Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 1 15 oz box Pillsbury Moist Supreme Tropical Mango Flavored Premium Cake Mix (or flavor of your choice)
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 to 3 drops Americolor electric orange food coloring gel
  • checkerboard pan with inserts (Rowoco)
  • 1 can Pillsbury Creamy Supreme Vanilla Frosting

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour checkerboard pans and inserts.
  • In a large bowl, combine cake mix, water, oil and eggs. With an electric mixer on low speed, mix until moistened. Beat on medium high for 2 minutes. Divide batter in half and place half of the batter in a medium glass bowl. Add 2 to 3 drops of food coloring gel to one batter half. Mix on low speed until combined.
  • To make checkerboard; with batter divider in place...
  • First pan:
  • pour mango colored batter (1/2 full) into outer stripes, pour orange colored batter into middle stripe. (1/2 full)
  • Second pan:
  • pour orange colored batter (1/2 full) into outer stripes, pour mango colored batter into middle stripe. (1/2 full)
  • Third pan:
  • pour mango colored batter (1/2 full) into outer stripes, pour orange colored batter into middle stripe. (1/2 full)
  • Fourth pan:
  • pour orange colored batter (1/2 full) into outer stripes, pour mango colored batter into middle stripe. (1/2 full)
  • Carefully remove divider(s) from pans, lifting up slowly by the edges.
  • Bake at 350 until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 25 to 35 minutes.
  • Remove pans from oven, cool on wire racks for 10 minutes.
  • Carefully remove cakes from pans and cool on wire racks until cakes are cold.