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Let's just hope she doesn't get another cake next week that says, "Sorry I got semen in your cake."

How are apple pies all-American? You can't load them with food coloring to reveal a flag motif when cut! To make this deliciously patriotic dish, check out 17 and Baking's recipe. [17AndBaking via Buzzfeed]

[New York, June 29. Image via WENN.]

Before there were cupcakes, there were fairy cakes. Nowadays, we'd consider them unsanitary based on the contact with naked cavorting cherubim bakers. [BoingBoing]

Maybe because we never did any sort of Scouting, merit badges have always held a certain fascination — especially when they're for things we can actually earn, like bacon-eating!

Talk about just desserts! Warning: All this mouth-watering, frosting-laden, pink, sprinkle-covered ink might give you a toothache. [CityRag]

[New York, May 22. Image via PacificCoastNewsOnline.]

The folks at Damn Cool Pics, who previously rounded up 55 fairly amazing/terrible unicorn tattoos, have returned with a list of "50 Awesome Super Mario Cakes," all of which are quite awesome, indeed. [Damn Cool Pics]

If the creators of Nimoy Sunset Pie are to be believed, the secret of living long and prospering just might be...pie?! [NimoySunsetPie] via [Buzzfeed]

Look, no one's questioning the artistry of these Muppet cupcakes. But if you can find it in you to take a bite of that happily smiling Piggy, or Kermit looking up at you so hopefully, well, that's cake commitment. [BuzzFeed]

I'm pretty sure dreams can come true, if only because the Babycakes cupcake maker, which claims to bake a batch of mini cupcakes in roughly 5-8 minutes, looks like the grown-up Easy Bake oven we've all been waiting for. [InventorSpot]

Vagina cupcakes, you guys. Vagina cupcakes. I would make a joke about how you can't do this with pie, though I think Jason Biggs already proved you kind of can about 10 years ago. [Buzzfeed]

And that's that. For all of the years, the tears, and the laughter, the war of Pie Vs. Cake today comes to an end, with Cake waving the white flag. But Pie's win is not without controversy!

Cheesecake vs. Red Velvet, the best of pies and cakes, respectively. And now it's time to declare a superior dessert, once and for all. It's the best of the genres; vote now or forever hold your peace! [March Madness Championship]

Butler/Duke who? NCAA wha? Today's real championship is about one pie, one cake, and the final battle to bring closure to an endless war. It all comes down to this. And there can only be one.

As we near the final moments of Pie/Cake championship, wherein one dessert shall be granted glory, we've asked the biggest cheerleaders to step forward in a personal appeal for their respective favorites. Intern Maura's making the case for Cake.

Last chance to vote on the weighty matter of which pie and cake ascend to the March Madness championship game, ultimately sealing once and for all the matter of which dessert is superior. Pressure. Is. On. [March Madness Final Four]

Laura Atkinson of the Times of London is really, really sick of cupcakes: "No fashionable farmer's market is complete without its home-made cupcake stall, staffed by fragrant women who are happy to charge £5 for each sickly creation." Oh, snap!

The last round of voting really came down to the wire, with both Cake Conference winners claiming victory by a hair. In both cases, we had upsets — making today's conference championship even more exciting.