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Atomic Cake
created by Zlosk after tasting an Atomic Cake from a local bakery

Ingredients

1 pkg yellow cake mix
bananas
vanilla pudding (I use instant)
whipped cream
1 pkg white cake mix
strawberries
strawberry glaze
whipped cream
1 pkg chocolate cake mix
chocolate buttercream frosting
whipped cream

Instructions

General tips
  • Slice off the tops of the cakes to make them level.
  • Whip some of the cream beyond the "whipped cream" stage until it is near the "butter" stage. Place in refrigerator. This will be referred to as "hard cream" from now on.
  • Keep layers in place with shish-ka-bob skewers until serving.
  • Each cake mix makes 2 9-inch rounds. One batch of buttercream frosting can cover 2 cakes. Moral: Make 2 complete cakes - one for practice, the other for presentation.
Directions

Make the cakes per the instructions, but add 1 or 2 mashed bananas to the yellow cake. Bake in 9-inch round pans and let them cool.

From this point on: Everything should be refrigerated. If it is warm, whipped cream will melt and layers will move. Keep it cold!

Layer 1: Banana
Place the yellow (banana) cake on your plate. Put a layer of sliced bananas (1/4-1/2 inch thick) over the cake, staying about 1/2 inch away from the edge. Get the hard cream and use a piping tool to pipe a border around the edge. Fill with pudding. Cover with whipped cream.

Layer 2: Strawberry
Make a strawberry glaze (berries & sugar, cooked until thick). Let cool. Place the white cake on top of layer 1. Put a layer of sliced strawberries over the cake, staying about 1/2 inch away from the edge. Get the hard cream and use a piping tool to pipe a border around the edge. Fill with strawberry glaze. Cover with whipped cream.

Layer 3: Chocolate
Make chocolate buttercream frosting. I just make a standard buttercream frosting, and add cocoa until it tastes chocolatey. Place the chocolate cake on top of layer 2. Spread buttercream frosting on top of cake.

Cover the whole layered monstrosity in whipped cream. Don't forget to remove bamboo skewers before serving.


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