Favorite from my youth on the prairie. There was a popular mix for this in the fifties and Mother and I would put one together every so often. To cut the cake we used a sewing thread wrapped around the side of the cake at the cut line and then lapped the ends of the thread. Pull both ends and the thread cuts right through the cake. As for the current seeming lack of popularity - each of the three parts is a cooking skill that is no longer common. Unless that mix is still available! (It isn't - SIGH) And we really shouldn't mention the calories and fat! I think I vaguely remember a Boston Cream Pie type mix from the late 1980's too. Love the thread idea. ~ MaryJane

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