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Last week, our sister site Lemondrop.com wrote about the Pumpple Cake: half cake, half pie and all calories. The Pumpple, created by the Flying Monkey Patisserie, in Philadelphia, consists of apple and pumpkin pies baked inside vanilla and chocolate cakes covered, no, obliterated, with vanilla buttercream. It just so happens I was in the area this weekend, and picked up a Pumpple to bring back to AOL Headquarters.
Having made the trip back to New York in one piece, the cake was ready for the food team to dig in. By 10:00 a.m. we were slicing into this masterpiece. For a moment we all just stood there in awe, thinking, How did anyone even come up with this idea?
Eating a cake this large and indulgent doesn't come without repercussions. Here come the heartbreaking numbers: The Pumpple weighs 15 pounds and measures more than a foot tall. And make sure you have a crowd to share this cake with, because each slice packs 1,800 calories. No, that is not a typo.
Here's what we enjoyed about the cake:
1. Its utter beauty and creativity.
2. The chocolate cake was moist and had a rich chocolate flavor.
3. The pumpkin pie's spices were out-of-this-world.
4. The experience, and everyone's eyes as we cut the first slice.
5. The name.
Here are our qualms about the cake:
1. Way too much frosting. I understand that there needs to be some sort of stabilizing agent between the two cakes, but there's no need for that much (see photo gallery below).
2. The vanilla cake was dry and crumbly.
3. More apple pie, please.
4. Start offering the chocolate-and-pumpkin section by itself.
5. Please start delivering!
If you're not a fan of these holiday pies, don't fret. As I stood in line waiting for my Pumpple, I asked the young woman behind-the-counter, "Do you plan on selling these throughout the year?" She responded, "Yes, we're even going to change it up through the seasons, peach pie for the summer, etcetera." So there's still a chance for you pumpkin-pie haters to dig into a foot-long cake sometime down the line.
With the extreme fast-food movement in full swing, I'm concerned that bakeries and other food establishments are going to join the insanity. However, if nothing else, this cake is a beauty and it's certain to be a conversation piece at your next holiday event.
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If you're in the area and would like to try one (or a slice) for yourself: $8 per slice. Whole Pumpple Cake orders require 72 hours advance notice (9 inch feeds 30-40 for $75, 6 inch feeds 15-20 for $45) FlyingMonkeyPhilly.com.
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11-04-2010 @1:29PM Melissa said... These guys were SO late to the pie-inside-a-cake party: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp4yWTLIPaE
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11-05-2010 @2:12PM Ro said... http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2010/08/cherpumple_-_pies_baked_inside.html
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11-05-2010 @2:58PM lita said... Looks like something we cut into when I was in biology class. Ick. (I will say that, prior to cutting, it was a goodlooking cake.)
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11-05-2010 @4:17PM Suzana said... It looks like the perfect dessert to showcase on "Man vs. Food"~ Adam Richman, are you listening??? :o)
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11-05-2010 @6:58PM Brian Workman said... A heart attack train wreck waiting to happen!!
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11-05-2010 @10:03PM 64c0dc00 said... This cake (?) looks nasty, not something I'd buy or even want to try, yuck.
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11-05-2010 @8:48PM Squiggles said... YUCK! All that frosting alone would have me puking. I'll eat a good pie any day, but this...???
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11-06-2010 @10:54AM Greg said... Check out the fruit pies with the cake bottom crust and cookie top crust. They're made from an old cajun recipe at www.cajunfruitpies.weebly.com
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11-07-2010 @4:40PM Eagle1015 said... First the turducken and now the pumpple. Why do we have this strange desire to put food inside of food?
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11-07-2010 @6:49PM Tabbyhikat said... Good Lord! That is an entire day's worth of calories in one slice, wedge, whatever you want to call it. GROSS! Way to improve the obesity epidemic in this country!
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11-07-2010 @7:26PM Mark Boxshus said... Hey Folks..........For all of you naysayers.........please keep in mind that this is nothing more than a gimmick and ruse engineered to get those of you with very negative attitudes to spout off about how reprehensible, disgusting and down right ridiculous such a creation is! And.......from what I can see.......it's actually worked nicely.....lol.
It's only a joke, albeit one that some people actually take the time and effort to complete, but nonetheless, something any serious cook or baker would never waste their time, energy and resources completing.
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11-08-2010 @10:50AM Bill said... I was surprised that you didn't credit Charles Phoenix. I think it's customary when you rip off a recipe.
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11-10-2010 @1:12PM melissa said... I live in PA where things unfathomably are made like this first in western PA there was the donut chesseburger it was sold at some local fair and now this its just plain weird and gross! no one in their right mind would even consider eating this even that guy on man vs. food wouldn't touch this
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11-18-2010 @2:13PM Carmen said... OMG. That's all I have left to say. Wow. You eat it so we don't have to, right? Although I salute to this amazing creativity #hatoff
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