Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes

polydactyl · 06-08-2013 04:22PM #1

Just came across this on a Facebook baking page I belong to. I commented to the poster that the name was horribly in bad taste and that while I knew it was based on a shot you can buy in American bars that I also found that horribly offensive. I told her about the Omagh bombing etc. She responded with " oh but I am married to a man called O Grady and have visited " the old sod" twice so its ok.

I politely pointed out that this fact made it worse as if she is so proud of her families Irish heritage that she should be even more aware of how offensive it is than most Americans who could rightly clam no knowledge of its links in history.

Am I just being overly offended? I did grow up " at the border" so do find it very offensive but am now even more irritated as she is using the " I'm Irish through marriage rubbish" to excuse it :mad:

CardBordWindow · 06-08-2013 04:23PM

How do you make them?

x43r0 · 06-08-2013 04:23PM

Link?

Grayson · 06-08-2013 04:24PM

Do they taste ok?

ScumLord · 06-08-2013 04:27PM

Grayson wrote: »

Do they taste ok?

It's a taste explosion.

iMac_Hunt · 06-08-2013 04:27PM

Grayson wrote: »

Do they taste ok?

I hear they're the bomb.

maximoose · 06-08-2013 04:28PM

polydactyl wrote: »

Am I just being overly offended?

Yes.

Ash.J.Williams · 06-08-2013 04:30PM

Send her your recipe for your 911 cupcakes!

artanevilla · 06-08-2013 04:31PM

Send her your recipe for Sandyhook Sandwiches. It's okay for you because you went to school.

Banjo String · 06-08-2013 04:34PM

My next door neighbour once attempted to blow up a car.

He suffered 3rd degree burns to his lips. He'll not try that again.

Dickhead

polydactyl · 06-08-2013 04:45PM

From all reviews they are yumm but just badly named. Not linking to the womans FB page but here is another bakery that got in trouble

Its apparently a recurring problem in America with some bars refusing to serve them but some idiots still perpetuating it. It seems the "Orish Americans" think they have a right to call it that cause you know they are Irish......not

Also the recipe from a diffferent site

biko · 06-08-2013 04:49PM

Your offendedness offends me.
Now who's right?

Karl Stein · 06-08-2013 04:51PM

Ask her for recipes for:

Drone Strike Doughnuts.

Collateral Damage Crepes.

Blowback Buns.

Pensivepuca · 06-08-2013 04:52PM

I seen these on a recipe site. I was offended by the name, few people I knew were injured in car bombs, but I made the cup cakes regardless, they taste all right, not the best.

super_furry · 06-08-2013 04:55PM

9/11 Rice Crispy cake towers would be awesome.

syklops · 06-08-2013 04:56PM

You should ring Joe Duffy. This is right up his alley.

Make sure you use the phrases "Im outraged Joe", "its a disgrace, Joe", etc.

polydactyl · 06-08-2013 04:56PM

I would make them too just not use the name. Chocolate baileys and guiness in a cake sounds great but there is no need for the name.

0ph0rce0 · 06-08-2013 04:58PM

This worlds gone mad, Offended by everything ffs :rolleyes:

ITS A CUPCAKE!

polydactyl · 06-08-2013 05:01PM

Very rarely offended actually and think world is generally much too PC but Americans justifying naming a bun after a method of murder cause they married a man named O Grady and have visited the "old sod" twice yes it offends me.

0ph0rce0 · 06-08-2013 05:02PM

polydactyl wrote: »

Very rarely offended actually and think world is generally much too PC but Americans justifying naming a bun after a method of murder cause they married a man named O Grady and have visited the "old sod" twice yes it offends me.

And life goes on, get over it.

Christ the Redeemer · 06-08-2013 05:02PM

Why is this offensive? are you looking to be offended?

polydactyl · 06-08-2013 05:10PM

No I was looking for a new cake recipe and got offended in the process. I know ppl injured in the Omagh bombing so making light of the seriousness of car bombs by ignorant people offended me and I educated them..anyway baking to be done now...

Talib Fiasco · 06-08-2013 05:13PM

More ribs for me

RustyNut · 06-08-2013 05:16PM

polydactyl wrote: »

No I was looking for a new cake recipe and got offended in the process. I know ppl injured in the Omagh bombing so making light of the seriousness of car bombs by ignorant people offended me and I educated them..anyway baking to be done now...

I know people who suffer from obesity. I find cupcakes offensive

DavyD_83 · 06-08-2013 05:17PM

If this thread has proven anything it's that we need a definitive 9/11 dessert recipe.

It doesn't have to be tasteless, and involve towers and explosions, but it could be.

So where do we start? Cupcakes, biscuits, jelly, meringue.....?

maximoose · 06-08-2013 05:19PM

DavyD_83 wrote: »

If this thread has proven anything it's that we need a definitive 9/11 dessert recipe.

It doesn't have to be tasteless, and involve towers and explosions, but it could be.

So where do we start? Cupcakes, biscuits, jelly, meringue.....?

I like this one, the Jafar toy is a great touch

syklops · 06-08-2013 05:21PM

polydactyl wrote: »

Very rarely offended actually and think world is generally much too PC but Americans justifying naming a bun after a method of murder cause they married a man named O Grady and have visited the "old sod" twice yes it offends me.

You said it yourself in the OP, that its named after a drink common in American bars. So why not go get annoyed at American bars?

maximoose · 06-08-2013 05:23PM

syklops wrote: »

You said it yourself in the OP, that its named after a drink common in American bars. So why not go get annoyed at American bars?

It's in a lot more countries than America too, I had one in Leeds 2 weeks ago. It was tasty.

Christ the Redeemer · 06-08-2013 05:24PM

polydactyl wrote: »

No I was looking for a new cake recipe and got offended in the process. I know ppl injured in the Omagh bombing so making light of the seriousness of car bombs by ignorant people offended me and I educated them..anyway baking to be done now...

You have the right to be offended. just like the cake maker has a right not to give much of a f**k what you think.

shruikan2553 · 06-08-2013 05:24PM

Im more annoyed at the hypocrisy involved. Make some plane hijackers, pearl harbour bombers or 9/11 tower droppers and they would want you dead.

MadsL · 06-08-2013 05:30PM

9/11 Commemorative Manhattan

Fill a cocktail shaker 2/3 full with ice. Add:
2 oz rye whiskey (for example Sazerac)
3/4 oz red vermouth (I recommend Noilly Prat)
1 dash Angostura bitters
Shake well and strain into a collapsible silicone cocktail glass.

Garnish with a maraschino cherry impaled on the nose of a toy plane.

Light a leftover sparkler from the 4th of July, bend it at a 90 degree angle just below the thick part, and place it in the glass with the bend at the bottom.

Wait for the sparkler to ignite the alcohol; serve.

Run away.

Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes

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