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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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If I knew you were coming I would have sprayed you a cake.
1 posted on 07/21/2014 9:41:00 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: Enterprise

mmmmmm......cake.....


2 posted on 07/21/2014 9:42:18 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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“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!


3 posted on 07/21/2014 9:45:15 PM PDT by DemforBush (Whoever double-crosses me and leaves me alive, he understands nothing about Tuco.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Ping.


4 posted on 07/21/2014 9:45:20 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: GeronL

Perhaps they shall call it Cake Whiz.


5 posted on 07/21/2014 9:46:18 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Enterprise

So.... load this stuff into a a 3D printer and one could have a custom cake shop. Cakes ready in 5 minutes.


6 posted on 07/21/2014 9:47:10 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Army Air Corps

String Cake?


7 posted on 07/21/2014 9:47:46 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Enterprise

Not to rain on anyone’s parade, but if this was invented on the Harvard campus, in a Harvard dorm (house), on Harvard class time, dollars to doughnuts Harvard will lay claim to all royalties, profits, proceeds, and everything else monetary/financial related to the invention.


8 posted on 07/21/2014 9:50:53 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: GeronL

Silly Cake?
Spray Cake?


9 posted on 07/21/2014 9:50:57 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Enterprise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HWbY8BjgQ4


10 posted on 07/21/2014 9:52:38 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Army Air Corps

EasyBake in a Can!


11 posted on 07/21/2014 9:52:57 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Enterprise

12 posted on 07/21/2014 9:55:09 PM PDT by Dagnabitt (Amnesty is Treason. Its agents are Traitors.)
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To: Jack Hammer

Harvard owns Facebook?


13 posted on 07/21/2014 9:56:11 PM PDT by Dagnabitt (Amnesty is Treason. Its agents are Traitors.)
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I can visualize this stuff being sold in a 1950s TV advert. Some young woman is planning a party, but she realizes that she doesn’t have time to bake a swell cake...


14 posted on 07/21/2014 9:57:14 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Dagnabitt

Harvard owns anything invented/created at Harvard and/or on Harvard property.

Personally, I hope they can keep their patent and make a fortune, but...


15 posted on 07/21/2014 10:03:01 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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Perhaps they shall call it Cake Whiz.

Aye, ya can eat spray cake, but it tastes like..............................

16 posted on 07/21/2014 10:08:26 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Veggie Todd
MMMM....CAKE!
17 posted on 07/21/2014 10:13:46 PM PDT by Right Brother
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To: Enterprise

Cause it took one minute to bake it
I wasn’t sure that we could fake it,
But we’ll never have that recipe again!
Whooah ohhhhhhhh, whoooooooooaahhh ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh


18 posted on 07/21/2014 10:27:20 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Army Air Corps

Comments on this thread crack me up!!


19 posted on 07/21/2014 10:31:44 PM PDT by hulagirl (Mother Theresa was right)
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As Betty the Crock has crossed over to promote the joy of being ‘gay’ Perhaps this new cake will possibly take her place. Can we now have spray pancakes and waffles? Cookies?


20 posted on 07/21/2014 10:36:52 PM PDT by V K Lee
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