Kitty Litter Cake

This one is just so fun and disgusting, I had to post it--even though it's not really a "Starving Student" type recipe. I got this recipe from my soon-to-be stepmother-in-law, who turns out to be an avid baker and awesome cook.

I ended up making this for my nephew's 6th birthday when he got two cats as a birthday present. The cake was a huge hit, and looks totally real.

It takes some time to make, but it pays off really well in the end.

Ingredients

• German Chocolate Cake mix, prepared
• White Cake mix, prepared
• 1 large box vanilla instant pudding mix, prepared
• 1 package white sandwich cookies
• 12 small tootsie rolls
• 1 litter box (a new one, please)
• 1 plastic pooper scooper (also new, please)
• Green food coloring

Directions

1. Prepare both cakes separately and bake according to directions. Set aside to cool.
2. Prepare pudding mix and chill until ready to assemble.
3. Crumble white sandwich cookies in small batches in the blender-- they tend to stick (you can also smash them in a big ziploc bag, but the blender works well if you have one).
4. Set aside all but about 1/4 cup crushed cookies.
5. To the 1/4 cup cookie crumbs, add a few drops of green food coloring and mix using a fork.
6. When cakes are cooled to room temperature, crumble them into a the new litterbox.
7. Toss with half the white cookie crumbs and the chilled pudding (you probably won't need all the pudding).
8. Mix with the cake so it's moist, not soggy.
9. Put three unwrapped Tootsie Rolls in a microwave safe dish and heat until soft and pliable (just a few seconds).
10. Shape ends so they are no longer blunt, curving slightly (basically, make them look like real cat poop).
11. Repeat with three more tootsie rolls and bury in the mixture.
12. Sprinkle almost all the white cookies crumbs over top.
13. Scatter green cooke crumbs lightly over the white cookes (they will look like the chlorophyll in kitty litter).
14. Heat the remaining Tootsie Rolls, three at a time (some can be heated until almost melted and then scraped on the top of the cake).
15. Sprinkle with the remainng crumbs, splling a few on the table outside the box for effect.
16. Place the scoop in the box to be used for serving.