Cake in my easy bake oven!! How fascinating that 2 light bulbs could turn a gooey batter into a little warm cake!!!
(Editor’s note: Robyn is the 8th winner in our staff blog contest: The First Thing I Learned to Cook.)
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April 14th, 2010 at 3:32 pm
Amazing considering you were using colored Christmas tree bulbs. Maybe that’s why those cakes had a beautiful blue and red glow to them. Are you still cooking with your easy bake oven?
April 14th, 2010 at 8:58 pm
Cora has one (albeit, the cira-2006 model doesn’t have a light bulb!).
If you’re feeling the itch to try it out again, come on over, and we’ll easy-bake-up! Funny, we have “The Easy-Bake Oven Gourmet” cookbook by David Hoffman, and low and behold, Tom is featured with the Palace olive popper recipe! It’s also happens to be the way I learned how he got his nickname Creampuff!
April 15th, 2010 at 10:05 am
Yes, I remember the bake oven hysterics at our house , It took all day to get a few
samples made, and they were skimpy samples..and it wasn’t because of the economy.
But I’m happy Robyn is doing what she likes to do and has a good group of folks
o work? with, all of you have good day.
April 15th, 2010 at 10:48 am
Ha! So funny that we have a recipe in that Easy Bake Gourmet book, Chuck! I think it was Maddie Dow, working as an intern for us that summer, who insisted we send them a recipe when the request came in. We told her she would have to get an Easy Bake oven and test the recipe herself in that case, and she did! We were all in a small narrow office over by the Dahlia in those days, and I still remember the smell of those poppers cooking in the little Easy Bake Oven!
April 15th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
The Easy-Bake Oven Gourmet???? I love it! Has Cora made
Tom’s Poppers yet? Yes, I want to bake something with her when we
get together next time!