Every year I make the birthday cakes for a handful of kids that I know & sweet Lanie is one of them. When I asked her what kind of cake she wanted she came up with a ton of ideas but in the end decided she wanted a zebra cake on the INSIDE. I had remembered seeing something on Pinterest about how to make the cake part look like a zebra print when you cut it but I had never done anything like that before. I admit I was a little fearful that I would follow the directions and when she cut the cake it would just be a blob of mess...how disappointing!! Luckily it was easy (a little more time consuming) and successful.
To make it I used two 10" cake pans but you could use any size round pan. I mixed up two mixes (but 1 of each would be fine...I had a lot of left over batter) for both white and chocolate cake mix according to the instructions on the back (adding an additional 3 Tablespoons of water for each mix).
I lined the bottom of the cake pans with wax paper and sprayed with Pam cooking spray...
To get the zebra affect use a 1/3 measuring cup and pour that much batter it into the middle of the pan...
Then using the other flavor of cake take a 1/3 measuring cup and pour that much batter into the middle of what you just put in there...
Do this until your pan is filled about 1/2 way...
Bake in a preheated 350° oven until a tooth pick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean. The baking time will depend a lot on your oven and how full your pan is. I would set your timer to 25 minutes and go from there.
Once it was baked I let it cool and decorated it...hoping that it worked...
Cheesy Lanie grin an added bonus!!
Then it was time to see if it was a success...
Not only did it get the affect that I hoped for but everyone it tasted good too. Sweet cake-
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