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Hmm. Something to consider for the freaky, betrothed, and anemic: a wedding cake made out of ground beef. For reals. This cake was lovingly conjured–”on a dare”–by one intrepid chef at Black Widow Bakery. The result was so…intense…that it’s since inspired a whole “meat cake gallery.” There’s no real proof (please prove me wrong) these alterna-cakes have seen the inside of a wedding reception, but who knows? Maybe 2007 will prove the year of the meat cake yet! And since I’ve been on a superstition kick, I might as well throw in the one about how if a single girl sleeps with a piece of wedding cake under her pillow, her dreams will reveal the identity of her future husband. If it’s a meat cake, I’m thinking maybe a rancher. If she’s hoping for an agile, mushroom-stomping Italian, maybe she should swipe some of this excellent Super Mario Bros. cake.
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Last Spring Martha Stewart made a meatloaf cake that was so pretty.She used mashed potatoes as the “frosting” and decorated it with peas and carrots :)
I’m afraid to go and look at what a “meat cake gallery” looks like :O
posted by CropTillDawn on 5-17-2007 at 11:21 pm
I’ve heard of some people making meat ‘birthday cakes’ for their pets. It’s an interesting take on the conventional idea of meatloaf and mashed potatoes. It would certainly make getting kids to clean their plates a lot easier :).
posted by heather on 5-18-2007 at 12:50 am
Heh. What a coincidence…that’s my sister’s site. Yep, the cake is real.
I’ll have to let her speak for herself, but IIRC it was for a bachelor’s party, not the wedding itself.
posted by gecko on 5-18-2007 at 1:37 pm
are you the Becky May from Elgin, IL?
posted by Pedro on 3-8-2008 at 1:31 pm