Baking cakes with Roald Dahl

by Sarah J. Gim, Posted Sep 12th 2006 @ 5:33PM

roald dahl's more revolting recipes cookbook Sure we all know roald Dahl wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and maybe we even remember James and the Giant Peach. But did you know that after the children's book author passed on, two books were compiled that contain recipes for foods from his stories? I didn't, but now I know about Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes and Roald Dahl's Even More Revolting Recipes! Both books have such delicacies as Snozzcumbers, Fresh Mudburger, and Stink Bugs' Eggs. Yum.

Food blog Canada Eats knew about the book, too, and has made their adaptation of Bruce Bogtrotter's cake from the book. The original recipe didn't do well in muffin tins to transport, so they made their modifications and added chile and espresso. If the Bogtrotter's cakes are for a kid's lunch, you can always leave the spices out.

Filed Under: Cooking With Kids, On the Blogs, Ingredients, Books
Tags: america, brownies, cake, cakes, charlie and the chocolate factory, chocolate, comfort food, cookbooks, dessert, roald dahl, willy wonka