This may look like an innocent carrot cake, but it’s actually more of a Thanksgiving Frankenstein. Chow has put together a convenient layer cake made of turkey, cranberry sauce, marshmallows and sweet potatoes, all surrounded by mashed potato frosting. It’s economical, a time and space saver, yes, but it kind of reminds me of the people that take everything on their plate and mix it together, with the familiar refrain, “It’s all going to the same place anyway, right?” (That kind of pragmatism is lost on me. Also, ew.) This turducken mentality is what makes America great. And kind of gross. But I’d still eat it. Can you tell that I can’t decide if I’m disgusted or hungry?
(And let’s not even talk about that dessert monstrosity, “the cherpumple” — apple, cherry and pumpkin pies baked inside a cake. Is nothing sacred?)
I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. This is really frightening.
My brother is one of those “take everything on their plate and mix it together” people, every Thanksgiving and Christmas I would have to sit beside his brownish-purple blob dish as he would take a spoon and scoop it all up. Yuck. As well, a couple of years ago I was introduced to the turducken idea as my uncle was excitedly inviting everyone to his special feast, I guess this all points to what type of eaters my family consists of!
There is a vegan version of this too! http://mobettavegan.blogspot.com/2010/11/veganmofo-iv-like-meat-cake-burnin-in.html
Wow!
just gross.
i’m not a section eater or anything.
but gross.
i cant decide how i feel about it either…
Oh I would so eat this. Very Amy Sedaris, no?
Totally!
i like the idea of not having as many dishes to wash. i probably wouldn’t even use a knife and fork to eat it. just my hands and a bib.
You’re my kind of lady.