I made this for a jungle-themed baby shower, and everyone loved the cake and found it very tasty ... a double recipe (with a little bit taken out for a tasting cupcake) fit in my 9" x2"h pan, but the layers got pretty scrambled because it took a long time to get up to temp in the middle. Or maybe it was because I thinned the chocolate out a little with some creme de cacao and thickened the vanilla a bit with flour to even them out-- not really fair to comment with changes, I know! anywho, what I ended up with was YUMmy and very cute. Scrambed stripes or not, the zebra concept was there, and with mocha frosting and little marzipan zoo animals surrounded by fresh mint leaves, it looked the part inside & out. Thank you for another gem of a recipe! Awesome cake Kay, thanks for sharing your creative ideas. I Love the idea of the zoo animals. ~ MaryJane

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