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Meatcake

Meatcake, or meatloaf cake, is a cake or other dessert look-alike that is made with meat in a meatloaf style, and not a pastry. Layers of meatloaf, baked in cake pans, are commonly "frosted" with mashed potatoes in classic layer cake fashion.

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The term is used in a sketch by comedian George Carlin, in which he describes finding an unidentifiable item in the refrigerator. "Could be meat, could be cake.... It looks like... meatcake!" [1] However, meatcake itself has occurred as a delicacy for quite some time before George Carlin.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. George Carlin – Ice Box Man , retrieved 2022-07-27