I made the One Bowl Chocolate Cake III and frosted it with Rich Chocolate Frosting for this Monster Truck Cake with Ramps and Arena. Both recipes are from the Allrecipes website. The single layer cake was baked in a 9×13 pan. Even though the sugar was decreased from 2 C to 1.5 C, it was still sweet enough. I also replaced hot water with a cup of coffee.
I baked the cake the night before since I saw other reviewers comment that the cake tastes better the next day. I frosted two cinnamon pops with the chocolate frosting and sprinkled a mixture of crushed Oreos and crushed graham crackers on top. To elevate the ramps, I made rice crispies and sprinkled some unsweetened cocoa powder on top of the warm rice crispies. I then molded it into a wedge before it cooled down. I also made some small hills out of the rice crispies and put them on top of the cake to make the terrain a little bit bumpy.
I sprinkled some cocoa powder on top of the monster truck to make it look muddy. I drizzled some melted semi sweet chocolate on top of the cake to make it look a bit muddy.
To make the arena, I covered the box in tin foil and then taped some paper printed with a checkerboard pattern both inside and outside of the box. I put three cars in between the two ramps.
The cake was a lot of work to make, but everyone liked it.
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