A Meat and Potatoes Kinda Girl

The Blackwidow and a co-worker were discussing what he wanted for his wedding, and they came up with the idea of a meat cake. The Blackwidow did a test cake and here it is, The Manly Man Cake:

Okay, see, this bears some explanation. A coworker is getting married next week, and we were talking about wedding cakes (I had just done one for two friends of mine). He asked if I could do one for him - totally joking of course. "Oh, sure, what kind of chef are you that you can't pump out a wedding cake on just two weeks notice??" He went on to describe his ultimate wedding cake. "I hate that wedding cakes are all girly. There should be like a groom cake to go with the traditional wedding cake. A guy's cake. Like..made out of meat."

A lightbulb went off in my mind. "I could TOTALLY do that," I exclaimed. "A meatloaf! With mashed potato frosting! OH MY GOD!"

"Yeah!" He was catching on. "And like, gravy between the layers and melted cheese for the writing!"

"Hmmmm. No, ketchup glaze," I decided. "I am so totally going to do this," I suddenly realized.

So today I did. Here's how it went down:

The first thing I needed was the meatloaf. I make a pretty yummy meatloaf, but I never make it the same way twice. I knew I needed a dryer meatloaf, so I would need a lot of breadcrumbs. Into a bowl, I mixed:
6 # hamburger, 80% lean
3 large AA eggs
2 TB minced garlic
1 TB minced dried onion
1 TB basil
2c bread crumbs
2 TB kosher salt