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.