Happy Fat Tuesday!

Happy Fat Tuesday!  Because I am waaaay to impatient to wait until Halloween to make this fabulous Halloween cake  I came across, I made it Mardi Gras style instead! Enjoy...

Cake
What you will need for the cake:
1 box of White Cake Mix plus ingredients called for on box (eggs, oil, water)
1 box of Yellow Cake Mix plus ingredients called for on box (eggs, oil, water)
Yellow Food Coloring
Purple Food Coloring
Green Food Coloring
*I used food coloring you find at the grocery store, but if you use food coloring in paste form (usually found at craft stores) the colors will look better and you won't need to use as much.

What you will do:
Heat oven to 325°F. Generously grease a 12 cup bundt /tube cake pan.  Make batters as directed on box.  Divide the white batter into two separate bowls.

Add green food coloring to one of the bowls of white cake mix.  I used the regular green food coloring for this.  Add purple food coloring to the other bowl of white cake mix. For the purple I used the pink and blue to make a darker purple from the neon food coloring.

Pour 3/4 of the yellow batter into a bowl and mix in yellow food coloring.  You may be able to omit the yellow food coloring, but I wanted to make sure I got a bright yellow color.  I used the regular yellow for mine.  Discard the remaining yellow cake batter or make a few cupcakes-you won't use it for the cake.

Pour 1/2 of the yellow cake batter into the bottom of the greased pan.  Carefully pour the purple batter over the top, being careful not to mix it together.  Then carefully pour the green on top of the purple. Pour the remaining yellow cake batter over the green. It should look something like this.

Bake as directed on box or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes. Turn pan upside down onto cooling rack that is placed over a cookie sheet.  Cool cake completely.

Frosting
What you will need:
1 (12oz) can White Frosting
Yellow Food Coloring
Purple Food Coloring
Green Food Coloring

What you will do:
Divide the frosting evenly between 3 microwavable bowls. Tint each bowl the same as you did for the cake, one yellow, one green, one purple.  Microwave each bowl of frosting about 10 seconds so it is smooth enough to be drizzled over the cake. Stir the frosting after microwaving and using your spoon drizzle each color back and forth over the cake to get the desired look. If I had enough purple, green, and yellow sugar sprinkles I would have sprinkled those on top...

 Pretty cool hey? I wonder how many other occasions/holidays I could make this cake for....

Adapted From:Cooking With Sugar