Best April Fools Cake Recipes

APRIL FOOLS' DAY MEATLOAF "CAKE"

Steps:

• Preparing the Meat Loaf.
• 1. Preheat oven to 375°F In a large bowl, combine ground beef, eggs, bread crumbs, green onions, milk, parsley, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper just until blended.
• 2. Divide mixture between two 8-inch round cake pans, patting to cover pans evenly and make level.
• 3. Bake meat loaves until juices run clear when meat is pierced with a fork, or meat loaves register 170F on a meat thermometer, 20-25 minutes. Remove pans from the oven; cover loosely with foil and let stand for 10 minutes.
• Decorating the Meat Loaf.
• 1. Pour off juices from pans. Invert 1 meat loaf onto a flat serving plate. Using a small sharp knife, trim red peppers so that they lie flat. Cover top of meat loaf with a single layer of roasted red peppers.
• 2. Invert second meat loaf onto red pepper layer. Using a spatula, spread 2 1/2 cups mashed potatoes over top and sides of meat loaf. Spoon remaining potatoes into a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip. Pipe swirls around top edges of cake. Pipe stars around bottom of cake.
• 3. Place cherry tomatoes, stem-ends down, in a ring around top of meat loaf "cake" to resemble cherries. Cut meat loaf into wedges; serve immediately.

APRIL FOOLS' LASAGNA: BANANA-PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Looks like: Lasagna
• Make a box of instant vanilla pudding. Cut a loaf of pound cake into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Arrange half of the slices in a 7-by-11-inch baking dish, then press 20 vanilla wafers into the cake. Make fake tomato sauce: Mix 3/4 cup strawberry jam with 5 crushed Oreo cookies and dollop half of the mixture over the wafers. Sweeten 3/4 cup ricotta cheese with 2 teaspoons sugar; dollop half over the jam. Top with 1 sliced banana and half of the pudding. Repeat with the remaining cake, 20 more wafers, the remaining jam and ricotta mixtures, another sliced banana and the remaining pudding. Top with shaved white chocolate, crushed vanilla wafers and mint; chill.

APRIL FOOLS' CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a bowl, combine the pizza sauce, sausage and pepperoni; set aside. In another bowl, combine the biscuit mix, milk, eggs, butter and garlic salt. Spread half of the batter on the bottom and up the sides of a greased 10-in. fluted tube pan. Spoon meat mixture over batter; cover with remaining batter., Bake for 35-40 minutes or until browned and a toothpick comes out clean. Invert onto a baking sheet. Arrange cheese over cake. Return to the oven for 5 minutes or until cheese is melted. Using two large metal spatulas, transfer cake to a serving platter; serve immediately.

APRIL FOOLS DAY " CHEESEY MEATLOAF" CAKE

Steps:

• 1. in a large bowl add meat, onion, crackers or chips, onion, ketchup, mustard and salt and pepper to taste.
• 2. divide in half and put one half in the bottom of a round casserole dish pressing flat. top with sliced cheese but not touching the edges. top with last half of meatloaf and press flat bake for 45- 60 minutes or until meatloaf is done at 325 degrees
• 3. take from oven, loosen sides and turn over onto a large plate or serving dish. Be careful it is hot.
• 4. Frost with mash potatoes. and decorate if disired with colored mash potatoes or veggie flowers.

APRIL FOOLS MEATLOAF CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat two 8-inch round cake pans with cooking spray. Combine ground beef, bread crumbs, onion, eggs, soup mix, steak sauce, garlic and black pepper in a large bowl; mix until well combined. Divide ground beef mixture in half; press each half gently into a prepared pan.
• 2. Bake meat loaves until centers are no longer pink and instant-read thermometer inserted in the centers registers 170°F, 55-60 minutes. Do not turn off oven.
• 3. Invert 1 meat loaf onto an ovenproof serving plate. Spread 1⁄2 cup mashed potatoes evenly on top. Place second meat loaf on top. Spread remaining potatoes on side and top to resemble a cake.
• 4. Return meat loaf to oven; bake until thoroughly heated, about 10 minutes. Cut flower shapes from bell pepper with mini cookie cutters and place on top of cake, if desired. Cut into wedges to serve.

APRIL FOOLS: PIZZA CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Prepare cake mix according to package directions. Pour the batter into two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pan.
• 2. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
• 3. Place each cake on a 10-in. serving platter. Combine the frosting and food coloring; spread over the top of each cake to within 1/2 in. of edges. Sprinkle with grated chocolate for cheese.
• 4. Unroll Fruit Roll-Ups; use a 1-1/2 in. round cutter to cut into circles for pepperoni. Arrange on cakes.

APRIL FOOLS: KITTY LITTER CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Prepare cake mixes and bake according to directions (any size pans). Prepare pudding mix and chill until ready to assemble.
• 2. Crumble white sandwich cookies in small batches in blender, they tend to stick, so scrape often. Set aside all but about 1/4 cup.
• 3. To the 1/4 cup cookie crumbs, add a few drops green food coloring and mix using a fork or shake in a jar.
• 4. When cakes are cooled to room temperature, crumble into a large bowl. Toss with half the remaining white cookie crumbs and the chilled pudding. You probably won't need all of the pudding, mix with the cake and "feel" it, you don't want it soggy, just moist; gently combine.
• 5. Line new, clean kitty litter box. Put mixture into litter box.
• 6. Put three unwrapped Tootsie rolls in a microwave safe dish and heat until soft and pliable. Shape ends so they are no longer blunt, curving slightly. Repeat with 3 more Tootsie rolls and bury in mixture. Sprinkle the other half of cookie crumbs over top. Scatter the green cookie crumbs lightly over the top, this is supposed to look like the chlorophyll in kitty litter.
• 7. Heat remaining Tootsie Rolls, 3 at a time in the microwave until almost melted. Scrape them on top of the cake and sprinkle with cookie crumbs. Now spread 5 of the remaining Tootsie Rolls over the top; take one and heat until pliable, hang it over the side of the kitty litter box; sprinkling it lightly with cookie crumbs.
• 8. Place the box on a newspaper and sprinkle a few of the cookie crumbs around. Serve kitty litter cake with a *new* pooper scooper.

APRIL FOOLS' DAY CHEESEBURGER CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F
• Grease 2 8-inch layer cake pan.
• Prepare the box of white cake mix and bake according to the recipe.
• Cool on wire racks.
• Invert cakes on rack after 15 minutes and let cool completely.
• Prepare the box of brownie mix, and bake as directed in the 8 inch layer cake pan.
• Cool for 15 minutes in pan, then invert and let cool completely.
• "Tomato Slices" Place plain cookies on a wire rack set over wax paper.
• Put about 1/2 cup vanilla frosting in a small saucepan.
• Stir over low heat until melted and smooth.
• Remove from heat and stir in red food coloring (and a bit of yellow if needed) until frosting is tomato colored.
• Brush or spoon on top and sides of cookies.
• Let stand at least 30 minutes until firm to the touch.
• "Cheese" Spoon another 1/2 cup of vanilla frosting into a small bowl.
• Stir in yellow food coloring (and a drop of red if needed) until cheese colored.
• Cover to prevent drying.
• "Lettuce" Sprinkle granulated sugar on a large sheet of wax paper.
• Working with 1 at a time, place spearmint leaves on the sugar and fold wax paper over, so the candy is sandwiched between the sugar and the wax paper.
• Roll with a rolling pin until flattened and edges are jagged.
• The candy will become very sticky, but the sugar should help it release from the wax paper.
• "Buns" Put remaining vanilla frosting in a medium sized bowl.
• Stir in milk chocolate frosting and red and yellow food coloring, little by little, until frosting is the color of a hamburger bun.
• Place one cake layer on a serving plate.
• If well-rounded, best to cut off the hump, then put it upside down for the flat top.
• Cover with frosting.
• Arrange spearmint leaf "lettuce" on top and around edges of the bottom "hamburger bun".
• Place brownie cake on top of the "lettuce" using spatulas.
• Spoon "cheese" about 1 inch from edge of top of burger, letting some run down the sides.
• Top with "tomato" slices.
• If needed, now is the time to insert toothpicks through the brownie layer (leaving at least ¼" above the tomato cookies) to keep the cake layers from sliding off!
• Take the cake layer that rose the most for the top "bun".
• Place cake on wax paper and frost with remaining bun colored frosting.
• Lift onto tomato topped burger.

APRIL FOOLS CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º F. Spray a 9" x 13" cake pan with cooking spray. Dust lightly with a little cocoa powder or flour. Chop the well rinsed and drained kraut into smaller shreds. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, soda and salt. In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar with electric mixer until creamy.
• Add vanilla; beat in eggs, one at a time. Add the flour mixture alternating with the coffee on low speed until just mixed. Stir in the kraut and chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Place on center rack and bake 30-35 minutes until toothpick in center comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool in the pan. Dust/Sift/Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• ENJOY! And, if you don't spill the beans about your secret ingredient...no one will ever guess.