Want an egg-themed dessert for Easter, but you're tired of the typical lamb and carrot cakes? Want something even more likely to give the kiddos nightmares than a human-sized bunny who hides food all over the house and/or yard when they're not looking? Well, has McCall's Book of Cakes and Pies (1974) got a cake for you!
Just make the Humpty Dumpty Cake! And "Whatever you do, don't fall asleep!"
No problem with the not falling asleep part-- this thing takes an entire oversize page and the better part of a day to decorate.
And of course, the kids will never sleep again after facing the terrifying eggish cake staring them down with its beady little eyes, then plotting revenge as it gets sliced to bits! Happy Easter (or spring, from someone who only watches the holiday amusedly from the sidelines)!
I never thought of painting a cake with food coloring. I also find the legs quite disturbing. I also wonder what size gathering someone would make this for - 2 16 oz pound cake mixes, 10 cups of sugar (not to mention creamy fudge frosting, too). I guess it was a way for mom to be busy for a day. "You kids stay out of here, I'm working on an Easter surprise."
ReplyDelete"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" came out in 1975. I wonder how many women looked at this disturbing monstrosity a few years after it was published and wondered if making a white rabbit with a bloody face would be less disturbing (or at least more fun).
Families were bigger back then. They could demolish a big cake in no time.
DeleteI'd definitely be more interested in making the killer rabbit!