You've heard the expression "I'll eat my hat" -- well, at a Madeline party you'd expect to be served a slice of her famous French chapeau.

Ingredients

• 1 18-oz. pkg. lemon cake mix (eggs, cooking oil and water in amounts as directed on package)
• 1 tbsp. grated lemon peel

• 2 12-oz. cans lemon frosting (about 4 cups)
• 1 3-foot roll (.75 oz) strawberry fruit roll ribbon (Fruit by the Foot)

Instructions

1. Prepare cakes according to package directions using eggs, oil and water, adding lemon peel to the batter.

2. Bake one 8-inch round and one 9-inch round. After cakes have cooled, trim around the 8-inch layer so that it's 6 inches in diameter.

3. Place 9-inch layer on a 12-inch platter or cake circle. Spread some frosting in the middle of the 9-inch layer and center the 6-inch layer on top.

4. Cover cake with a smooth layer of frosting. (Note: You may not need to use all of it, but you never want to skimp on a party cake.) If desired, score frosting with a fork to resemble the basket weave look of a straw hat.

5. Unwrap fruit roll and use as a hat band, loosely tying at the back and allowing the ends to trail down the back of the brim.

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