Just how offensive is Sandra Lee’s crazy Kwanzaa cake?

Salon.com ^ | 12/26/2010 | Francis Lam

[Claud]

Just how offensive is Sandra Lee’s crazy Kwanzaa cake?

A recent mea culpa from the creator of this Internet sensation raises the question: What is Kwanzaa food?

It was the cultural mash-up that was destined for the Viral Video Hall of Fame: Sandra “Queen of QVC, First Lady of New York” Lee going all-out for African America with her Kwanzaa Cake.

In the clip, the very perky — and it must be said, white — Lee takes her Semi-Homemade philosophy (yes, she refers to it as a “philosophy,” and yes, it’s trademarked) to new heights, using an array of store-bought cake, frosting, canned pie filling and corn nuts to “celebrate” the African-American holiday. As you might guess, the video takes pride of place in the pantheon of hilarious culinary disaster videos. ...

Sandra Lee and the Famous Kwanzaa Cake"

[Claud]

Remember this golden oldie from Sandra Lee, who is glad she's not married to Governor Cuomo?

Sandra Lee and the Famous Kwanzaa Cake"

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

That makes my teeth hurt just looking at it.......more than any sweets Paul (Y’aaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwlllll) Deen does. And, BTW, she DOES NOT do proper Southern cuisine. She just ‘soups it up’ and makes it TOTALLY ‘over the top’. Disgusting. That is NOT how we eat in these parts.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

“Paula” ^^^^^

[mylife]

That looks disgusting, but it pleases me to no end that Kwanza celebrators are offended. She should have put a lamp cord around the bottom and replaced the candles with solder irons. ☺

[Ray76]

Kwanza is as real as Festivus.

(HT to the Freeper whose tagline this is)

[right way right]

I want a Festivus cake.
What would it be?!

[freekitty]

Kwanaa is not real; so why not the cake not be real? Also Paula Deen does not have a real southern accent. A couple of friends of mine spoke to her after a show and were really surprised she did not have a southern accent. Her accent is just to pronounced to have a real one.

[FreedomPoster]

Reading the Kwanza cake comments was fun. As someone there noted, she *does* know how to wear a sweater!

[RummyChick]

What’s the White People’s Holiday????

[slumber1]

This thread needs pics

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

She’s disgusting. She can take her affectatious “Y’awwwwwwl” and queer son and take a hike.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

These days (according to the commies)......anything “Christian”.....or “Catholic”.

[Fast Moving Angel]

But, but, but, the angel food cake is white -- isn't that racissss?

[freekitty]

You got that.

[TexasTransplant]

Almost as Nutty as a Sandra Lee Fruit Cake

TT

[Kirkwood]

A festivus cake is similar to the kwanza cake except substitute a bagel for the angel food.

[dead]

Kwanzaa was invented by tossing a bunch of afrocentric crapola in a big bowl and mushing it around, then pretending it's a real holiday.

If you really want to make a kwanzaa cake, it should look like the cake The Little Rascals made - with mousetraps and inner tubes and a hot water bottle in it...

Little Rascals make a Kwanzaa cake

[JerseyHighlander]

As the last sentence states, her Chanukah cake is even more offensive, specifically she uses marshmallows as the center filling, which are made out of pig fat.

[McGruff]

I’ve heard Sandra Lee likes her cocktails.

[Magnolia]

Got to be the most disguisting thing I've ever seen!