Flying Spaghetti Monster Cake Award
Trophy Spaghetti Cake
Boing Boing is offering $250,000 to anyone who can prove that Jesus is not the son of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (pictured below).
Composite drawing of Flying Spaghetti Monster
This week's Cake of the Week award goes to Bobby Henderson. He is the man who created the Flying Spaghetti Monster to parody the decision by the Kansas State Board of Education to allow intelligent design to be taught in science classes alongside evolution. Read his open letter to the Board of Education.
**Disclosure: This week's award was made possible by the generosity of the Intelligent Design Cake fund which also sponsored last week's Litter Box Cake Award.
If you feel that you can make a case for something as wacky as evolution, the generous people who make this cake award possible are offering $250,000 to anyone who can give any empirical proof that evolution exists. You can call 850-479-3466 (8-5 Mon-Fri CST) for more info about the $250,000.
Spaghetti Cake Recipe from Nancy:
This easy scratch cake became a family favorite because of the distinct shortening taste.
Sift:
2 cups cake flour or 1 3/4 cups white flour (you can substitute up to 1/2 cup whole wheat flour, but this will change the outcome)
1 ¼ cups sugar
2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Add and beat well:
1/3 shortening (do not use butter or margarine)
1 teaspoon vanilla (for lemon cake, use ½ tsp vanilla and ½ tsp lemon extract)
2/3 cup milk (whole milk is best, but we've made this cake with skim milk too)
Add, beating 2 minutes on medium speed or 300 strokes by hand:
1/3 cup milk •
1 large egg
Grease and flour one 9" round cake pans or spray with non-stick cooking spray.
Bake 25 to 30 minutes at 350° F until golden brown and a knife or toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool.
Frost: The entire cake with any white icing - don't forget to frost between the layers. Fill a pastry bag with a fairly thick white or off-white icing, and pipe long strands over the entire surface of the cake using a small round tip. Sprinkle red decorating sugar over the top of the cake and place 3 or more purchased chocolate candies on the top of the cake. Sprinkle with powdered sugar to give the effect of Parmesan cheese.
Comments
I love the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Posted by: Robyn | August 20, 2005 09:08 AM