the cake layers from sliding off!
• Take the cake layer that rose the most for the top "bun".
• Place cake on wax paper and frost with remaining bun colored frosting.
• Lift onto tomato topped burger.

APRIL FOOL'S CAKE (CHOCOLATE KRAUT CAKE )

Steps:

• 1. Preheat ocen to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 x 13 cake pan with cooking spray. Dust lightly with a little cocoa powder or flour. Chop the kraut nto smaller shreds. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, soda and salt. In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar with electric mixer until creamy. Beat in vanilla, then beat in eggs, one at a time. Add the flour mixture alternating with the coffee on low speed until just mixed. Stir in the kraut and chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared pan. Place on center rack of 350 degree oven and bake 30-35 minutes until toothpick in center comes out clean. Remove and cool in the pan.
• 2. At this point you could simply sift a little powdered sugar on top to serve....or follow frosting recipe :
• 3. For frosting, melt butter in a medium glass bowl in microwave on high. Add the chocolate chps abd stir until fairly melted. Microwave a few seconds more t melt cocolate completely. Place sour ream in a large bowl, add melted chocolate and vanilla. Using mixer, beat in powdered sugar 1 C at a time until creamy smooth...adding a little milk if needed to thin out.
• 4. Spread frosting over cooled cake.