Yes, this might look nasty to some, but I just had to do it! I have heard about people putting bacon on just about everything and making weird creations using these artery-clogging tasty pieces of goodness, so I had to give it a try, I mean, what did I really have to lose? I searched online and found many different recipes for chocolate bacon cupcakes and cakes and well, I didn’t have time to make one from scratch so I just decided to go with the good ‘ole box cake mix. First I cooked my real bacon {I normally eat turkey bacon, but I had to go all out with the real stuff for this experiment} in the microwave until it was nice and crispy. While the bacon was getting all crispy, I mixed up a box of devils food chocolate cake. When the bacon was cooled {and dried off (the amount of grease it produced was nasty)}, I then crumbled up half of the bacon and mixed it into the cake batter. Baked my cake and once it was baked and cooled, I frosted it with a whipped cream cheese frosting. I crumbled up the remaining bacon and sprinkled it on the top and wha-la, it was completed…a chocolate bacon cake!
Now, this was the real test…actually tasting it!! I have to admit that I was a bit apprehensive to try it, but I had a piece cut…and there I went…first forkful…not so bad. I could taste the warmth of the freshly baked cake and then there it was…the salty sweetness! I didn’t really taste the bacon in the cake, but it was definitely a prominent flavor on top of the frosting! I don’t think you could eat a lot of it, but it was not as bad as I thought it would be. Would I make it again…probably not, unless it was requested (which I highly doubt) but it was definitely something to try and have fun with. I now see the fascination with bacon!
Have you ever made a bacon cake or cupcakes? What else have you made with bacon?
