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Kitty Litter Cake Recipe
Ingredients:
1 (18 oz.) box spice or German chocolate cake mix
1 (18 oz.) box white cake mix
1 pkg. white sandwich cookies
1 large box vanilla instant pudding mix
12 small tootsie rolls
1 NEW litter box
1 NEW plastic scoop
green food coloring
Preparation:
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 blender, they tend to stick, so scrape 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 using a fork or shake in a jar.
When cakes are cooled to room temperature, crumble into a large bowl. Toss with half the remaining white cookie crumbs and the chilled pudding. You probably won't need all of the pudding, mix with the cake and "feel" it, you don't want it soggy, just moist; gently combine. Put mixture into clean 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 and bury in mixture. Sprinkle the other half of cookie crumbs over top. Scatter the green cookie crumbs lightly over the top, this is supposed to look like the chlorophyll in kitty litter. Heat remaining Tootsie Rolls, three at a time in the microwave until almost melted. Scrape them on top of the cake and sprinkle with cookie crumbs. Place the box on a newspaper and sprinkle a few of the cookie crumbs around. Serve with a new pooper scooper.
Virgin Green-Apple Martini
2 ounces Martinelli's Sparkling Cider
1/4 cup Granny Smith apple (chopped)
2 ounces 7-Up or Sprite
2 dashes cinnamon
1/2 cup crushed ice
Put ingredients in blender, add ice, blend. Pour into martini glass. Garnish with an apple wedge and serve. Makes one drink.
Caramel Apple Kiss
2 tablespoons caramel sauce (see below)
2/3 cup Martinelli’s Cider or Apple Juice
1/2 cup chilled seltzer water or club soda
1 apple slice for garnish
To make drink, pour 2 tablespoons caramel sauce and Cider into a tall glass; stir well. Add 3 to 4 ice cubes, top with seltzer. Garnish with apple slice. Serves one.
Caramel Sauce
3 cups packed light brown sugar
3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
3/4 cup dark corn syrup
1/3 cup butter
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
In a medium saucepan, combine brown sugar, whipping cream, corn syrup, butter and salt. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until a spoon coated with boiling syrup forms a 2-inch thread when dipped in a cup of cold water. Remove from heat; cool 30 minutes before stirring in vanilla. Cover and refrigerate for up to two weeks. Makes about 2 cups. To thin refrigerated sauce, microwave at high for about 15 seconds; stir well.
posted by Kitty Friday, April 14, 2006
