I've heard of bathtub gin. I've heard of recipes for bath bombs, soaks, salts, etc. But I am not entirely sure what to make of this bathtub recipe from Second Helpings (Hospital Ladies Aid Milford-Whitinsville Regional Hospital, Milford Division, undated, but maybe from the 1970s).
What turns a chocolate cake into a chocolate bathtub cake? It's not big enough to fill a bathtub. I hope the cook doesn't make it in the bathtub. (The instructions certainly don't call for bathtub construction!) It doesn't seem to be a Chopped-style novelty, like a model bathtub constructed of tempered chocolate and filled with a chocolate-cake-based trifle that chefs need to incorporate into a main course (along with cardoon, lamb kidneys, and a boxed macaroni and cheese dinner). I have no idea. I suspect that the cook hopes putting "bathtub" in the title will worry other diners enough that there will be a few extra leftover slices to savor later....
Maybe the intention is for the maker of the cake to eat it in the bathtub. That's presumably the only time they would have to themselves, and even that is a little iffy if someone needs to use the only toilet in the house which is right next to said bathtub.
ReplyDeleteYou also forgot to mention that we have heard of a bathtub full of sauerkraut, but that was more of a dare to see who was dumb enough to sit in it, and for how long.
I don't remember anything about a bathtub full of sauerkraut! You'd think that would have made more of an impression.
DeleteWow! I don't remember it, just the story that there was a competition to see who could sit in a bathtub full of sauerkraut the longest. Now it sounds like some weird wellness skin exfoliation idea.
DeleteYeah-- I could definitely imagine some podcaster trying to convince listeners that sitting in a tub full of sauerkraut would fix all their problems.
DeleteMy guess is that with only one cup of flour and a whole can of chocolate syrup, maybe the cake part settles along the bottom and sides of the pan and leaves a tubful of liquid in the center. Although, the idea of your used bathwater looking like chocolate syrup doesn't sound too appetizing.
ReplyDeleteHa! An excellent observation. This might be a variety of pudding cake.
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