One time on Usenet, "Temily" > said:

> If you were to cook a fantastic cake for a bake off at work what would
> you make?

To my American mind, the term "bake off" means a baking contest.
That seems like an odd thing to do at work. I'm not trying to be
offensive or anything, just puzzled.

OTOH, my mom and her co-workers used to do cookie exchanges; everyone
would bring 2-3 dozen cookies and the would all share them equally.
She brought home some really interesting new cookies that way.

That being said, my favorite cake to make for nearly any reason
would be a cheesecake. This is a recipe that I've been making (and
posting) for years:

http://tinyurl.com/qzyuk

OR

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.food.
cooking/msg/5c1b24a354b989db?dmode=source&hl=en

BTW, nice thread, Temily... :-)

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