The Infamous Chick Hicks Cake

"I want a Chick Hicks cake!" That was Ethan's number one request before his birthday.

Using this race track cake as my guide, I set to work. I coped out on the actual cake and used boxed yellow cake and put my energy into the decorations and the icing and filling. Ethan wanted chocolate (my favorite too) so I made chocolate fudge icing from my old school Hershey's cookbook for the filling and the top of the cake that would be the pavement.

Green-tinted buttercream covered the sides and grassy knoll in the center of the cake. I used crushed chocolate teddy grahams for the track and green sprinkles for the grass in the center. And for final touches, I put two checkered flags on top and, of course, the one, the only Chick Hicks. The cake was a big hit with Ethan, his friends, and the parents. My favorite part was definitely the filling, which is both rich and creamy. See the recipe below.


Chocolate Fudge Frosting
from Hershey's Make It Chocolate! cookbook
3/4 cup butter
1 cup Hershey's cocoa
4 cups confectioner's sugar
1/2 cup hot milk
2 tsp vanilla extract

In a small saucepan over low heat melt butter; add cocoa, stirring constantly until smooth and slightly thickened. Remove from heat; set aside to cool slightly. In large mixer bowl combine confectioner's sugar and milk; beat until smooth and slightly thickened, about 5 to 10 minutes. Cool at room temperature to spreading consistency about 1/2 hour. About 3 cups frosting, enough to frost and fill a 2-layer 9-inch cake.