Tag: Fudgie the Whale

First loves—and first infatuations—never truly lose their power. Even if it’s been two decades since you last shared space with the object of your affection, memory makes them hyper-real, and present, and perfect. So it is with certain food too, like Carvel’s Fudgie the Whale ice cream cake, the once and eternal holy grail of birthday cakes for me. For the uninitiated, Fudgie is a whale-shaped frozen cake composed of several layers. There’s a base of vanilla ice cream, topped with a generous band of chocolate cookie crumbs (known as…