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Cake. In a mug.
Posted on November 12, 2008 at 12:10 am in Elsewhere · 1 comment
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I’ve made this. It was not terribly good. It started out alright, but dried out and hardened very quickly. I’d rate that attempt as “inedible”. if you can get it to work well, let me know. :)