2) the process of baking introduces air bubbles &c, which give it a nice yummy texture
3) you can keep cakes that're baked and have a slice at will
4) they look pretty if done right, even without any sort of icing, coating or whatever
5) Anyone can throw ingredients into a tub and mix them together to make goo. I reckon even you could do it. Baking is an art.
6) Freshly baked cakes smell nice
7) Because we do, OK?
8) having said all this, raw cookie dough kept in the fridge doesn't always all make it to the oven when I know it's there
9) Some flavour aquire a completely different effect during the baking process--orange and cinnamon comes to mind, goes from quite harsh to very very nice while in the oven.
10) it's easy to cary baked cakes around, share them out, etc without implements, cake mix being gooey is going to need something to hold it and a spoon
11) for bonus extra points. No one is ever impressed being given a spoonfull of goo. A decent cake can get you laid.
Raw eggs aren't actually a problem - in the US it's about 1 in 30,000 eggs that have salmonella, and in the UK vaccination against salmonella is indicated by a stamp (And is quite common, I believe).
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andrewducker) wrote2011-03-12 09:38 pm
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2) the process of baking introduces air bubbles &c, which give it a nice yummy texture
3) you can keep cakes that're baked and have a slice at will
4) they look pretty if done right, even without any sort of icing, coating or whatever
5) Anyone can throw ingredients into a tub and mix them together to make goo. I reckon even you could do it. Baking is an art.
6) Freshly baked cakes smell nice
7) Because we do, OK?
8) having said all this, raw cookie dough kept in the fridge doesn't always all make it to the oven when I know it's there
9) Some flavour aquire a completely different effect during the baking process--orange and cinnamon comes to mind, goes from quite harsh to very very nice while in the oven.
10) it's easy to cary baked cakes around, share them out, etc without implements, cake mix being gooey is going to need something to hold it and a spoon
11) for bonus extra points. No one is ever impressed being given a spoonfull of goo. A decent cake can get you laid.
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