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Recipe: Kitty Litter Cake

Kitty Litter Cake

[Posted recently on the Flutenet yahoo groups list]

1 pkg. Spice Cake Mix
1 pkg. White Cake Mix
1 pkg. White Sandwich Cookies
Green Food Coloring
12 small Tootsie Rolls
1 box Vanilla Pudding Mix (NOT instant)

Prepare cake mixes and bake according to directions.

Prepare pudding mix and chill until ready to assemble.
Crumble the white sandwich cookies in small batches in blender; they tend to stick, so scrape often.
Set aside all but about ¼ cup.
To the ¼ cup of cookie crumbs, add a few drops of green food coloring and mix with a fork.

When cakes are cooled to room temperature, crumble into a large bowl.
Toss with half of the remaining cookie crumbs and the chilled pudding.
Gently combine.
Line new, clean kitty litter box.
Put mixture into litter box.
Put three unwrapped Tootsie Rolls in a microwave safe dish and heat until they are soft and pliable. Shape the ends so they are no longer blunt and make them curve slightly.

Repeat with 3 more Tootsie Rolls and bury them in the mixture.
Sprinkle the other half of the cookie crumbs over the top.
Scatter the green cookie crumbs lightly over the top; this is supposed to look like the chlorophyll in kitty litter.

Heat the remaining Tootsie Rolls, 3 at a time in a microwave until almost melted. Scrape them on top of cake and sprinkle with cookie crumbs.

Serve with a new “pooper scooper”.

From Sacramento Union newspaper 9/16/92:elw