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At dinner this evening with friends, the subject of the cherpumple occupied a good portion of the conversation. Have you heard of the cherpumple? Well if you haven't you are missing out on one of the kookiest sweet treats ever. It is a three layered cake with a pre-cooked pie submerged in each layer. Then the whole thing is smothered in cream cheese icing. For specifics on each cake layer, pie type and other fine details watch the link I have included below. It is something to see. And it may be something to make. Someday, when I am feeling a little more unstable than usual, I may just have to take it for a spin. Don't be surprised (for those who live near me) if you wake up one morning, open your front door and find a ginormous cake on your doorstep. As my friend Amy said, "Make sure to lift with your legs."
Today's fare was of a more standard variety. I made a lemon ice-box pie. This pie will kill you. The main two ingredients are cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk. And if that is not enough for you, the crust is made with graham cracker crumbs, sugar and butter. As pie making goes, it was fairly easy to make: no rolling out of pie crust, no peeling of fruit, in fact no baking at all. Just remember to have your defibrillator handy when you indulge.
I managed to feed half of the lemon ice-box pie to my girlfriends after a lovely Italian dinner. Although it was touch and go for a while because several stops were made by my friends earlier in the day yielding brownies and cupcakes. I thought for a moment, they were going to decline the pie. What the hell was I gonna do with a whole lemon pie? As it stands now, the other half is safely in the freezer. But what am I going to do with the apple pie (that I baked yesterday)?
Remember what I said about finding the cherpumple on your stoop. I wasn't kidding. And it could be sooner rather than later. Just maybe not cherpumple - but good old fashioned pie!
The Cherpumple: Something to aspire to
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