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Friday, September 12, 2008

What Is That thing?

No, this cake never need be baked-the visual along with the article is enough. I couldn't serve this to any children I know-not with a straight face. Oh look kids, it's a "raspberry milkshake cake! No, it is a pink monstrosity-sort of like Pepto Bismal ganache.

In the interests of being fair, I asked my three year old what it looked like to him:

Mama: What do you think of this picture?
Danny: What is that thing?
Mama: Cake.
Danny: It is not.
Mama: No really, it is.
Danny: Did you make that thing?
Mama: No, Dan Lepard did-he's famous.
Danny: (scrunching up face) It's a very pink thing.

And it looks like Pepto. I could see baking one of these with wintergreen flavouring as a joke.

4 comments:

  1. The only thing in Mary's mind that could make that better would be if it were shaped like a princess. A beautiful princess.

    I swear to god, that child cannot be related to me. Pink? Princesses? Ian must have been a girl when he was small, 'cause she doesn't get her girlyness from me.

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  2. If you go over to my other blog and click on the link to McCarty Musings in the sidebar, you might find yourself in pretty good company ;)

    You haven't bought the Spaghetti-O's with the princesses on it, have you?

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  3. I am ashamed to admit that I have, though not willingly. They put those things at a 3 year olds eye level, and rather than deal with a raging fit in the middle of the grocery store, well, let's just say that I pick my fights wisely. Now, they are one of the few things that she willingly eats, and we have to discuss each noodle in detail before it is consumed.

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  4. I probably would have bought Danny the Cars ones if he weren't vegetarian, so don't feel bad.

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