# "Do No Eat Raw Cake Batter" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 20, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170 "2011-06-20T16:50:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170/41 "2011-06-21T18:41:53Z")
Moderation. Too much cake batter (say, an entire bowl) will expand in your stomach and come up your throat causing you to puke. Learned through experience (not mine, a friend’s). ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170/42 "2011-06-21T18:42:24Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > Who puts frosting on cake? Don’t you just eat that right out of the can? Who eats canned frosting? Ew. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170/43 "2011-06-21T18:49:06Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > You eat the cake batter, you won’t have enough left to make the cake. And then you won’t have anything to frost. Happy birthday, loser. Agreed… Cake batter is AWESOME ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170/44 "2011-06-21T18:57:48Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > I’ve done it at least 100 times and I’ve lived to tell the tale. Excellent username /post combo. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170/45 "2011-06-21T19:02:33Z")
Translated from Weasel to English, the warning reads: “Go ahead and eat the raw cake batter, but don’t sue us.” The most fascinating thing about this thread is the “As usual The Family Circus …” thing. Why “as usual”? Is this a running joke that I’ve missed? ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170/46 "2011-06-21T20:23:47Z")
> [@shantih](#): > > If you eat raw cake batter, a cake will grow in your stomach. It happens all the time since I burn with the rage of a million suns. No problem for me. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170/47 "2011-06-21T22:58:16Z")
> [@rekkah](#): > > Cake mix and cookie batter are considerably more tempting than raw egg on it’s own. I’d take a nice raw egg over raw cake mix any day, but maybe that’s just me… ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170/48 "2011-06-22T01:10:23Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > Translated from Weasel to English, the warning reads: “Go ahead and eat the raw cake batter, but don’t sue us.” > > The most fascinating thing about this thread is the “As usual The Family Circus …” thing. Why “as usual”? Is this a running joke that I’ve missed? If a single poster posting those comics all the time counts as a running joke. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170/49 "2011-06-22T02:21:11Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Is it time to retire that joke? Nobody forcing to read. Don’t like move on. Bear shits in woods, pope, etc. I wonder what would happen if you ate the cake batter box and all? ---
**Author:** ![xoferew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e9a140/32.png) [@xoferew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xoferew)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170/50 "2011-06-22T02:40:04Z")
> [@CitizenPained](#): > > Who eats canned frosting? Ew. Yum. And if I knew the world was ending tomorrow, I’d eat the WHOLE CAN. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170/51 "2011-06-22T04:36:37Z")
Because of this thread, I made a batch of chocolate chip cookies mainly to eat the cookie dough. I always eat raw dough and batter and have never gotten sick. It is heavenly! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170/52 "2011-06-22T04:50:38Z")
I vote for the OP eating the raw cake batter while logged on to the Board, documenting in real time any physiological changes that may be occurring. If he disappears suddenly, we’ll know he died. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170/53 "2011-06-22T05:19:19Z")
> [@xoferew](#): > > Yum. And if I knew the world was ending tomorrow, I’d eat the WHOLE CAN. No kidding. If I knew the world was ending tomorrow, I’d never stop eating, and chocolate cake and icing would be top of that list. ---
**Author:** ![gigiLOVESpicasso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gigiLOVESpicasso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigiLOVESpicasso)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170/54 "2013-02-02T00:16:13Z")
Oh COME NOW!!! I have been eating raw cake batter by the bowl-full for years. I prepare it with egg as the box says and serve up a cereal-bowl-sized portion. I would consume that much nightly in front of the TV for four nights until it was gone. No cake to bake, just cold “porridge” as I fondly call it. Never got sick. Never had a cake or any confection grow in my stomach. And I never got fat. That’s it, I’m going to the Betty Crocker website and get to the bottom of this nonsense! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170/55 "2013-02-02T00:53:52Z")
It’s safer to _turn off_ the mixer before licking the beaters. 😃 I still enjoy licking those beaters whenever we make cake. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170/56 "2013-02-02T01:00:58Z")
OK, as long as we’re waking this zombie, I’d like to go back to the Family Circus linked upthread. It shows that news reports of salmonella outbreaks are fresh in the mom’s memory, and the kid is slurping down raw cake batter and thanking her for giving it to him. So, is the implication that she’s trying to kill him? That seems a little dark for Family Circus. Not that he hasn’t been asking for it. “Save some for you brothers and sister!” ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170/57 "2013-02-02T01:01:08Z")
Zombies eat cake batter! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170/58 "2013-02-02T01:04:38Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > OK, as long as we’re waking this zombie, I’d like to go back to the Family Circus linked upthread. Those were not real Family Circus panels. They were dark parodies created by the person who posted them, who has since been banned. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170/59 "2013-02-02T01:06:47Z")
> [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](#): > > It’s amazing that cake mix and cookie dough manufacturers feel the need to have this warning label on their products, but egg suppliers don’t put it on their cartons. I know this is a bit of a zombie, but I just checked and my egg carton does have a warning label that says to fully cook eggs, to the point the yolks are firm. Risk of salmonella or no, I’ll never give up my runny yolks. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170/60 "2013-02-02T06:23:41Z")
You could always buy the pre-made dough and eat that. Always good at slumber parties. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-no-eat-raw-cake-batter/586170.md?page=4)