Hamburger Cake



INGREDIENTS:

1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix

1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix

yellow paste food coloring

brown paste food coloring

3/4 cup prepared chocolate frosting

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven according to cake mix directions. Butter and
flour one 8 inch round and one 9 inch round cake pan and
one 2 quart ovenproof bowl 8 inches in diameter.

2. Prepare cake mixes. Pour 1 3/4 cups of the white mix into
the 8 inch round cake pan, and the rest into the 2 quart bowl.
Pour 1 3/4 cups of the chocolate mix into the 9 inch round pan.

3. Bake 8 inch cake for 25 minutes, 9 inch cake for 20 minutes
and bowl cake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted into
centers comes out clean. Cool in pans on racks 10 minutes.
Remove from pans; cool completely on racks.

4. In separate small bowls, tint small amounts of vanilla
frosting red and yellow, to use as ketchup and mustard. Tint
remaining vanilla frosting light brown, using brown and yellow
food coloring.

5. For bun bottom, frost the 8 inch cake with light brown
frosting.

6. For hamburger patty, spread top and sides of 9 inch chocolate
cake with chocolate frosting Lightly press all around sides of
cake with folded paper towel, pulling towel straight out to
create rough edge of burger. center cake on top of bun bottom.

7. For cheese, arrange orange fruit chews in single layer on
microwave-safe plate. Microwave on High 10-15 seconds or until
slightly softened. With hands, press and flatten chews together
to form 9 inch square. Place on top of hamburger patty. On work
surface sprinkled with granulated sugar roll out 5 leaf-shaped
gumdrops to 1/8 inch thickness to form 1 large lettuce leaf;
repeat rolling with 6 more gumdrops to form another leaf. Arrange
over cheese near edges of burger. For tomatoes, roll out red
gumdrops individually to 1/8 inch thickness. Arrange over lettuce
around burger edges. For onion rings, roll out white gumdrops
to 1/8 inch thickness. With round cookie cutters or sharp knife
cut out circles; cut 1/4 inch thick rings from circles with small
cutters. Re-roll scraps to make additional rings; arrange rings
over tomatoes. Arrange fruit-slice candies over onions for
pickles. Pipe red and yellow icing around edges of burger for
ketchup and mustard.

8. For bun top: If necessary, trim bowl cake so that it will be
flat on the bottom when inverted. Invert firm paper plate onto
work surface. Center bowl cake, trimmed side down, on top of
plate. Starting from the top, spread remaining light brown
frosting in lines down sides of cake, turning plate after each
section. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Carefully place on top of
the cake.



Hamburger Cake