Kitty Litter Cake

Have your kid make this disgusting-looking (but heavenly tasting) cake.

Submitted by
Kayla Chong

Take a new, clean kitty litter box (don't even think about reusing the cat's), two boxes of cake mix, vanilla pudding, cookies and some Tootsie Rolls (bet you know what those are for!) and have your kid create the most repulsive-looking cake of all time.

A new, clean kitty litter box:
And we mean brand spanking new.
One box of chocolate cake mix
One box of white cake mix
Two large packages of instant vanilla pudding mix
One large package of vanilla sandwich cookies
A one-gallon plastic zipper bag
About a dozen small Tootsie Rolls
Green food coloring:
Just to make the cake look even more nauseating.
A new plastic kitty litter pan liner:
Pick up an unscented one at the pet store or substitute a plastic roasting bag or a crockpot liner.
Cake cutter:
A brand new kitty pooper-scooper.
Microwave
Traditional oven
Cake pans:
Any size, so whatever you have lying around.
Blender or food processor
Measuring cup
Microwave-safe plate
Oil, butter or eggs:
Whatever your cake mix calls for.
Spoons, bowls:
All the regular baking accouterments.

Pick up or help your kid make one chocolate cake and one white cake according to the directions on the box. User any size pan, because your kid is going to crumble up the cake anyway.
While the cakes are baking, help your little Rachael Ray make the vanilla pudding.
Put it in the fridge to chill.
Then help your kid wash out a new, clean kitty litter pan and line it with a new, clean plastic cat box liner.
Put the vanilla cookies in the plastic zipper bag and get your kid to crush them up until they're roughly the consistency of kitty litter. She can use her hands or a rolling pin to crush them.
When the cookies have crumbled, set aside all but ¼ cup of them. Add a few drops of green food coloring to the ¼ cup and stir it up well until they're evenly colored. This will give it that "Fresh Step" look.
Take the cakes out of the oven and let them cool …
… while your kid tosses the un-dyed cookies with the pudding. Just make sure she doesn't toss them all in her mouth.
Take the cakes out of the pans and have your kid gently crumble them up and mix them with the pudding/cookie combo. She wants the mixture to be moist but not soggy, so have her add the pudding little by little.
Then have her dump the cake/pudding mixture into the kitty litter pan.
Now, moving on to the "kitty poop." Have your kid place three Tootsie Rolls onto a dish and microwave them for a few seconds until they are flexible, but not totally melted.
Invite her to mold the Tootsie Rolls to make them look like … pardon us, there's no delicate way to say this … a cat turd. If she's like most kids, she's wanted to play with the contents of the cat box since she could crawl, so here's her chance!
Then have her bury the Tootsie Rolls in the cake mixture so they look like cat poop and have her sprinkle a layer of the green cookies over the poop.
Have her repeat steps 11 through 13 until she's satisfied with the amount of "poop" in her litter box.
For a final revolting touch, have your kid stick the kitty pooper scooper into the cake. Mmm, mmm, good!