Dystopian Desserts: Cherry Zombie Cake

The timer rings insistently. You hurry to the oven, shut off the timer, and grab the nearest potholder. The sweet smell of freshly baked cake wafts around you and you open the oven door...


You gasp.

What have I done?

The thing sitting there on the rack belongs in a science fiction movie...


Your cake is the soul-sucking gray of a nightmarish atomic future. Here and there it oozes a blood-red fluid that pools on the uneven surface. It looks like you pureed a zombie and threw the mess in a cake-pan. Besides its unoffensive smell, there is nothing about this dessert that tempts you to pick up a fork...


It bleeds for you...


So you pick up a knife instead and cut into your unfortunate creation. The way the red liquid beads unsettles you, but you persevere. You cut yourself a slice of horror and toss it on a plate. Bravely now, you pluck a stray crumb and bring your trembling hand to your mouth.




It tastes....ok.




Not great.




But it doesn't taste like post-apocalyptic despair you were expecting...




Mostly it just tastes like cherries...which makes sense considering it is a Cherry Cake.