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Days later, he created the "cherpumple," a three-layer cake with an entire pie baked into each layer.

A Cherpumple is Born 2010

Days later, the 47-year-old Los Angeles resident created a "cherpumple," a three-layer cake with an entire pie baked into each layer — a cherry pie baked inside a white cake, a pumpkin pie baked inside a yellow cake and an apple pie baked inside a spice cake.

For Those Who Can Geoffrey A. Fowler 2010

Julie Van Rosendaal, a food writer from Calgary, Alberta, made a two-layer cherpumple for an October dinner club with friends where the theme was the seven deadly sins.

A Cherpumple is Born 2010

Megan Seling was inspired in part by the cherpumple to start the website BakeItInacake. com, where she explores putting unusual treats inside cakes.

A Cherpumple is Born 2010

Few of Diana Schubert 's guests could finish a slice of her cherpumple.

For Those Who Can Geoffrey A. Fowler 2010

Diana Schubert of northern Virginia slices into her second cherpumple, made for a September party.

A Cherpumple is Born 2010

Brian Driscoll of Sandusky, Ohio, made a single-stack pie-cake recently and plans to go for the full cherpumple at a Thanksgiving meal with friends.

For Those Who Can Geoffrey A. Fowler 2010

"When Mr. Phoenix, an author and humorist, made a cherpumple recently in Denver, the" cake collapsed into a big mound, kind of like a volcano with three different lava flows.

For Those Who Can Geoffrey A. Fowler 2010

Diana Schubert of northern Virginia found that diners at a party she catered with a cherpumple "enjoyed the total spectacle," but few tried to finish a slice.

For Those Who Can Geoffrey A. Fowler 2010

The process is repeated for each layer of the cherpumple.

A Cherpumple is Born 2010