I assembled the cake in the office, dressing it with the meat and vegetables and finishing with a generous drizzle of Whiz. Before I could even send an email inviting others to try it, people spotted the cake from across the room, swarmed the food table, and descended like vultures on my cheesy project. And while it’s true that people who work in a newsroom will eat anything, people ate it while there were leftover sandwiches sitting nearby. They also kept eating it — most people who took a slice finished every last crumb.