Maximum Frosting

I was in a nasty mood Saturday and needed something to binge on. Looking through the cupboards came up with nothing. No chips, no cookies, no chocolate, no nothing. I wandered the house aimlessly looking for something to help cheer me up but again I came up empty. Back to searching the cupboard for me.

On the second pass through the food cupboard I noticed a tub of chocolate frosting that had successfully hid from me the first time. This was no ordinary tub of frosting though; it was one of the oversized tubs us chocolate lovers use to smoother our Duncan Hines cakes with (or are they Better Crocker cakes, whatever). After a short thought, I figured I shouldn’t just sit down and go to work on the tub of frosting because I was sure to polish it off. I doubt the wife would be too impressed when she got home from work and discovered me sprawled on my back in front of the TV with an empty tub of frosting being tossed around by the cat.

In the end, I decided I should bake a cake and just eat any remaining frosting. So off I went to bake a cake. Unfortunately, we don’t have the round pans I am used to so I had to bake the cake in a 9x13 pan. Little did I know at the start of this baking adventure that this size of pan was going to help me maximize my frosting to cake ratio. I assembled the ingredients and mixed them all together, strictly adhering to the instructions on the box, and put the thick chocolate mess into the oven to cook. I then started brainstorming how I could make this rectangular shaped cake into a masterpiece.

When I was done, my cake was far from a masterpiece but it sure tasted good. Instead of cutting the cake into fours and spreading frosting between every layer like I was envisioning, I just cut the cake in half. I then spread frosting on the bottom of both halves, stood them on their cut ends with the frosting acting as glue, and proceeded to spread icing on all visible surfaces. Before I was done, there was icing on every surface except the bottom and the bottom was only about four inches in width, tapering in at the edges. Every bite yields ample frosting. The only downside to it all was that I was so excited about spreading a plethora of frosting on the cake that all I left myself to eat was a small tablespoon. Ah well, the little bit of frosting still tasted wonderful and the cake is perhaps the best cake (from a box) that I have ever had.