Road Cake
My friend, Drew, was standing outside my car window yesterday in the Zoo parking lot holding a plastic bag. I rolled down the window and she started talking about chocolate cheerios, rice crispy treats, etc. Kind of eluding to the fact that she made something great and was going to share. But, she opened the bag and presented the above, deflated, angel food cake. Apparently, she grabbed the wrong bag. She then took the cake and threw it on the ground. I took a picture, but I only had my blackberry and it came out terrible.
So, of course, I went back today with my camera to see if it was still there. And it was. Untouched. The cake deflation had something to do with lack of water in the egg whites or something like that. I will leave you with her words. Because there are funny.
From Drew:
I've been making ice cream, which calls for egg yolk and not whites. I have a lot of egg whites. Last week, two different people told me they were making angel food cake. I offered them my egg whites and they both said, "That's ok, the box just says to add water."
So, I looked for my tried and true Alton Brown recipe. I read through some of the comments and LAUGHED at the ones that said their cakes didnt turn out. Laughed at the ones who said their cakes deflated. Laughed at the 20+ year baker who said she knew adding water to whipping up the egg whites would be sure to wreak havok on the cake and she claims her cake turned out horrible, because of this! I laughed at everyone elses failures and was going to make the PERFECT angel food cake! (Plus, I've made this before and it turned out great!)
Everything was going well. The batter was so fluffy and light. It rose in the over about 3 inches over the top of the pan. It was a thing of beauty. I brought it out to cool, just like the directions said.
An hour later... well, you saw it. :(
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damn gravity...... thanks for the great laugh ( sorry Drew)!!!-JV
ReplyDeleteThat is so funny. I can just imagine Drew's face when she pulled that baggie out.
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