The King Coup
February 21, 2012 Happy Fat Tuesday, everyone!
Or, as John and I call it, FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT'S HOLY JUST DON'T TALK ABOUT KING CAKES.
Yep, per our new household tradition, all King cakes and other deep-fried donuts are strictly off limits.
And just to be safe, Queen cakes are getting the boot, too.
;)
Plus drawing on cakes with magic markers.
(The walls of your bedrooms are still fine, though, kids.)
Jokers, however, are perfectly acceptable.
;)
Ahh, Mr. Seymore Buttz, you never fail to amuse.
Fortunately, most bakeries know they can just throw a few plastic beads and carrot-less jockeys onto pretty much anything and people will buy it, thereby enabling a blissfully King-cake-free holiday.
;)
I hear the fun part is watching beads come out of your 3-year-old.
This next one is so sad I actually had two separate wreckporters submit photos of it:
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And if that doesn't capture the spirit of exuberant revelry, nothing will.
Also, John says he's pretty sure that cake is deep-fried.
And finally, did you know that Mardi Gras was actually first celebrated in Boston?
;)
They'd swap Boston Cream King Pies and brag about who had the best foliage.
It's true! I checked Wikipedia and everything.
Thanks to Sylvia F., Kelli W., Patty S., Kati C., Bunny G., and Eleanor B. for the wicked awesome history lesson.
Reader Comments (63)
So, Jen and John, I guess indulging in Paczki are also ruled out at your house, too.
Paczki (pronounced 'poonch-key" are cream or jelly-filled donuts with double sugar and eggs...traditionally served on Fat Tuesday. They are Polish in origin, and were made to clean out the cupboards before Lent began.
They are tasty goodness!
Aww I just want to give that green cake a hug :( seymore butz is ALWAYS good for a laugh, and the others are just pathetic.
Hahaha! I remember the King Cake Fiasco of 2011 well. I hope that this years post is drama free!
Nice black bra with nipple windows?
Teehee. It still tickles me that the king cake post comments went so kazoo. (And I'm one of those Louisiana natives who finds them super yummy but can laugh at how crazy they can seem to non-locals and how... not pretty... they generally are.)
I'm lovin' those Bostonian Mardi Gras cakes. I'm going to be saying Happy Madi Gras all day now.
Sad Mardi Gras cake is sad. Maybe he wanted to be a Madi Grad cake.
Ah, I see you decided to poke the bear today. Happy deep-fried donut day. Pass the Hurricanes.
I have had bouts of uncontrollable, & unexplainable to my shopping partners, laughter sincethe Bakery's Mardi Gras display went up last week. It's especially humorous seeing as the king cake table is directly in front of the donut case.
Oh but it was such fun watching the King cake hit the fan last year! Guess I'll just have to go back to my boring old pancakes today then....
You know, the green CCC isn't nearly as sad if you imagine it's a turtle with a penchant for vaguely aboriginal body paint...
...that had a run-in with a steam roller.
OK. Still Sad. (I can't explain the beads -- maybe a road-side tribute?)
Between that, and the fact I have the "Ooga Chaka" (AKA Ally McBeal Dancing Baby) song stuck in my head because of the carrot-less jockeys, I'm going to need a slice of yesterday's Alzheimer's cake to forget these monstrosities.
(Exits, singing, "I'mmmmmmm hooked on some beading...")
Little black brassiere
supporteth you not, m'dear.
Next: cake epauliere.
More like Mardi Graaaaaaaaaaagghaaargghhugghnononononooooo...
God blessed the broken road that led me straight to you.
And let us never speak of king cakes again.
Oh MAN! I was hoping for some King Cake wrecks!!!
Ah, who can forget the memorable King Cake bruhaha of 2011??? I still chuckle over it, and have been known to insert a well-placed *"Deep Fried!" into conversations.
Y'all rock. Your readers rock. Your commenters rock.
Thanks for the bright spot every day.
That is all.
"... King cakes and other deep-fried donuts ..."
Ooooh, you're really asking for it, aren't you?
See you in the Epcot Bunker.
LOL, I think we all understand the fear of mentioning or...heaven forbid...making fun of....the king-whatever-something deep fried with plastic in the middle-cakes/donuts/whatever label you want to put on them!
Is it just me, or is the mask one almost a kind or clever way to use the heart-shaped pan? *cricket cricket* Hmmm, just me, I guess! Maybe had they only filled THAT part of the pan...errrr...something.....
I actually thought the Mardi Gras Mask cookie thingy was pretty clever until the bra comments came up. Now I have this horrible fantasy of Frederick's of Hollywood diversifying into baked goods. Thanks, commenters!
And just to make it worse, Sad Green Cake is a Cupcake Cake! Gaaaahh!
AW, I was kind of looking forward to another King Thing battle.
Could we all just fight about something else for a little while??
...and SalaanB, I would kill for some of my Babcia's Paczki right now---but that would be wrong.
Love the Boston cakes...in grade school I was always envious of the East coast kids 'cause here in the Midwest we have a longer alphabet...we had to learn the written and pronounceable "r"....
Traci,
I don't think you'll find a greater King Cake wreck than this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtvaX5rNEA4
Jenn and HaikuJoy>I also thought of a brassiere from one of those 24 hour establishments with the neon lights when I saw that cookie "wreck". Need to be more careful when trying to re-use the heart-shaped pan.
And what in the world does the drama "Tragedy" mask have to do with Mardi Gras? Just because it's a mask doesn't mean you should....awwww, who am I kidding? We're talking about Cake Wrecks. I'm trying to insert logic in an illogical place. ;) (I'm also going to be reminded of that episode of "Angel" where the henchmen are the embodiment of Comedy/Tragedy, and are chasing the gang backstage at the ballet)
*walks off humming "Hooked on a Feeling"*
Cake #1: Mmmm, Voldemort in drag!
King cake king cake king cake king cake king cake king cake king kake... I was wondering how long I could do that before that would happen.
A coworker ordered a King Cake to be delivered today for the office... It's from Texas. I truly TRIED to keep a straight face when she was trying to explain what it was about and how to eat it... And tell other coworkers that there was a baby in the cake... I tried, I promise.
What the fark could the sad green cake be meant to be? I just...can't...see..it!
the 'butt' cake isn't really a BUTT, silly! that's a leftover valentine's cookie!
Ironically yesterday I found out that they are selling King Cakes on campus but found out that they were putting red hots in them instead of babies. I got into a heavy discussion with the cashier about how as a gal with roots in Louisiana that they are totally messing with the tradition of King Cakes which reminded me of the King Cake Fiasco of 2011 hehehe
You know your cake is a disaster when the cake itself is unhappy.
So. Much. Win.
Your comments totally make this post! I couldn't believe all the butthurt over the king cake fried donuts so this really made my day. :). Wreck on!
What, no king cakes? I'm offended. With that out of the way...
#1 So EQ was invented on this date? Commemorating that was sound advice.
#2 Sometimes, a mask is just a mask. But not this time.
#3 A little truth in advertising, guys. It should read: 6 CT CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES BUTTER CREAM ICING WITH PICKS OR RINGS -- AND A METRIC TON OF BEADS!!! (Caution: choking hazard. May contain cupcakes. We're not sure, but
the legal departmentwe wanted to play it safe.)#4a/b: D'awww.
#5a/b: D'aaah.
THEY ARE NOT DEEP FRIED DONUTS!! Oh wait, we played this silly game last year. Well then, never mind.
I want to give the sad cake a little hug...and a big bite. I'm so hungry right now!
Wicked great Boston cake! What do Bostonians have against the letter "R"?
I was really looking forward to some new pictures of deep friend donuts.. err..cinnamin rolls..umm.. brioche .. yes that's the ticket.. :)
I guess I'll have to settle for a Boston kind of madi gras.
Am I the only one puzzled by the translucent cookie?
These are simply weird. I never knew what everyone else thought a king cake was. Around here it's a delicious baked tubepan cake - usually almond flavored and with an ALMOND in it for someone to find. I"ve never heard of the baby thing. I never associated it with fried foods. Am I part of the human race?
BTW - we're having my specially home cooked waffles for Shrove Tuesday. Me and donkey -- we get along.
Oh My. It's King Cake season already? How did that happen? Wasn't it just last week we were having the King Cake debates? Damn time flies when you're laughing at cake.
A. Mobile. I know New Orleans is the big association, but Mardi Gras actually originated in Alabama.
B. Google "Joe Cain's Marry Widows" for a horrified laugh.
I'm so confused by cake 4 I just wanna curse. I don't know why......
I have the deep suspicion that the sad green cupcake cake represents the inevitable puddles of vomit melded with assorted lost trinkets that are left behind after a Mardi Gras parade.
I have post traumatic king cake disorder, and I was just an innocent bystander! I can only imagine what's happening in Epbot land... Maybe I'll feel better if I can get myself a big slice of that Alzheimer's. Perhaps in the future the site should just go dark on Shrove Tuesday.
ALL these cakes are ...sad. Not just the seasick greenies.
Is it bad that I have desperately scoured my local bakeries in search of King Cake just so I can have a giggle and think of the EPCOT while I eat it? But alas, I don't live in the South, so apparently we Northerners are not allowed to partake, or so my local bakeries would have me believe. :(
Back home in the UK we do Shrove Tuesday, aka Pancake Day to use up all the eggs and butter and chocolate spread ... and lemon and sugar ... and ... excuse me a minute, I appear to be drooling.
No link to Hoo-Wheee? That one was FUNNY! Love this blog :-)
Mr. Seymour Butt's girlfriend must really love Mardi Gras with that colorful tramp stamp.
"I hear the fun part is watching beads come out of your 3-year-old." Um, no. Consenting adults, fine. But children, no.
Sorry. My glucose monitor has me starting Lent early so I'm feeling deprived and really snarky.
Can't wait to see the Ash Wednesday cakes...if there were such a thing.
Bostonians have nothing against the letter" R". They just put it into words like "sawr".