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Cake goood. Salad gooood. What's not to like?

I feel a bit like Joey in that episode of Friends where Rachel makes a trifle with beef. Is anyone else having the same reaction? Is anyone else watching too many 90s sitcom re-runs?

Skirt steak is too thin for a long marinade, especially one with 3 acids orange juice ( I'd skip this, OJ in yucatecan achiote marinade for pork/chicken NOT CARNE ASADA), white vinegar also too strong, lime juice should be the only acid used.
Time for marinade, unless this is an inch thick cut, 1 to 2 hours should be enough.
My two cents.
Take a look at the tacos al pastor from Pastorcito Boturini at
http://ruthincondechi.blogspot.com/
Enjoy.

Ummm. That just don't make sense. People just trying to mix everything now. Pls stop

Critics-Leave the mayo cake alone! I don't even eat mayo on sandwiches, but I have to admit it is delicious in cakes. Just a little adds moistness like you wouldn't believe!

I'm torn somewhere between "*insert Homer Simpson shrieking here*" and "meh, it all goes to the same place eventually, anyways".

Yeah, I made chocolate mayonnaise cake once or twice in my younger years, and believe me, it's good. Not at all mayonnaise-y. But on a salad? NO.

Never mind the cake; nice use of Fiesta dishware!

Perhaps I shouldn't be speaking on Jessie's behalf, but...I assumed the salad was purely decorative and she doesn't seriously suggest serving it with a salad. It's just "for a delightfully mischievous presentation." It's cute.

If Jessie says this cake rocks, I believe her. She's one of my trusted dessert queens.

FAIL. I don't want a "dense moist rich" texture along with salad. I want a light airy crusty piece of buttered bread. Plus that salad really sucks. Look at those carrot logs and that leathery lettuce. Blech. I wouldnt eat that salad on it own, let alone with a slice of cake on it. I'm sure the cake is fine on it's own. The analogy to all the bacon sweets is dumb too. Completely different realms.

I object!!! I think more than anything, it's the combination of textures that I find distrubingly offensive on this plate...moist cake on top of lettuce and crunchy carrots??? FAIL.

I like mayo very much , far from hating it. But mayo cake?! Some things are designed to be eaten ,or rather I should say tasted , in more measured quantities. Mayo is one of them, too much mayo not only is very nutritionally unbalanced but kills the whole point of it which is , at least to me, to dress or condiment a dish with its flavor, not over power it or become the dish for that matter. But that i just my point of view. For those who claim to enjoy the slice of mayo in their lives so be it, bon apetit!

I understand mayo cake, having eaten and enjoyed it -you don't taste the mayo any more than you taste the eggs in a regular cake, but seriously? The components of mayo cake and that of salad dressing end at the oil, vinegar, sugar and egg.

Simply put, there's no frosting or cakey goodness in my bottle of Seven Seas.

I rarely cooked when I lived in a studio apartment with a small kitchen where there was no counter. The fridge, stove, and sink took up all the space. Okay, maybe there was a 1/4" of counter space between the stove and the sink. It wasn't the cooking itself that are a nuisance, it was the prep work and cleanup.

In my new apartment, where I have an actual counter, I cook all the time.