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Harvard Students Invent Cake From a Spray Can
Newser ^ | July 21, 2014 | Elizabeth Armstrong Moore

Posted on 07/21/2014 9:41:00 PM PDT by Enterprise

For two Harvard University undergrads, what began as "an excuse to eat a lot of cake" may turn into the invention of a lifetime. John McCallum, a 20-year-old from Louisiana, was daydreaming about cake his freshman year during his “Science of Cooking” class when he happened to see someone spraying whipped cream and thought to himself, why not spray cake? Is that possible? He and his girlfriend and fellow student Brooke Nowakowski went on to prove that it is, winning first place and $10,000 in the 2014 Harvard Innovation challenge, reports ABC News. Their "Spray Cake" involves spraying cake batter from a can, then cooking it for one minute in a microwave. You can also cook it in a traditional oven, and they say it will cook faster than typical batter because the spraying helps release air bubbles inside, prompting it to rise in the absence of baking soda or baking powder.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Education; Food
KEYWORDS: batter; cake; heat; oven; rise
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To: Enterprise

Spray your cake and heat it too.


21 posted on 07/21/2014 10:37:39 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: Enterprise

Seriously, how long does it take to mix a boxed cake? Two or three minutes? I’ll bet this product won’t be cheap, either.


22 posted on 07/21/2014 10:40:25 PM PDT by informavoracious (Open your eyes, people!)
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To: Enterprise

With this invention, Marie Antoinette could have saved her head!

“Let them spray cake.”


23 posted on 07/21/2014 10:49:36 PM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (HELL, NO! BE UNGOVERNABLE! --- ISLAM DELENDA EST)
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To: informavoracious
This can't be environmentally friendly. It damages the ozone layer and the packaging isn't recyclable. (Said in my best hippie voice).
24 posted on 07/21/2014 10:49:48 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: hulagirl
Comments on this thread crack me up!!

*******

Would a piece of the best cake on the planet make you feel better: Obama cake?

Crack: Yes, If they could put CRACK OR POT in a can, then they will really have a best seller. A person can dream can't he?

25 posted on 07/21/2014 10:58:23 PM PDT by john mirse
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To: Enterprise

bet it doesn’t taste anything like the ones I make from scratch....or even a good box mix


26 posted on 07/21/2014 11:05:47 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: DemforBush

““Both are careful to say that Spray Cake isn’t meant to replace cakes baked lovingly from scratch, but is instead an improvement over ready-bake mixes.”

Boy, that dump cake lady ain’t gonna be happy about this!”

Except in double blind taste test the cake mix cakes almost always taste as good or better than scratch ones


27 posted on 07/21/2014 11:15:49 PM PDT by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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To: UCANSEE2
So.... load this stuff into a a 3D printer and one could have a custom cake shop.

Would we have to print cakes for the perverts?

28 posted on 07/21/2014 11:41:10 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: Enterprise

Mmmm...Sprake.


29 posted on 07/21/2014 11:53:13 PM PDT by Squeako (The radicals are the wolves. The moderates are the wolves in sheep's clothing.)
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To: Squeako
Mmmm...Sprake.

Or maybe Sprayke, but "Cake Whiz" is hard to beat.

30 posted on 07/22/2014 12:32:26 AM PDT by TChad (The Obamacare motto: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.)
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To: Kirkwood

Totally not sustainable. Totally.


31 posted on 07/22/2014 12:41:48 AM PDT by informavoracious (Open your eyes, people!)
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To: Army Air Corps

“Spray” in 4 more slices.

( hat tip to Larry, Curly, and Moe )


32 posted on 07/22/2014 1:16:57 AM PDT by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God! ROLL TIDE!!)
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To: Enterprise

Let me know when someone invents spray pie. Cake? Meh.


33 posted on 07/22/2014 1:24:29 AM PDT by mindburglar (When Superman and Batman fight, the only winner is crime.)
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To: Jack Hammer

Yep.....I’ll be somewhere buried in the rule book about student’s rights and responsibilities is something about “intellectual property.”


34 posted on 07/22/2014 1:56:51 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Enterprise

The FLOTUS is not amused.


35 posted on 07/22/2014 2:08:56 AM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is now on twitter @RealSMG)
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To: Enterprise

Comes in 4 flavors: chocolate, vanilla, lemon, and bacon. Mmmm, bacon ;-)


36 posted on 07/22/2014 3:29:47 AM PDT by twister881
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To: Enterprise

But you still have to cook it..


37 posted on 07/22/2014 3:52:48 AM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: hulagirl

All they need to do now is develop as heated nozzle that will bake the batter as it exits the can.


38 posted on 07/22/2014 6:30:42 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Nifster

You are an accomplished person. Unfortunately for me, a spray cake is better than something I could concoct.


39 posted on 07/22/2014 9:57:04 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide

LOL!!!!!!


40 posted on 07/22/2014 9:57:23 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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