Beautiful food seems to come more from Asian culture than western. Japanese food carving tools create beautiful swans out of apples. And in between are recipes such as Pecan Pie Dump Cake.
What about these recipe names? Just enter dump cakes and you can get 32 easy dump cake recipes that require "no effort." What does into a dump cake? Canned or fresh fruit or pie filling, boxed cake mix and butter. They are so easy to make that you aren't supposed to ever mix it. Sprinkle the boxed cake mix on top and add the butter. DO NOT STIR IN. What if the cake mix powder is sitting on top after it has baked. Should have used more butter - is the answer.
And there's an answer to the question "do dump cakes really work?" The answer is:
"Besides the cringe-worthy name, most dump cases are way too sweet and can be kind of a one-note experience." Continue down this U.S. food trail and find celebrity-named cakes - what is the Elvis Cake? It is a single-layer classic yellow cake that's topped with a pineapple glaze. "Much like a poke cake." That's a cake that calls for holes to be poked in it after baking. The article says to use the handle of a wooden spoon or a wooden skewer - that would be pot hole cake, wouldn't it? Anyway, liquid is poured over the cake to soak into the cake/pot holes.
There is an American cake ethos. So many cakes have been invented in the U.S.:
- Election Cake
- Indian Pound Cake
- Angel Food Cake - yes they did invent this
- 1,2,3,4 Cake
- Tomato Soup Cake
- Cherry Cola cake
I realize there is an ironic tone in this post. And with this difficult political time we are in, there may be more irony to come. That is in part because it is so easy to find source material on the internet. Here's the question on Quora about cakes:
"Was the USA the first country to make a cake?"
Definitely tomato soup and cherry cola cake. But are these things cakes? |
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