Tonight is the perfect night to give the family a good chuckle over dinner. We’re teasing them with a delectable cake for supper that’s really meat and potatoes for the ultimate April Fool’s Day prank.
Ground meat (beef, chicken, or pork) is very malleable and can be disguised as many things other than classic dinner food. So can mashed potatoes. But these two comfort items together and you have an endless supply of April Fools’ dinners that will go down in the history books.
Turn your ground meat into sheets of cooked meat that resemble cakes. Whip up some mashed potatoes to play the role of frosting and you can turn ordinary meatloaf into extraordinary cake!
You can also bake the meat in portions of a muffin pan. Top with piped mashed potatoes and your family will think it’s celebration cupcakes for supper instead of regular ol’ meat and potatoes.
You can use an ice cream scoop and put a few spoonfuls of mashed potatoes into a tall sundae glass as well. Layer the scoops with brown gravy (which, when paired with ice cream taters, looks just like caramel sauce). Voila: ice cream for dinner! Or is it?
– JC
