Cake or death?
By Monica on March 12th, 2008
Every time I bake a cake, I get the Eddie Izzard “Cake or Death” skit stuck in my head. Given that the recipe for this cake came from of all places, a Marlboro cigarette cookbook, I thought “Cake or Death” seemed an appropriate question to ponder.
Shockingly, this One Pan Cake is accidentally vegan and was still included in a Marlboro cookbook. Someone might want to alert Phillip Morris so that this doesn’t happen again!  They wouldn’t want word getting out that the Marlboro Man likes vegan food or anything…
Marlboro’s One Pan Cake is a version of the Wacky Cake, relying on vinegar and baking soda for its magic. However, it uses coffee as the primary liquid, so the end result is a very moist coffee flavored chocolate cake, topped with crunchy turbinado sugar and cinnamon. As an added bonus, you just throw it all in one 13×9″ pan and mix. Super easy, really good. Errr, thanks Marlboro!
One Pan Cake
2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
2t baking soda
1/2t salt
2/3 cup vegetable oil
2T cider vinegar
1T vanilla
2 cups cold coffee
1/3 cup turbinado sugar
1/2t cinnamon
Stir together flour, 1 1/2 cups sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt, in an ungreased 13×9″ baking pan.
Make 3 wells in the dry mixture; pour the oil in one, the vinegar in another, and the vanilla in another.
Pour in coffee and stir all with a fork until well mixed. Spread into an even layer.
Combine 1/3 cup turbinado sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle half of this over batter.
Bake in a 350 degree oven for 35-40 minutes. Sprinkle remaining cinnamon sugar over cake.
Monika K says:
Wow - this sounds great! Anything with coffee in it is bound to taste delicious. Who knew cigarettes had cookbooks? What a bizarre little world we live in…
March 12th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Chocolatecoveredvegan says:
I’ll take cake please!!!
March 12th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Billy says:
How do I subscribe to your RSS feed?
March 12th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Romina says:
This sounds SO good. I like the idea of less cleanup!
March 12th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
bouncy says:
So, I am back from watching all the Eddie Izzard skits that were available on youtube and holy sh*t! what a time suck! A wonderful timesuck!
Someone mentioned cake?
March 12th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Liz² says:
ahaha! that skit is awesome! and the cake looks great, too. despite being made of DEATH :PPPP
March 13th, 2008 at 6:59 am
VKO-Lifestyles of the Chic & Vegan says:
Um, that is definitely wacky to have come from the Marlboro cookbook! Eddie Izzard is so brilliant…
March 13th, 2008 at 8:00 am
Billy says:
Great, I’m now subscribed to your feed and have you on my blogroll.
Thanks.
March 13th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Billy says:
Thanks so much for your comment on my post about killing stray cats. I completely agree with you. I responded over there on my blog post.
March 14th, 2008 at 8:44 am
stonielove says:
wow! thank you so much for sharing the recipe - i will definitely try it out!
March 14th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Suzie says:
That looks incredible. It is rather odd that you’d find it associated with Marlboro. Hmm… In any case, what an awesome ‘accidentally vegan’ find! I’ll have to slip the recipe away for a time when I don’t need to take such a huge break from sweets! LoL
March 14th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Tori says:
Nice. It looks good! I didn’t know there was such thing a Marlboro cookbook, where did you get this?
March 14th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
lori- the pleasantly plump vegan says:
what a find. i love finding accidentally vegan recipes. its even better when they turn out great.
March 15th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Lyndsay says:
I am making this tomorrow. It looks so good - and the less dishes the better.
March 15th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
johanna3 says:
the cake looks good, thans for comment at my blog.
March 16th, 2008 at 9:46 am
Mihl says:
Ha, ha you should really write a letter to P. Morris!
Thank you for sharing the cake recipe, sounds so easy and fun to make, I will add it to my “In case of unannounced guests” (is that any English phrase at all?” folder.
March 17th, 2008 at 5:06 am