Top 10 Most Outrageous Recipes + Fool-Your-Friends Cake by Kirsten Vala in View All Posts, April 1st, 2009
In honor of April Fools Day, I compiled a list of recipes that make everyone on the Web team chuckle (and/or grimace) whenever we run into them online. Which Food Network chef do you think scores highest in the ridiculous recipe contest? Hint: Her names starts with a “P” and should rhyme with “butter.”
Food Network’s Top 10 Most Outrageous Recipes
1. Fried Butter Balls – Paula – When someone first mentioned Paula’s fried butter recipe to me I thought it was a good joke. I couldn’t believe it when I actually ran into the recipe online!
2. Swamp Water – Sandra
3. The Heavyset Cheese Ball – Paula
4. “Fat Darrell” Sandwich – Paula
5. The Lady’s Brunch Burger – Paula – It may not sound like much, but trust me. . . click on the recipe.
6. Seared Frogs Legs Casserole – Robert Irvine
7. Baked Potato Ice Cream – Sandra
8. Get Yo’ Man Chicken – Neelys
9. “Is it Really Better than Sex?” Cake – Paula
10. Trompe L’oeil Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes and Cauliflower, with Poached Tomatoes (“Fool the Eye” savory foods made to look like Chocolate layer cake, vanilla ice cream, and cherries jubilee) – Robert Irvine
Longest recipe title I’ve run across (30 words):
Go Oregonian! Oregon Style Pork Chops with Pinot Noir and Cranberries, Oregon Hash with Wild Mushrooms, Greens, Beets, Hazelnuts and Blue Cheese, Charred Whole Grain Bread with Butter and Chives – Rachael Ray
Most outrageous video clip:
Alton making a Pancake Cake with Avocado Frosting
If you dare, find the recipe here.
Honorable Mention (#11):
Mama Neely’s “Sock It To Me” Cake
Everyone on the Web team is excited about Food Network Challenge: Last Cake Standing – premiering this Sunday, 8 pm/7c, six pastry chefs battle for $50K, the largest prize in Challenge history, etc. – so we decided to wrap all of our best cake recipes up into a super cake-tacular feature package.
Searching our site for cake content had one major side effect – an unquenchable craving for moist crumbs and sweet frosting! 
I gave in and made the absolute easiest cake on the page, courtesy of Mama Neely. I’m calling it my “Fool-Your-Friends Cake” since it uses a cake mix but tastes completely and deliciously home made.
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Tags: Alton Brown, cake, Kirsten, Neelys, Paula Deen, Rachael Ray, recipe, Robert Irvine, Sandra Lee
So I am noticing that your cake looks al ot different than Mama Neely’s, Did you use a flower shaped bundt cake form? And if so, how did you deal with the filling, etc?
Yes, I did use a flower bundt cake pan! I was a little nervous about it, but I sprayed the pan with cooking spray and dusted it with flour, and it worked fine. I layered the filling in the same way as the instructions describe — add half the batter, swirl in the filling, and top with the rest of the batter. I was really happy with the result! I like to break out the bundt cake pan as often as possible.
I have the Bunco ladies coming on Thursday and was going to make a lemon bundt cake, your Great Grandma Eva’s recipe, but I think I will make this one instead. It looks great. Love to you, Kirsten, from your mom.
Baked Potato Ice Cream: Only Sandra would put frosting on ice cream. Yuck!
I’m surprised Paulas recipe for Velveeta Cheese Fudge didn’t make the list! (Don’t laugh too hard though because it’s actually pretty good)
Oh wow, that is a good one! :) Love it!
Paula’s Chocolate Cheese Fudge
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/chocolate-cheese-fudge-recipe/index.html
It’s onerous to find educated individuals on this matter, however you sound like you realize what you’re talking about! Thanks