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This is my version of the popular Halloween Cake you’ve probably seen around before adapted for Fat Tuesday. It’s called, “Hey, Kids! Here’s all the sugar and processed food stuffs I’m denying you over the next 40 days all in one cake!”<\/p>\n

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Because cake should be a cake.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just follow the instructions listed here,<\/a> and replace the orange food coloring with green and yellow.<\/p>\n

\u00a92014 Tracey Henry<\/p>\n

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This is my version of the popular Halloween Cake you’ve probably seen around before adapted for Fat Tuesday. It’s called, “Hey, Kids! Here’s all the sugar and processed food stuffs I’m denying you over the next 40 days all in one cake!” Just follow the instructions listed here, and replace the orange food coloring with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[5],"tags":[45],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3NIOM-6t","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":404,"url":"http:\/\/www.suburbandiva.com\/2014\/03\/04\/fat-tuesday\/","url_meta":{"origin":401,"position":0},"title":"Fat Tuesday","date":"March 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Since last week's accidental trip through Mardi Gras, I have a new appreciation for Fat Tuesday. 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