One Year Ago: Easy Peasy Toffee Chocolate Cake
Two Years Ago: Lemon Bars
This year I decided to make a little April Fool’s Day treat. I figured it would be a nice spin to my normal posts. Even though this meal is supposed to trick the eyes, don’t be fooled – it’s totally delicious 
So in the honor of April Fool’s Day I bring you Pound Cake “Fries” with Raspberry “Ketchup”….enjoy!!!
Pound Cake “Fries” with Raspberry “Ketchup”:
Pound Cake “Fries”
1/4 loaf of pound cake, cut into 1/4-inch slices
PAM cooking spray
Cinnamon sugar mixture
1 cardboard French fry container (If using)
Raspberry “Ketchup”
One 12-ounce bag frozen raspberries, thawed, or 2 cups fresh raspberries
2 tablespoons confectionery (icing) sugar
1 empty ketchup squeeze bottle (If using)
Preparation
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Trim off a thin layer of the cake’s brown exterior crust. Cut pound cake lengthwise into 1/4-inch slices. Turn slices on their side and cut into 1/4-inch strips. Trim to 4 to 5 inches in length (if this sounds confusing, just remember, you are creating French fry-shaped strips).
Arrange strips on cookie sheet and bake for approximately 10 minutes, or until browned on top and bottom. Turn strips and bake for approximately 4 more minutes, or until remaining 2 sides are browned. When you pull hot “fries” out of the oven sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Let cool, then arrange in fry container.
Raspberry “ketchup”
Place raspberries in a blender or food processor, and puree (add 1 or 2 tablespoons of water or lemon juice, if necessary, to facilitate blending). Add sugar, one teaspoon at a time, to taste, until tartness is gone. Place raspberry puree in a fine mesh strainer over a bowl. Use a rubber spatula to force the puree through the strainer. Discard the seeds and transfer the puree to the squeeze bottle. (I put mine in a small serving bowl) Serve alongside “fries.
Source: Food Network
Now onto the winner of the Le Creuset giveaway…………….
Number 87 – Peyton V.
Congratulations Peyton! Please contact me and let me know where I can send your Le Creuset Dutch Oven.
Thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway and helped me celebrate two wonderful years of running Nutmeg Nanny
I love food tricks but I’ve never done any besides accidentally making really bad food the still looks good. That is not a pleasant surprise, unlike these yummy fries! Love it. Congrats to the winner!
To fun! I would love to have a side of fries!
Congrats to Peyton. Happy April Fool’s Day!
How fun! My son would get a kick out of these tricky fries!
Congrats to Peyton!
I keep seeing all of these april fool’s recipes for savories disguised as sweets and thinking how disappointed I would be if I encountered any such things. But I would be SO happy to eat these! Delicious!
OK, raspberry ketchup sounds good to me!
What a perfect April fools day post! The pound cake dippers look Yummmmy. And a big congrats to Peyton- what a win!
What a neat idea! 5 Star Foodie Jr. would absolutely love this too!
I like your new blog look Brandy, and congrats on two years blogging. Your “fries” with “ketchup” are a fun idea, and in keeping with the spirit of the day.
Thats a good trick using food! It looks good as well.
Im loving the idea of the raspberry ketchup! Looks and sounds just amazing!
How cute! And yummy!
Those are too cute!!!
Congratulations to the winner! Very funny and yummy post!
Now all you need is a burger to go with it…drool…
This is such a cute idea – love it!
Question……what am i doing with the Cinnamon and Sugar? I’m guessing I am maybe coating the pound cake before i put them in the oven? Please let me know. Thanks
Hi Beverly,
I apologize for that! I went and changed the directions in the original post. I sprinkled the cinnamon sugar mixture over the hot “fries” after I pulled them out of the oven. Hope this helps! Enjoy!