We'll be posting some political campaign cupcakes on Tuesday (from across the political spectrum, so if you've got any candidate or politics-related cupcakes, please send them in).
Here are some beautiful ones from Eating Liberally. [We aim for this blog to be all-cupcake-inclusive, and the views of Eating Liberally do not necessarily represent the views of Cupcakes Take the Cake or any of its individual bloggers.]
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Who died and made corn King? Democracy, that’s who. Amber waves of grain, my ass. We live in a cornarchy; our elected leaders elect to follow the lead of high fructose corn syrup-fueled lobbyists, and serve up we, the people, as serfs instead of serving our interests.
That’s why, on the eve of our super fat nation’s Super Fat Tuesday, I’m calling for a new culinary tradition that pays tribute to our fallen freedoms and the battle to reclaim them: the kingmaker cupcake.
You may be familiar with the traditional Mardi Gras “king cake,” a braid of brioche-like dough covered in purple, green, and gold icing or sugar, with a plastic baby hidden inside (originally, the “prize” would have been a bean, or a coin, but as with everything else these days, plastic reigns.) Whoever gets the piece with the baby is crowned “king.” This ritual supposedly has its roots in Saturnalia, the ancient Roman festival held in honor of Saturn, the god of all things agricultural. Now, our gods of agriculture are Archer Daniels Midland, Cargill, and Monsanto...
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