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Bacon-slab cake. Photo: debbiedoescakes, Flickr.

When is a savory slab of bacon not a savory slab of bacon? When it's a deliciously sweet, sugary cake merely masquerading as a salted and smoked side of pork.

This bacon-slab "groom's cake" from Flickr user debbiedoescakes is entirely sweet and, even better, entirely edible, right down to the cutting-board base. It makes our mouths water for both, and forces us to ask: Which would you rather -- cake or bacon? Or cake that looks like bacon?

[Via Flickr]

Hey, we've had bacon ice cream and bacon martinis and even bras made out of bacon. Why not a cake topped with it?

That's the question that a reader of cakehead.com asks. Specifically, she asks what type of cake is the best to top with bacon. Yellow cake was too sweet, and carrot cake didn't quite work either. Click on the link to find out what cake tastes great with bacon, and then try it yourself.

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