sovay: (Sovay: David Owen)
sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote2022-01-03 09:17 pm

I got the one with the sweetest ways

Behold the spider cake!





It does not resemble a spider. It looks—and tastes—like a sweet cornbread with a kind of double-layered custard floated on top, which would be the baked cream. [personal profile] spatch has found evidence suggesting the name actually comes from the three-legged cast-iron skillet known as a spider, although the upper surface did fissure attractively as it cooled. I love our new cast-iron skillet even if it has no legs at all. It can bake in an oven and we can make this dessert.
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[personal profile] kathmandu 2022-01-04 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
The skillet-with-legs I saw a picture of had way more than three legs. More like six. So 'spider' was very much a term that came to mind.

Congratulations on your successful baking.