I don’t know why I think this is so funny. Maybe it’s because I have three cats and I’m intimately familiar with litterboxes. Maybe it’s because I have the maturity of a 12-year-old in my 30-something-year-old body. This is a cake but it looks just like a litterbox. It’s made with either a spice or a German chocolate cake mix, white cake mix, white sandwich cookies, instant vanilla pudding mix, green food coloring, and 12 Tootsie Rolls. I love the description:
Litterbox Cake is a moist, tasty medley of cake and instant pudding accented with green cookie crumbs and chocolate candy “turds”. It’s especially appropriate for a cat-lover’s wedding or birthday, but really it’s hard to think of an occasion when a Litterbox Cake wouldn’t hit the spot.
Some more great quotes from the recipe:
- “Place a new liner in the new cat box. (This is not a time to cheap out on used goods!) “
- “Put three unwrapped Tootsie Rolls in a microwave-safe dish. Heat them until soft and pliable, about ten to twenty seconds. Using your fingers, shape the ends so that they are tapered and slightly curved at the ends. (Analysis of the contents of an actual cat box may be useful for research purposes.)”
- “You may also wish to artistically drape one or more Tootsie Rolls over the side of the box”
- “Serves one teenager, 5-6 inebriated adults, or zero sober adults.”
My sister‘s birthday is next month – I am sooooooo tempted to make this for her. While checking out the Tacky Living site for the Litterbox Cake recipe, be sure and check out the recipe for Tic Tac Pie also – it’s a pie that requires 4 boxes of orange Tic Tacs!
UPDATE: Lonnie sent in a picture (seen below) of the litterbox cake he made! YUCK! Thanks, Lonnie!
- Litterbox Cake recipe [via Information Nation]
- Litter box cake at Daily Gluttony
- ANOTHER at BlogAlice.com
- Another at CatCollectors.com
- One more at maferrets.org
- Litterbox cakes on Flickr
- Tic Tac Pie recipe
I’ve made it, and it’s tasty.
Out of the dozen or so people at the party, I think three actually tried the litter box cake, though.
It’s much funnier as a gag than it is as an actual dessert. Your call…
RESPONSE: My sister loves a good gag. And it looks fun to make. :)
July 27th, 2006 at 4:22 pm–Brian
The Gnome Has Put Poo In My Head
July 30th, 2006 at 5:23 pmAyun Halliday published this recipe in her book “Dirty Sugar Cookies“. Last month she did a virtual book tour and one of her stops was Daily Gluttony which did a fabulous rendition of the cake with lotsa pictures.
Anyway, the recipe is way funny …
RESPONSE: Cool – more litterbox cake! :)
July 31st, 2006 at 3:52 pm–Brian
Yucky and Funny, but I’m not tempted to make it. Our kitty might mistake the cake for the real thing…I would not want to discover his mistake the hard way–blech!
August 7th, 2006 at 11:01 pmI made the litter box cake last year for my husband’s Christmas party…and believe it or not, I have been requested to make another one for this year! It was a hit.
December 16th, 2006 at 11:04 amThere are some things to think about before you go cat litter box shopping. There are many different features you will want to consider.
September 8th, 2008 at 5:29 amI am making this next week for our church fall festival. One of the contest categories is “Most gross dessert” Think I have a shot at the title on this one!!!
October 23rd, 2008 at 8:29 pm