Question for the floor?

[andrewducker]

So, why do we bother putting cakes in ovens rather than just eating cake mix?

Comments

[matgb]

1) raw cake mix includes raw eggs.

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.

[flick]

Some crap about salmonella, afaik....

[cyprinella]

Generally it lasts longer in baked form.

[darkoshi]

My mother used to warn that if one ate raw flour / dough, it could cause worms to start growing in one's body. Not likely to happen nowadays, but maybe it used to happen.

It almost always tastes better baked anyway, to me.

[bracknellexile.livejournal.com]

Cos it'd be cruel to keep them in the cold?

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

Frosting.

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

You can't put frosting on cake mix.

Though I often wonder this. Also about cookies and brownies.

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

One could also live in the bath... ;)

Subtle changes in texture

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

And no raw egg?

[skington.livejournal.com]

Keeps longer, and not as messy to eat?

[nmg.livejournal.com]

Because cake mix tastes foul.

[andabusers.livejournal.com]

HOT AND SPONGY GOODNESS, that's why.

[lilysea.livejournal.com]

...so we don't get really nasty food poisoning (such as Salmonella)
from raw eggs.

It's rare, but really nasty when it does happen.

[kurosau.livejournal.com]

Because cakes do not come from cake mixes. Shitty cakes come from cake mixes. The baked version is in all ways superior.

And while you can get pasteurized eggs in the US, making up for the fact that we don't have tons of immunized supply, that doesn't quite make up for the non-raw egg eating population around here.

Plus, cake mix is like a nasty flour milkshake.

[naath.livejournal.com]

Because cake is also awesome, and can have icing!

But make enough mix to eat some raw too :-p

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

I was going to guess chemistry. But if it does taste as nice, I don't know.

[erratio.livejournal.com]

Easier to transport and share with others. Also, I find it easier to stop after one piece of cake than after one spoonful of batter.