Recipe: Singing Cake

SINGING CAKE

Don't change a thing! The effect won't work unless you use all the ingredients exactly as listed. While the cake is baking, it will sing!

1 cup butter, softened
2 cups brown sugar
3 eggs, separated
2 squares (1 oz each) unsweetened chocolate, melted
1 cup raisins
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup strawberry jam
2 teaspoons baking powder, mixed in 1 cup buttermilk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour an angel food cake pan.

Cream butter and sugar. Add egg yolks and stir. Add melted chocolate and stir. Add raisins and stir. Add cinnamon, cloves, flour and stir. Add nuts and jam and stir.

Beat egg whites until stiff; set aside.

Now add the baking powder to the buttermilk and quickly add to the cake batter mixture and stir. Fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites. Quickly pour mixture into prepared pan.

Bake at 350 degrees F until cake stops singing, about 45 minutes.

Make sure you time this recipe so your guests are present during the baking. Once the cake is baked the effect is over.

Source: Special Effects Cookbook by Michael E. Samonek

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EDITOR'S NOTE:

If you try this recipe, please let us know if it really sings!

Betsy