Be sure to leave an empty triangle for the mouth! Pay extra care to the sides, especially when you get close to the chocolate frosting in between the two layers.
Once your top layer is in place, carefully frost the entire cake in the yellow frosting. This way you get a smooth surface for your pac man. For this top layer, you want to be sure you get the bottom (flat edge) on top, and the rounded (top) facing down. CAREFULLY flip the second cake layer on top of the first. Frost the top of the first cake layer thickly with chocolate frosting. Make sure you use the final serving plate or platter the second time. To do this, simply repeat the steps above but without the cake pan. I’d recommend flipping it back over so that the flat edge is on the bottom. The best way I have found is to set plate or platter on top of the cake pan and flip them both upside down together. Once cake layers COOL COMPLETELY, flip the first one out onto a plate. Once you have the yellow color you are looking for, set it aside. 
The type of food coloring and frosting you use may make results vary. I also highly recommend starting with only 10 yellow drops and working your way up. If you are going to try to add 1 green drop for a richer, deeper yellow, I’d recommend having an extra can of white frosting on hand just in case. I added 24 yellow drops and one green drop, but the green addition almost became a disaster. You may need to mix in more to get the vibrant yellow you are looking for. Add up to 10 drops of yellow food coloring at first, and mix it well.
Trick: carefully stick a toothpick into the center of your cake, if it comes out clean, it’s ready. Add a few extra minutes for dark coated pans.
Bake for 33-36 minutes for metal or glass pans. If you will use chocolate chips for the eyes, be sure to save at least 10 to accomplish this. However you want to do it should work fine. My stepson chose to sprinkle them liberally on one layer, and concentrate them in the middle on the other. With an electric mixer this will be around 2 minutes, if you are mixing with hand, this will take longer. Blend the cake mix, oil and eggs in a large bowl until completely mixed. 
You can flour the inside of the pan as well, though we skipped that step and it came out fine.
PREHEAT oven to 350 ° F for metal or glass pans, or 325 ° F for dark coated pans. Something to spread the frosting evenly, you can use a butter knife, but there are specialty tools. An electric mixer or whisk (though you can use a fork!). 1 Can of Chocolate Frosting (the large can is not needed, the regular size will do). 1 Bag Dark Chocolate Chips (substitute with semi-sweet or milk chocolate, or mix if you’d like). 3 Large Eggs (from Duncan Hines mix box). 1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil (from Duncan Hines mix box). 1 1/3 Cups Water (from Duncan Hines mix box). 1 Box Duncan Hines Devil’s Food Cake Mix ( or other chocolate cake mix. It turned out delicious and it was fun too! My step son and I baked and decorated this together for his birthday. I thought I’d share this with you all, because this cake is an easy, fun way to create something for your child’s birthday, or for a gaming enthusiast. She came up with a great tutorial for making a Pac-man Cake! If you’d like to be a guest poster for SKC read the Guest Post Guidelines and contact me to pitch me your idea. Recently I asked my friend and blogging buddy, Amber Seree, to write a guest post for Shane’s Killer Cupcakes.
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