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Default At Rikers, This Cake Is Renowned

On 8/17/2010 4:26 AM, Lee wrote:
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> Really interesting article about Rikers Island Prison bakery which
> turns out 11,500 loaves of whole wheat bread a day.
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> City Room: At Rikers, This Cake Is Renowned
> By By EMILY B. HAGER
> Published: August 15, 2010
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> The carrot cake baked by inmates at Rikers Island is good enough that
> seconds are often requested, and correction officers ask for their
> fair share
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> http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...rikers-bakery/.



Way too much soda in the home recipe. Don't use 1/4 cup, use 1
Tbs instead. Even that may be too much. Read all the comments
in the newspaper review before making this recipe.

John Andrews