Procedure:

1. Remember to spray the bundt pan with oil or butter and flour according to package directions
2. Prepare the cake batter according to package directions
3. Divide batter into 4 bowls
4. Add green food coloring to one bowl of batter
5. Add blue batter to another bowl
6. Add red food coloring to the third bowl
7. Leave the 4 th batter uncolored
8. Pour the uncolored batter into the bundt pan
9. Pour the green Batter on top of the uncolored batter
10. Pour the red layer in the pan
11. Add poppy seeds to the blue batter and pour it into the pan
12. In two or three places squeeze 3 or 4 drops of red food coloring
13. Plunge a knife in out of the drops of food dye to force it through the colored layers
14. Bake , cool and unmold the bundt cake according to the package directions
15. When cooled mix the half of the confectioner's sugar with the cocoa ( Cocoa is optional)
16. Sprinkle white sugar on top of half the cake and the other half with the sugar and cocoa mix
17. Mark coordinates in the sugar N=north E=east S=south and W=west
18. Have students draw and describe the cake
19. Give each student or lab group a rock layer key
20. Firmly push a straw into the cake and extract a small tube of cake- make sure each student knows where their slice came from (N,E,S or W)
21. Observe the layers through a clear straw or carefully push the tube of cake out with a Bamboo skewer
22. Draw and describe your sample of cake
23. Identify rock types of each layer, intrusions and fossils using the key
24. Label your cake sample diagram top to bottom
25. Compare your sample with samples from the other 3 coordinates
26. Cut a slice of cake Draw and describe the full slice
27. Compare the interior of the cake to your core samples
28. Enjoy eating your cake