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Cherpumple
A cherpumple is a holiday novelty dessert inspired by Turducken, where several different flavor pies are baked inside of several different flavors of cake, and then stacked together. The combined dessert is coated in cream cheese frosting. According to the Cherpumple's creator, pop culture humorist Charles Phoenix, "Cherpumple is short for cherry, pumpkin and apple pie. The apple pie is baked in spice cake, the pumpkin in yellow and the cherry in white." Cherpumple was invented in 2009. Phoenix noticed that his family often took a slice of each dessert that was made for holidays, so he decided to create a single dessert that combined all of the flavors. He has since promoted several different varieties of the Cherpumple on his website, including the Fourth of July themed "cherbluble", in which cherry, blueberry and apple pies are baked into red, white and blue-colored white cakes. Making a cherpumple can take up to three days, because each layer must cool before they are combin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Phoenix
Charles Phoenix (born December 20, 1962) is an American popular culture, pop culture humorist, historian, author and chef whose work explores 1950s and 1960s kitsch and Americana (culture), Americana. Phoenix is widely known for his "Retro slide shows" featuring a collection of vintage reversal film, film slides capturing mid-century American life and culture—set to Phoenix's commentary. He's known also for his "test kitchen" creations of exaggerated novelty foods and desserts, including the Cherpumple, a three-layer cake/pie hybrid. Phoenix has appearanced as a recurring judge on the Food Network series ''Cake Wars'' and served as a frequent guest commentator on NPR and KCET. Biography Early life Phoenix was born in Upland, California in 1962 and raised in neighboring Ontario, California, Ontario, the son of a automobile salesperson, used car salesman and a "happy housewife, homemaker. He traces his love of things vintage and retro to his early years spent on his father's u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
