We may not be master cake decorators, but we’ve got a few tricks up our sleeves to make our confections look good. Like a simple technique for frosting like a pro and now this method for creating a pattern on the inside of the cake. In this recipe, we make chocolate and vanilla cakes from box mixes (feel free to use your favorite from-scratch recipes), then cut them into circles and put them back together in alternating layers. The result is a, dare we say, wow-worthy checkerboard pattern that we cover with a decadent chocolate cream-cheese frosting.