The holidays are a time of indulgence, as evidenced in the kickoff - Thanksgiving.

At Houston's Three Brothers Bakery, they took a dare...and took indulgence to the "nth" degree. Inspired the "Cherpumple," a concoction of cherry, pumpkin and apple pies created by a Los Angeles author, Houston Chronicle food editor Greg Morago commissioned Three Brothers to do the Cherpumple one better. And so they created the Pumpecapple: pumpkin, pecan and apple pies, all baked into their own cakes and layered on top of one another.

The "nearly 10-inch-tall behemoth," as Morago puts it, weighs in at 23.5 lbs. with an estimated 20,000 total calorie count. That's about 2,000 per slice. The pies, cakes and icing are all scratch, and an order requires five-days notice. So, how much does a dessert of this magnitude retail for? The Jucker family, who owns Three Brothers, has declared it to be $10/lb., or $235. But the special holiday price is $175.

In case you're curious exactly what goes into the Pumpecapple, take a look:

• Pumpkin Pie baked in a pumpkin spice cake
• Filled with crème cheese icing
• Pecan Pie (or chocolate pecan pie) baked in chocolate cake
• Filled with crème cheese icing
• Apple pie baked in our spice cake
• Iced all over with our crème cheese icing
• Garnished with pecan pieces
• And topped with a generous drizzle of carmel.
  

You can learn more about the Jucker family and Three Brothers Bakery in Baking Buyer's Discovering America's Bakeries series on The Baking Channel.