Gamer Cake Recipe

How to make it

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• Make sure you have a clean work surface: wipe down your countertops and make sure all your bowls and spoons and whisks etc. are sparkling.
• in a large mixing bowl (to be attached to a mixer, if you have one) combine the cake mix and the pudding mix.
• add the vegetable oil.
• in a separate bowl, crack the four eggs and make sure you didn't get any shell in there (this is especially important if there are little ones or gamers helping you; gamers tend to get shell in with the eggs).
• when it is apparent that the eggs are shell-free, dump them in with the other ingredients in the mixing bowl.
• begin mixing, whether by hand or electronically (by mixer, not robot).
• while the batter is being mixed, slowly add half of the mountain dew.
• stop mixing and scrape the bottom of the bowl to make sure none of the cake mix or pudding mix is hiding down there, still in powdered form.
• continue mixing, slowly adding the other half of the mountain dew.
• when the mixing is done, or your arm is just too darn tired to continue (you don't want to wear yourself out, you've got a Lord of the Rings marathon coming up later), dump the mix into your pan which you've already greased with shortening.
• did i forget to mention earlier to grease the pan with the shortening? you should know that already.
• bake in your 350 degree oven for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick or knife comes out clean.
• let cool completely (i recommend 15-20 minutes on a cooling rack in the pan, then flipping the pan over and letting the cake drop out).
• while the cake is cooling, mix the sugar, milk and vanilla in a bowl and whisk until combined to make the glaze.
• place the bowl of glaze in the refrigerator until the cake is completely cooled.
• stand guard by the fridge to make sure none of the kids or the gamers get their dirty fingers in the glaze bowl.
• when the cake is cooled, pour the glaze over the top (a thing of beauty).
• place the cake on the table and step back (gamers are known to be quick and messy eaters; it should be gone in a matter of minutes).
• bask in the praise and envy of your fellow gamers and any neighbors' kids who have wandered over. you deserve it.