How to make a snowman cake...

Start with two glass mixing bowls. One Large (body) and one medium (head). (Obviously, they should be oven-safe).

Grease and flour. Don't try to cheat and use cooking spray. I tried that the first time and the results were less than desireable.

Make one box of Funfetti cake mix and divide it between the two bowls filling each bowl about half way up.

Wrap wet paper towels around the sides of the bowls before putting them in the oven. {I don't know why this works, but it makes the cake rise more evenly so the top is flat. (I learned this trick in High School from S.P. , the mother of my friend Felix, and do it every time I bake a cake of any size or shape.)}

When the cake looks like it's done, trust me when I tell you it's not. It's completely raw in the middle.

Fashion a cone of tinfoil with the help of a turkey baster. Shove it in the middle of the cake. This will allow the hot air to circulate and cook the middle. (Be sure to remove the turkey baster...) By-the-way, if you try to insert the cone too early it'll tip over and mess everything up.

Keep checking with a toothpick to determine when the cakes are actually done. The larger of the two will take awhile longer.

After allowing the cakes to cool a bit, invert them onto a cooling rack after carefully sliding a thin rubber spatula around the edges to loosen. When that doesn't work, shove the rubber spatula farther down around the edges and try again.

Now start at the top and repeat this whole process.

5 (or 20) hours later, you'll have four halves of two wholes. Stick them in the fridge on their respective cooling racks and figure out the rest in the morning.

As you may be able to tell, I'm not an expert and this is not an exact science. Which is why I wont be going into the cake baking business any time soon. I'm pretty sure I got the idea of the round bowls somewhere, but I obviously don't remember where, or I'd have had a better idea how long to cook in them and at what temperature.



So there you go. Mystery of the snowman cake, REVEALED! May it be just as vexing a project for you as it was for me!