Hi everyone!
Today I’m going to demonstrate how to make a cake with zebra stripes on the inside! This is such a fantastic surprise-inside cake and a fun alternative to a traditional chocolate and vanilla marbled cake.
By the way, I did not invent the zebra cake. I’m not sure who did–but if you google zebra cakes, you’ll see all kinds of recipes that point to basically the same outcome–very cool looking zebra slices! You’ll see that part in just a second.
First, let’s talk batter– You’ll most often see chocolate and white zebra cakes, but for a fun twist, you can tint your batter with coloring gels to create all sorts of unique combinations of colorful stripes!
We went the boxed cake route and bought a box of Duncan Hines Devil’s Food Cake, and a box of Duncan Hines French Vanilla. We chose these because they don’t have pudding in the mix (like Pillsbury & Betty Crocker, which can be a little thick for this project–although I love them for anything else).
We prepared the batter for each cake mix separately and found the batter to be just the right consistency. If the batter is too thick, the effect will be more difficult to achieve. If they batter is very thin, it may spread too quickly.
(*** If you would like to try this cake with a scratch recipe, you can choose your favorite white or yellow cake recipe and then divide it approx. in half– you can stir approximately 3 tablespoons or so of dutch processed cocoa powder into one of your bowls of batter to create chocolate batter.
Now, let’s make a zebra cake!
We started with our two bowls of cake batter….
Then, we poured 1/4 cup of vanilla batter into the middle of our 8″ pan. It will spread a little bit. Then…
Measure out a 1/4 cup of chocolate batter and pour it in the center of your vanilla batter.
Repeat this process, continuing with 1/4 cup scoops of alternating flavors, each flavor of batter dropped into the center of the previous circle of batter. The batter is thin enough that it does not take long at all for the batter to spread and push out a little bit.
Continue the process until your pans are approximately 2/3 full. (We had a couple of cups leftover, which we used to make extra cake layers for another time.)
Look how pretty!…
This beautiful striped batter is ready for the oven!
Well…here’s where it would have been nice of me to take a picture of the baked layers. They look exactly like the above picture, only…baked. :0)
I assembled my fat two layer cake as I always do…the bottom layer right side up, and the top layer top side down (with buttercream in between). I’m sure that the zebra effect would look pretty no matter how you stack your layers.
After crumb coating my cake with vanilla buttercream, I used a Wilton star tip 21 (one of my faves) to do a reverse shell pattern with my medium consistency buttercream.
I always love a nice reverse shell border, but I now like them even better when piped vertically! You can see that I staggered mine a bit so that neighboring lines fit nicely together. Is it just me or does my cake look like it’s wearing a snuggly buttercream sweater?!
Okay, back on topic again….. it’s time for the big reveal! (I said a little prayer after all of that piping that the zebra stripes actually would be there when we cut into the cake!)
Whew! It worked! I couldn’t be happier with the outcome. I LOVE these zebra print cake layers!
It’s always nice to have a hidden surprise within the cake— if you haven’t tried this method already, make sure to put it on your cake “bucket list”. It’s so much fun, trendy, and looks much more complicated than it actually is, which I love!
*An update~ When this tutorial was first created, the sizes of standard box mixes were larger (around 18.5 oz). Now, they are 16.5 oz. We tested the zebra cake again with the new smaller size and still had great results.
Thanks for stopping by, and I hope that you enjoyed the tutorial!
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Hi – I just made this cake and so far it looks great; I just can’t wait to cut it tonight! I wish I had seen the comments on the amount of water since it became a bit of a science project. I also used the white cake and I agree that the exact amount of water for Duncan Hines should be perfect for the chocolate but a tad bit more for the white worked great. I am glad I found this site, the easy to follow photos made me realize that the batter was too thick at first so I adjusted quickly. Thanks for such a great idea!
Made this for my niece’s 6th birthday. Zebra cake with hot pink frosting. It turned out GREAT! Thank you for this site!
Oh em gee. Boy am I flustered! My cake was a disaster! I did strawberry and French vanilla and it was super crumbly! Really really crumbly! I used strawberry, because I don’t particularly like chocolate. I also used Betty Crocker instead….
Update: from October 15th….I know I’m late but just had to say that the cake turned out beautifully. I was beside myself as it was spilling over the side but that was my fault from over filling the pan. My daughter loved her cake and can’t wait for us to make another. Thank you for the tutorial. This made her cake something to remember!
That’s wonderful, thanks for letting us know!!
Krysten, I am so happy to hear that!! I’m glad that you could make something special (and so much fun) for your daughter! Thanks for the update!
I am making this Friday for my daughters Bday party and need to know what size of cake pans you need to use as well as if you can add a touch of black Wilton icing color to the brown cake mix to make the stripes darker?
Need ideas and help asap as I will only get one chance at this due to time constraints. Thanks!
Hi Saby, we used 8 inch pans but you an adjust as needed. There’s no harm in adding coloring gel to the batter. It would take a good amount of gel to achieve black…but if you are going for a black/brown shade, that would be fine! (You can always get an idea by putting a drop of black into a spoonful of batter.) —
Good luck!
Hello! Would you do the same thing for cupcakes, or do you have another trick for that? Thanks!
Thank you Melissa, I will use the 8 inch pans then and give adding a little black to the batter and see if that helps to darken it up a bit. I am excited about trying this. Oh, if you have some batter left how full are you filling the pans? half full? Wonder if I used bigger pans if I could use all the batter without it overflowing.
Hi Saby, we filled our pans about 2/3’s full. I’m sorry, I can’t remember how much batter we had left over.
I don’t know what I did wrong but both layers fell and crumbled apart especially when I went to put icing on them. So disappointing
Hi Danielle–I’m sorry that you had this problem! Could you tell if the pattern was right? If the only issue here was the crumbling, it could simply be due to the softness of the cake. If your icing was very thick or a stiff consistency, that call also tear your cake. You want it to be soft enough to easily glide on.
I almost always wrap my cake layers in plastic wrap and then foil while they are still ever so slightly warm. Then, I frost them with a crumb coat (very thin coat) when they are partially frozen…and then allow the cake to settle and reach room temp before applying the final coat. Partially frozen layers are much stronger & less likely to crumble.
Don’t give up! I think you’ll have better luck next time!
It looked like the design was right just started crumbling when I tried to crumb coat. I will try wrapping next time and see how that works :)
Hi! I wanted to know also if you can do this with cupcakes? How would it differ?
Followed the directions and my family was amazed. The cake was sooidtt
I am making this for my daughters 12th birthday party on sunday! should i make it that morning or should i make it tomorrow??
I’m having a gender reveal party for my sister this weekend, and due to time contraints, I will have to have the cake already made before we even find out (we’re releasing ballons for the actual reveal) and I wonder if I could do pink and blue stripes? or would they mix and make an ugly shade of something else?
I’m sorry! I see that we missed some comments–for some reason we weren’t getting our usual e-mail notifications. Let’s see… Sheena, I would be a little worried about the pink and blue although it may be fine. If you tried it, let us know how it worked!
@Christine- I’m sure the cake turned out great–I have no problems with making cakes a day before–or even weeks before if wrapped tightly and frozen!
great post. it is very helpful for people. i will tell my other friend to visit that site for there help. thanks for the nice article.
I have a cake order for a 2 tiered cake (top tier is 8″ and bottom is 10″) and they want the zebra print on the inside. How many cake boxes do you think I will need for each tier? And instead of devils food cake can i use regular chocolate cake? would I make cupcakes the same way?
Thanks ahead of time
Hi Ghada, You will need 1 box of chocolate ( regular chocolate flavor is fine) and 1 box of vanilla for a two layer 8″ tier. You will need 2 boxes of chocolate and 2 boxes of vanilla for your 10″ tier. Yes, you can make cupcakes with the same method, but know that it is a very slow process for cupcakes.
Hi. I made this cake for my daughter’s 14th birthday yesterday, but I did hotpink and black and it turned out awesome I was so excited. I got so many compliments on it from my friends on facebook. Thanks so much for sharing your instructions.
Love it and it came out so perfect very happy and thank u for the great idea. Also I think I would like to try this again with red velvet and white anyways thank a million I just love baking and decorating can’t wait for my next project!!!!
Sarah, thanks for letting us know everything turned out great.
That looks amazing, thanks for sharing.
Would it be possible to make pink and green or pink and black if so how? I don’t really bake that many cakes they are always store bought.
Hi Mary, before putting your cake batter into the cake pans, you would add pink or green food coloring to your white cake batter until you achieve the sh color you like. I have never tinted cake batter black but I would start with a dark chocolate cake batter and add black food coloring. I think it might be difficult to achieve a black you are happy with without using quite a lot of food color.
Going to try this one for the youngests birthday. Thanks for sharing. I thought it was waaaaay more of a process.
This is fantastic. I want to do this for my nieces 5th birthday in march. I was also wondering if you could do this with cupcakes as well?
This is such an adorable idea! I was wondering if the zebra design would still work in a regular 9×13 rectangular pan?
I have been making this cake for years. Ive seen several people ask if this can be done in cupcakes, with no answers. So, I wanted to answer on that…YES, you can. Instead of 1/4 cup, use 1 T batter at a time. It will be time consuming, but they do turn out great. These make a fun cake with a nice surprise for the guests when you cut into it.
Thank you for this recipe my daughter who is turning 20 in a couple of weeks wants a zebra cake – her room is zebra print accessories with hot pink so I plan to make a hot pink frosting – Ill let you know how it all turns out – thanks again – ps glad its Duncan Hines – only cake mix I like to buy!
This is so cute! Does it have the same effect in a square cake pan?
the cake is so cutie that i made
Megan, you can do this in a square pan, the corners won’t show the stripes as well as round.
Hannha, I’m glad your cake turned out great!
Making this Wednesday for a cake I’m working on next week! Can’t wait for the results!
Would love to try this with a strawberry cake mix, Pillsbury is the only brand available in our area in the strawberry flavor, can adjustments be made to make this work. Love the idea. Thank you!
Hi Karla, since we made this blog entry Pillsbury and the other major brand cake mixes have decreased the amount of product in their package to 15.25 ounces. They have also changed their formulation and we think the batter is even thicker. However, I think you can still use this since that is all you have available. I would increase the water and additional 1/4 cup maybe even more, until it seems to spread out in the pan……you may need to giggle the pan a bit to help it spread. It should turn out great, good luck!
I made this cake last night. My frosting needs practice, but the cake is adorable.
You said you wrap the cake in plastic wrap and then foil. How long do you freeze the cake to making frosting it easier? (We will be making this a day prior to a birthday.)
This is so cute! Can I use 9″ cake pans and just make them a bit thinner? I wanted to share that I got mix yesterday and Duncan Hines still has some 18oz mixes, they’re called select. And meijer store brand is also still the old size, calling for more water. Hoping they will work!
Hi Lisa, the freezing of cake layers is a step that is optional. We think it makes the cake less fragile when applying the crumb coat. You could freeze for a short time 1 1/2 to 2 hours or overnight if making the layers in advance. We do a crumb coat with the cake partially frozen. However, cake must be at room temperature when adding the final coat of frosting if you are using a crusting buttercream or it will take it forever to crust.
Hi Katie, yes, 9″ pans will be fine. That is good to know about the Duncan Hines 18oz. mixes, I’m going to look for it. Thanks for posting.
I attempted this tonight, BEFORE reading your blog. My batter was way too thick, and I did cupcakes. I am so glad I found this blog, and now will be adding more water to the batter. Is there a brand of cake mix you would recommend?
Hi Steph, we used Duncan Hines because it does not have pudding in the mix
Thank you so much for this tutorial. My daughter made this cake for me for my birthday! I had seen one on Pinterest without directions so I was thrilled to find you. The cake was gorgeous and everyone oohed and ahhed especially the grandkids. We used a hot pink icing, now I am going to investigate your blog and see what else I can make, or get my daughter to make.
how would u do this with a 1/2 sheet square pan. thanks
Hi Mary Jo, we have not made this in a square pan, but if I try it in this shape I think I would make oval shape circles. I think you would get good coverage of stripes, the corners just would not have any.
Will it work for cupcakes?
I love this and was thinking about doing it for my daughter’s second birthday. I’m wondering if I can do this with the giant cupcake pan?
What wld u recommend for doing this with cupcakes?? Maybe a tbsp??? Thanks in advance :)
Hi!!! I was wandering if you have a post on how to do that piping technique? it looks beautiful and professional. Making the cake for this weekend… I can hardly wait!!!
Laura, this is the reverse shell border that was turned vertically. There is a tutorial if you are a member of the site. If you are not a member, I think you could google reverse shell border and find instructions. Good luck with your cake.
So excited, i just made this in a topsy turvy pan for a birthday party and it looks fabulous so far!! The zebra print looks like it will be perfect, I did dye the chocolate cake black so it will match the cake. Will send you a photo when completed and cut for full effect. Thanks for the great easy ideas!!!
I’m definately adding this to my bucket list :)
Im excited to try this. I like to add pudding and sour cream to my cakes to make them more moist. Will it be too think?
Hi Bri, yes, I think your batter will be a little to thick.
I am making a zebra print cake for my birthday this year, I’m totally going to try this! It looks fantastic! Thanks for sharing the idea :-)
My white cake (Duncan Heinz) was perfect but my chocolate cake (No Name -Loblaws) was way too thin. I’ll ice it and it still will be a wonderful birthday cake for my son!
that’s it?! thank you so much for sharing!
This is perfect!! I have a folder where I keep my baking recipes, and I still don’t have one for “Z”. Now I do, this looks fantastic!
Hi! Saw your tutorial and would love to try this out. Was wondering if I wanted to try it out on cupcakes, how much of each batter must I put in the cupcake liners?
will this work for a 12x 18x 3 sheet pan
Hi Victor, it will not work as well. You won’t get the effect you want in the corners of your pan.
Hi Anita, I would use 1 Tablespoon at a time for cupcakes……it will be a slow process
My co worker is getting married in August and hasn’t found a cake person yet. I think I am going to surprise her and try this. her colors are hot pink and black. And it is a western theme wedding.
This cake looks amazing and so EASY to make and very posh looking. I shared it on my Facebook page so I hope you don’t mind as I”m sure my fans will love to make this.
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Hello, i just wanted to know if this would work if i used a strawberry shortcake recipe (so sponge cake) that im making from scratch, and split the batter in half and used food colouring to make half of it hot pink? and also would it still work if i had two layers that were separated by strawberries and cream?
I was wondering how you could do this same concept but with Cheeta print inside the cake? Thanks! Love this Site!
I was wondering if this recipe would work well in a star shaped pan. The pan itself calls for 1 two layer cake.
Hi Sam, I’m sorry but I think you would not get the zebra stripe effect you are looking for with a star shaped pan.
Making this tomorrow for my daughters 10th birthday. I cant wait to cut into it, I’m not telling her I am making this a zebra print. Thank you so much for posting the idea and steps. :D
I’m planning on doing one of these for my daughter’s 1st Birthday! I’m a little nervous cause I always mess stuff like this up, but it seems simple enough. It’s absolutely adorable! Everything has been zebra since she was born (she was even a zebra for Halloween) so this cake is PERFECT! Thanks for the easy tutorial!
can you make it in a heart pan?
Hi Emily, we have not tried it in a heart shaped pan. It probably would not be a perfect zebra pattern, but I think you could get some zebra effect.
My cakes are in the oven now for my daughter’s 10th birthday tomorrow. I used white cake mix and red velvet. Both Duncan Hines. Fingers crossed!!
Success!!! Making for my daughters 1st birthday and made a mock one last night and it came out perfect! So excited for her party now!!
I will be making this for my daughter’s bday and was wondering if you guys used store bought frosting or made the buttercream. For the piping, did you make the consistency of the frosting different?
@Cindy–I’m so glad to hear it!! She will love it!
@Maria– We use just a standard homemade crusting buttercream. If you want to use store bought frosting, you may need to thicken it with powdered sugar to achieve a good piping consistency. I would avoid whipped store bought frostings–they are harder to thicken up.
Hi Tarryn, since you do not have boxed cake mixes available in South Africa you could use the Classic White Cake and the Classic Chocolate Cake recipes from the recipe section. It sounds as though the batter was too thin the first time you made the cake ( not sure which recipe you used). The cake batter can be the same consistency for the chocolate and the white. Hope this will turn out great for you.
I’m planning to give this a try for a friend’s bridal shower, using the colors of her wedding. 2 questions… can I use regular food colouring to dye the batter, or should I use the gel kind? And, is that 2 boxes of cake mix, or one box divided? Can’t wait to try it, looks amazing!
Hi Sarah, we always use gel color because you can achieve more vibrant color and you do not need to use as much. I think the regular liquid food coloring would work, we but we have not tried it. Yes, you will need 2 boxes of cake mix.
Wow, u never to old to learn :-). Have to try soon.
By the way I’m from South Africa and there are plenty of boxed mixes available. Not sure where Tarryn is shopping :-)
Hi! I love this concept. I am trying to do this with cow print. Any idea how I would go about doing that? Any help would be appreciated!
This is such a great idea! I made it with vegan chocolate cake and vegan peanut butter cake! Thanks for posting! :D
Looks fantastic! I’ll most certainly have a go at this when it’s my son’s birthday next month. He’ll be 23 but he still likes novelty cakes :)
I really love the reverse shell for the sides of the cake. I never would have thought to use it as a side covering. :-)
Try it out for bachorette party pink and black three 8 inch pans wish me luck ill send a photo best idea ever
Good Luck!!
I would like to continue the zebra print on the outside. What would you suggest for the icing? I was thinking about a white/chocolate ganache but was looking for something else for the filling. Any ideas??
So nice!
Furthermore the beauty of the cake is hidden or secret, so it’s even better!
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I was thinking of doing this with blue and yellow (for a friend’s Batman themed cake). Would using two boxes of vanilla cake and coloring one blue and the other yellow get the same effect as one chocolate and one vanilla? Thanks! :-)
Hi Elizabeth, yes, you would get the same effect, sounds like a very cute cake.
just popped my pans into the oven! i’m glad i read the comment about wrapping and freezing before icing! i planned on making them later in the evening, for my daughter’s birthday tomorrow, but i wanted to get them ready. i hope my cakes’ design comes out okay even though my layers weren’t so round. thanks for the tut!
wow thats a good idea
my daughter loves zebras .when I was talking to my sister in Ontario she told me about this cake.This weekend we are having a girls night and will be baking this fabulous cake. Thanks for this fun and hopefully delicious idea!!!!
just saw this and absolutely love it. i will be doing this tomorrow. thanks so much.
I heart this blog! This is just so awesome and fantastic! Me and my sister are gonna bake a zebra cake soon! Thanks for the tutorials! :)
thanks for making this so easy to do…love it !
my Daughter will b 22 and i STILL make her cakes. She loves Zebra things Im soooo… excited about this one.
I think she will love it too, thanks for your post!
I will do this for a birthday celebration at school! Thankyou so MUCH!!!!
Love it…want to try it with my daughter who has just started baking.
I made this with a cat shaped tin to make a striped tabby cat! worked a treat
Hi Kate, what a cute idea. Thanks for posting.
My chocolate batter was much thicker, didn’t spread much. I’d thin out the chocolate batter more if I make again. Mine didn’t look like this.
In the oven now, so we’ll see how they look.
It worked! Had nice zebra stripes which was quite a surprise to everyone as I didn’t tell them what kind of cake I had made.
How fun!
Wonderful, I’m happy it was a success!! Thank you for letting us know!
Doing this today! We made the white cake mix pink to match my daughters pink zebra halter for her horse. She thinks she is the coolest kid in town!
That will be so cute!!
If you dye the white batter orange, and then add a little black food coloring to the chocolate–you make a TIGER cake (for my little boy!). :) Thanks!
If you are making a larger cake (16″) round do you still use 1/4 scoops or should they be larger
Hi Beth, we used 8″ round pans, so I think you would be fine to increase to 1/2 cup scoops if you are making a 16″ cake round. It would take a long time to fill the pan if using the 1/4 cup scoops.
Thank you for the wonderful idea!
I tried this for my sister’s birthday cake, she loves zebra and purple so i dyed the white cake purple and i also had to add a little more water to the chocolate as it was very thick, it turned out well and i also used the leftover batter to make matching zebra print cupcakes to go with the cake. My sister loved it so thank you.
This is like what was called a marbled cake when I was young. It was my favourite cake. I wanted all the time for my birthday. Now I am into carrot cake. :)
cool! will try this later
Ha just made the cake (vanilla and hazulnut) and it worked! I’m so proud thank you for showing us :-)
That’s great!! Thank you for your post!
Hi Elizabeth, We used 2 boxes of cake mix, one white and one chocolate, to make the two layer zebra cake. We did have some cake batter remaining that we used to make cake layers for another use.
I’ve been saving this tutorial for a while now, and finally I have a reason to use the zebra stripe cake batter…my 6 year old granddaughter wants a Rock Star Hello Kitty cake. So I colored the batters hot pink and black and following your directions I made it and it’s in the oven now. Thank you for the wonderful tutorial I have all the confidence in the world that it will be wonderful.
Thanks Nancy! I’m so happy that you made it, pink & black sounds fabulous!
I really want to give this a try. In your opinion, would melted chocolate in the batter taste better than cocoa, and how much chocolate would you add in place of cocoa if I wanted to go this route…a few ounces? Thank you.
Is there some reason you have to use the chocolate? Could I do 2 boxes of the french vanilla and dye one a color? I was hoping to do a gender reveal cake out of this and have it be either white and pink or white and blue. But I wasn’t sure if maybe the batter would blend together too much since it’s the same type?? what do you think?
Hi Krista– No, it doesn’t have to be chocolate and white– colorful zebra stripes will work too!
So u just keep dropping the cake batter into the center ? (I confuse easily whinh is normal lol )
Hi Diane, Yes, keep dropping the batter into the center. It is a bit time consuming as you wait for each color to spread out, but worth it for the end result.
Hi Kristen, That will be so very cute!
will this cake be ok to cover with fondant?
I am planning on making this cake in school colors for a football stadium cake and in a rectangle sheet pan. I will have 3 layers. Do I still put the batter in the center of the pan or should I do put it in 2 or 3 areas of the pan? thanks for a great site. Love it.
Hi Connie, I’m sorry we missed your question. We have never tried doing the zebra cake in a rectangle shaped pan. I think I would try putting the 2 colors of batter in the center of the pan and after that has spread I would fill in the end sections in the same way. You would not have the same uniformity as a circular pan. This is just my best guess…..wish I could have been more helpful. If you give it a try, we would love to hear from you.
What is vanilla batter? Are you talking pudding, cake mix, or something else? Thanks and will try when I get the answer.
Hi NKR, vanilla batter refers to the cake mix batter, it is vanilla flavor.
Thank you. This cake looks perfect when a ‘different’ cake is needed.
Wouldn’t any leftover batter make adorable cupcakes?.
Yes, very cute !
I will definitely be trying this out soon!! I’ve been asked to make a cake for a small class reunion. The school mascot is a tiger, so I can’t wait for them to cut into the cake and reveal this surprise! So grateful for this blog entry!
They will love it!!
This is the perfect cake I need for a baby shower. The mother has chosen baby pink and dark brown zebra print for the theme. Hard to find decorations but anyway, plan on making the shower cake and what a surprise she will have when she cuts into the cake!!! Thank you, I’m gonna be loved forever for this trick!!! Can’t wait!
It will be perfect for the baby shower!
Hi! Do you think this will work ok for cupcakes?! :)
I think it would work, but it will take a very long time to fill the cupcake liners.
my daughters softball team had zebra stripes along the side, so I just made this cake for their end-of-season party…a big hit!
This cake looks amazing. I love zebra and I hope mine comes out as good as yours did.thank you for sharing
Hi there!!…also going to try this for a wedding cake.
Have never done this before, so can’t wait to see how this is going to turn out.
My husbands birthday is Saturday and I’m not an avid baker. Going to try this out. Fingers crossed!!!
Hi Julie, I think he will love it. Let us know.
Today I’m doing a chocolate and raspberry zebra cake for my birthday party on Saturday. Will the cake keep for two days?
Hi Sara- If you are using a raspberry filling/anything perishable, you’ll want to refrigerate. I refrigerate anything with fruit fillings. No problem to refrigerate for a couple of days, it will be fine!
omg i love it i’m going to make t as soon as possible because i love baking and this would be amazingly fun:)
Hi Melissa, I would like to do this cake from scratch and my FAVORITE chocolate cake recipe is your Classic Chocolate Scratch recipe. I don’t have a favorite vanilla but was thinking of trying the Classic White Cake in your recipes section too. Would these recipes work or would they be too thick?
Another question – I would love to do this print inside the purse cake and make a brown and white zebra stripe flap on the outside of the purse.
Would these hold up to that too? Ill either cover in white chocolate ganache or fondant. Thank you.
Hi paintmycake, we have not tried using those recipes for the zebra stripe cake so I can’t say for sure, but I think they will work. We have had many people try this with scratch recipes and have success, I just don’t know what recipe they used. The two recipes will hold up to fondant….and the zebra stripe flap on the outside of the purse would not add too much weight. I am assuming that you are using the “purse cake” on the site. It only has a small amount of carving so I think the recipes will be fine, and you will be chilling the cake before you carve.
Can’t wait until june 28 for my cake
Wonderful, I’ve just been asked for an Africa cake from my nephew for his birthday, since we are going to South Africa a few days after. I have more or less got the outside decoration sorted, but this will just blow their minds when they cut it! Great tutorial and thanks!
Yes, this is perfect for his birthday!! Thank you for the nice comments!
… I tried it .. :) ..
all I can say is PERFECT… Turned out just th way i wanted it to :D
I’m so glad, ChiChi! ;0)
Hello, Thank you for the info. I want to make this cake but it will be the bottom of a two tier cake. I wanted to know if just box cake mix without adding the pudding would hold the top tier? Thank you
Hi Yashira, We usually prefer to use a doctored cake mix or a scratch recipe that is not so soft when making a tiered cake. I think you will be fine to use a regular cake mix without pudding added if your dowels are stable and the weight of the top tier is fully supported on the dowels and not the cake below. Here is a link to Melissa’s tie stacking video in case you would like to watch it, https://www.mycakeschool.com/video-tutorials/simple-stacked-tiers/
Thank you so much Bebe for your quick response. I was going to use a doctored cake mix and it has pudding and sour cream. My next question is just take out the pudding and keep the sour cream? Thanks.
Hi Yashira, We have only made the zebra stripe cake using a cake mix without pudding in the mix, such as Duncan Hines. As in the instructions, the cake batter should be somewhat thin so it will spread out more easily. Unfortunately, I can’t say if adding sour cream would make it too thick.
wah!!! I like this cake, I will make this cake on my son’s birthday, which is helding in next week.
Can this be made with your marble scratch cake recipe just not swirling it?
Hi Holly, It should work fine, just divide the batter as evenly as possible. Stir approximately 3 Tablespoons or so of Dutch Processed Cocoa into one of the bowls for the chocolate. What I cannot remember is how thick the batter of the Marble Cake is, hopefully it is not too thick so the batter will spread out more quickly………you can jiggle the pan a bit to coax the batter into spreading.
It will be perfect for the baby shower! I really adopt your recipie for our customers.
Is the cake baked on the middle oven rack?
This recipe is great! So impressive!
Will this work when making a baked Alaska? I think it would look really great with chocolate and lemon sorbet layers on top of the zebra layer,, mounds of meringue topping browned/torched and obviously taste delicious too!
What do you use to make the frosting design?