Kids Confetti Cake

                                      Kids Confetti Cake

Everyone may believe that baking or cooking in the kitchen may be had. In reality it's actually very simple unless you are doing something very complicated. I only complicate myself if there is a celebration. Parties are the time to show your baking skills. Here's a great recipe for a day when you and/or your siblings can do to show your skills to the family. 
The recipe is: 

Cake
- 1 package of yellow cake mix
- 1 package (4-serving) vanilla instant pudding and pie filling mix
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup of water
- 1/2 cup of canola oil
- 1 cup semi-sweet mini chocolate chips

Topping
- 1 cup of colored miniature marshmallows
- 2/3 cup chocolate frosting
- 2 tablespoons semi-sweet mini chocolate chips

Once you have everything ready you preheat the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit. It takes only a few minutes to make the cake mix. To make it you have to combine the cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water, and the oil. You have to beat it at medium speed.

The difference between mixing and beating is a great one. Mixing means that you add a few ingredients at the time and combining them lightly. Beating is more intense, it requires a whisk or an electric mixer. Beating is used for cakes and toppings, while mixing it to make everything smooth.

After you beat it for 2 minutes you stir in a cup of chocolate chips. You grease and flour a baking pan. It can be any one that you choose as long as the cake will look good,  You pour it into the cake pan. You put it to bake for 40-45 minutes or until the toothpick that is inserted comes out clean.

Now for the topping, you immediately arrange marshmallows evenly over hot the cake. You place the frosting in a microwaveable bowl for 25-30 seconds, maybe even less. You stir it until it's smooth. You drizzle it evenly over the marshmallows and the cake.

Now in the book it says, "Use a spoon or fork to drizzle melted chocolate over cookies, bars, cakes and breads" (6). This means that you slowly put the chocolate on the cake and marshmallows, which is what I did and it worked out greatly. It also says that you can put the chocolate in a Ziploc bag and cut off a corner to squeeze out the chocolate in a pattern if you want to (6).

Now this is how the cake turned out. It looks great and tastes great. I hope you all try it out!

Which way do you guys believe would be better to drizzle the chocolate: with a fork/spoon or a plastic baggie?

Ross, Peter Dean, illustrator. Favorite Brand Name Bake Sale Cookbook. Louis
     Weber, 1997.