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"What The...?!?!?!"

"OH MY GAWD, THAT IS DISGUSTING!!!"

Me: (rubbing hands together) "EXCELLENT!"

No worries, it is just food in costume... or is it? Hmm?

My experience has been, if you make this look real enough no one will have the guts to touch your "kitty litter" for about an hour, or two, if not longer, or until they have had a few drinks.

This is super easy to put together. Practically fool proof. Kidz, of all ages including you, will have great fun crafting Tootsie Rolls into "Kitty doodie."

What you will need to make a Kitty Litter Cake:

NEW litter pan (Sm. pan for approx. 25 servings, *Lg pan for about 50+ servings)
NEW pooper scooper.

NEW pan liners.

1 box chocolate cake mix (make according to the box)

1 box vanilla cake mix (make according to the box)

2 boxes instant vanilla pudding mix (follow the "pie instruction")

1 pkg. vanilla sammich cookies

green or blue liquid food coloring

1 bag of Tootsie Rolls

1 sheet of newspaper for the full effect.

Wash and sterilize your NEW litter pan and NEW props. Make the pudding and refrigerate.

Bake the cakes (according to the pkg) in 12x8x2 inch rectangular pans, side by side in the oven (again, according to the pkg) till done, and then cool completely.

Get out your food processor and roughly chop up the cookies. Reserve about 1 cup - 1 1/2 cups (2-2 1/2 if doubling the recipe) of the cookie crumbs, this will go back into the processor with a little food coloring and become the litter.

Line the litter pan. When the cakes are cool crumble both cakes into a large bowl and pour the pudding over it. Mix with your hands until you think the pudding is well distributed (this can be a lot or a little, see fool proof, no right way). Dump the mixture into the litter pan and lightly press it down. Make the litter by putting the reserved cookie crumbs back into the processor and add a few drops of food coloring, mix... Well, till it looks like kitty litter. If you don't have a kitty go to your neighbor and ask to see their litter box...

Sprinkle the cookie "litter" evenly over the entire cake.

Now, for the super fun part!

On a microwave safe plate, unwrap and nuke about 6 Tootsie Rolls for approximately 3-6 seconds, until they are warm and soft. Twist, taper, roll, squeeze, whatever the candy until the desired effect is achieved! Use a little "strategery" and place the candy "dookies" in the "litter."

It is all about the presentation! Before the guests arrive, spread out the newspaper and place the litter pan full of cake goodness on it. Maybe have a little extra cookie litter to scatter around on the paper, along with a few candy dookies.

Be ready for people to get grossed out. This is the one, and only time, you want and can take pleasure in hearing someone say "THAT IS HORRIBLE!"

Remember to be polite, and say "THANK YOU!"

* Easily double this recipe (2 choco. cake, 2 vanilla cake, 4 puddings, 2 pkgs of cookies, you are fine with the one bag of Tootsie Rolls). Make sure you get the right size of pan liners.