Zebra Cake

I generally, well almost always, make cakes from a mix but this recipe for Zebra cake enticed me to make one from scratch. Of course it had to be decorated in Red, White and Blue and I brought it to my son's BBQ.

It looked pretty plain until you cut it and then you can appreciate the stripes. This was particularly helpful since half like white and the rest like chocolate cake.

Here it is before I frosted it. Pretty cool. It makes a very dense, rich cake. We all decided some cinnamon flavor would be helpful. And all I could get was regular cocoa instead of the Dutch that it called for and I prefer. So that may have made a big difference. At any rate it was fun and different. And my son's burgers are a hard act to follow!