A really wacky cake

by Nicole Weston, Posted Jun 25th 2006 @ 2:35PM

Alanna tipped me off to a cute story about a cook and a cake, and what happens when you make a mistake in the kitchen:

There are some ingredients that aren't supposed to go into cakes, but accidents happen. For example, too much salt could stirred into a batter or some of the flour could be left out. When things like this happen, there are people who simply can't bring themselves to waste the cake. They eat it anyway and, once in a while, it turns out better than expected.

The woman in the story was making a chocolate cake for her garlic-loving husband as a followup to a garlic-filled meal. Since she was cooking and baking at the same time, she accidentally knocked a container of powdered garlic into the cake batter. After scooping out as much as she could, she decided to bake the cake anyway and served it, frosted, to family and friends at dinner. They raved over how "unusual" the cake was, even though there was a flavor that no one could seem to identify.

While I don't get the impression that the cook was planning to make any more garlicky cakes, her husband "ate every bite of the leftover garlic chocolate cake by himself - with great gusto." So if you're a garlic fan, you might actually enjoy this mistake. The cake was a "wacky" cake, rich and moist on its own, but if you want to try to get the garlic variation, you'll have to experiment yourself.

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Tags: baking, cake, chocolate, cooking, dessert, garlic, kitchen, mistake, oddities, unusual, wacky cake

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6-25-2006 @6:16PM Dr. Electro said... Back in the Sixties my mother discovered wacky cake. She made one exactly from the recipe. It was good. She put icing on it and the whole cake was a treat.

Later, she quit using the recipe. She kept cutting down on the sugar and increasing the vinegar until the cake was as sour as a pickled lemon.

I have never eaten wacky cake since leaving home. The experience almost killed my appetite for cake altogether. Only the fact that I know how to bake has made it possible for me to get past that phase of my childhood.

On the subject of wacky cake with garlic in it, I think I will leave that taste to others. In fact, I am baking, as I write this, a chocolate cake with eggs and Splenda. No vinegar included, thanks.

Dr. "I like my cake sweet" Electro
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