When Jeremy and I lived in Rockford, we’d occasionally make trips into Chicago to shop, eat and visit the museums and parks. Fun times. One of our favorite areas of Chicago was Lincoln Park, which was a college town full of unique shops, bakeries and concert venues. We discovered a cupcake place called Molly’s Cupcakes and I’ll never forget one time while we were on our way to get cupcakes from Molly’s we passed another cupcake place that immediately caught my attention due to the enormous size of their cupcakes. They were huge!
As I peered in the window I thought something seemed off…these cupcakes didn’t look quite right. And then I realized I was not looking at delicious vanilla and chocolate cakes topped with creamy, dreamy buttercream but instead it was…meatloaf! Topped with mashed potato “frosting”! Ummm, DISGUSTING. I guess the name of the place should have given it away. After all, it was The Meatloaf Bakery, hello! But I didn’t even see the name because I was too preoccupied staring at the “cupcakes” inside.
I had all but forgot about the place until this past Sunday night when Duff Goldman paid The Meatloaf Bakery a little visit on his new show, Sugar High. Despite my initial gross out, I have to admit that the food actually looked good. And I truly couldn’t believe the place was still in business. I specifically remember thinking, “This place’ll never make it!” Boy, was I wrong!
Would YOU eat a meatloaf cupcake?!