April Fools' Day Dessert - Meatloaf Dinner!

Olive and I had a blast making this April Fools' Day dessert! Watch the video to see how we made this meatloaf dinner out of chocolate cake, strawberry jam, frosting, and caramel sauce.

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This April Fools' Day dessert was a last minute project for us, but fortunately I had chocolate cake mix and canned frosting on hand! You can certainly make these components from scratch if you prefer.

Here's what you'll need:

Ingredients

• Chocolate cake mix
• Vanilla frosting
• Strawberry jam
• Caramel sauce
• Food coloring - red, blue, yellow, brown
• Corn starch

Tools

• Small loaf pan
• Decorating bag
• Decorating tip number 8
• Brush

Instructions

1. Bake the cake and crumble it into a bowl. Add a scoop of frosting and mix well.
2. Add red food coloring and continue to mix until combined.
3. Press the mixture into a loaf pan and chill until firm.
4. Slice the loaf and place the pieces onto a plate.Brush it with strawberry jam.
5. Place a scoop of frosting onto the plate and make a well for the "gravy".
6. Spoon caramel sauce onto the frosting.
7. Color a scoop of frosting with blue, yellow, and brown food coloring to create pea green.
8. Fit a decorating bag with a tip 8 and fill it with the frosting. Pipe the "peas" onto the plate.
9. Dab the "peas" with corn starch and a dry brush to flatten any points.

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Meatloaf Dessert for April Fools' Day

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You'll have everyone fooled with this "meatloaf" meal made from cake, jam, frosting, and caramel sauce!

Materials

• Chocolate cake mix
• Vanilla frosting
• Strawberry jam
• Caramel sauce
• Food coloring - red, blue, yellow, brown
• Corn starch

Tools

• Small loaf pan
• Decorating bag
• Decorating tip number 8
• Brush

Instructions

1. Bake the cake and crumble it into a bowl.
2. Add a scoop of frosting and mix well.
3. Add red food coloring and continue to mix until combined.
4. Press the mixture into a loaf pan and chill until firm.
5. Slice the loaf and place the pieces onto a plate.
6. Brush it with strawberry jam.
7. Place a scoop of frosting onto the plate and make a well for the "gravy".
8. Spoon caramel sauce onto the frosting.
9. Color a scoop of frosting with blue, yellow, and brown food coloring to create pea green.
10. Pipe the "peas" onto the plate.
11. Dab the "peas" with corn starch to flatten any points.

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