Cakefight!

Can you even imagine, in this day and age, having an election returns party with both Democrats and Republicans attending? This is what Karl Rove and his ilk have done to our country--we can't even eat cake together anymore. Which I guess is a minor point compared to our lost moral standing, economic implosion, and decaying infrastructure and health. But it's still sad. If cake can't bring us together, we're screwed.

I didn't realize until I posted this that I cropped off the title; it's for an "Election Returns Party Cake." There are lots of recipes like this in the cake mix cookbook; you make a shaped cake by baking a square or round cake and then carving it elaborately into the shape you want. Simpler times.

What I like best about the instructions for this recipe is that they stipulate you should construct the marshmallow-and-gumdrop eyes so that the elephant and donkey are looking at each other.

If you want to try this on your own, you can click on the image for the larger version.









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