Roasting a chicken and baking a cake, at the same time?
Does anyone ever do this?
If I'm roasting a chicken, and just using the beer can method, so I won't be opening the oven every 30 min, or whatever, and I want to bake a cake at the same time, in the same oven, at the same temperature... will the cake end up tasting of chicken?
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20 Comments:
interesting, i honestly have no idea, but my gut instinct tells me you probably wanna bake them seperately. i'll be curious to what others say. (what kind of cake are you baking?)
gastronomeg at 10:06AM on 06/06/09
@gastromeg
I'ma try to make that coconut key lime cake from this post a while back:
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2009/04/cooking-from-the-glossies-key-lime-coconut-cake-recipe.html
semarr at 10:08AM on 06/06/09
oops! I meant gastronomeg. Sorry!
semarr at 10:10AM on 06/06/09
ha ha! gastromeg-too funny ;)
the cake sounds phenomenal! let us know how it comes out!
gastronomeg at 10:18AM on 06/06/09
i'd be too 'chicken' to risk it!
i would do the cake first.
andshewas at 11:04AM on 06/06/09
I've never tried it but I agree with gastronomeg. If you do it let us know how it turned out.
tapioca at 11:09AM on 06/06/09
Chickens splatter and I don't know if chicken-flavored cake is what you're after. If you can tent the chix loosely enough to allow browning but still catch the splatters, you would probably be safe, given you're not opening and closing the oven door frequently.
therealchiffonade at 11:20AM on 06/06/09
do the cake first. or the cake on top.
dearrie at 11:28AM on 06/06/09
Only make sweets only in one oven or savories only. Never combine the two because lingering pungent odors and oils from foods will exchange in an enclosed area such as your oven. Beer can chicken cake is interesting however. If you do it let us know how it went.
JerzeeTomato at 11:59AM on 06/06/09
Oh, Jerzee, I know you don't mean to have a separate oven for sweets and savories, do you? You're too reality-based for that.
I've baked pies and a turkey simultaneously at Thanksgiving, and had no serious consequences; ditto meatloaf and cobbler at another time of the year. But YMMV. If it's deeply serious in terms of time constraints, try it. Otherwise, cake first.
lemons at 12:05PM on 06/06/09
Bake the cake first. It's a delicate flavor.
Cobblers and dense pies may not be affected adversely, but cake....
I wouldn't risk it.
Or keep the cake on the top rack, chicken on lower rack and shield the chicken with foil to prevent oil vapor transfer and sputters from invading the cake.
CJ McD at 12:21PM on 06/06/09
Yuck, no.
Like was said already, the tastes will transfer and unless you really want chicken cake I would do the cake first, then the chicken.
Also, especially if doing a moister bake like beer can chicken, you are going to add humidity to the oven that bread might really like, but a cake will not.
So nay to the over-wet, chicken flavored dessert.
sadiepix at 5:01PM on 06/06/09
funny .. i had the same thought a month or so ago. I chickend out (no pun intended) and baked the cake first.. then did the chicken. I think it was the right call.
TeriN at 7:47PM on 06/06/09
Watching a local food network, a Chef explained smells in food only exchange if they're on a cool environment, and that it was impossible for them to 'swap' while in the oven or under similar circumstances.
But by personal advice, I would do a small pilot study in my spare time to test these theories (before risking the outcome of that cake!).
mtgall at 8:46PM on 06/06/09
heehee, just put a good ole box of baking soda in the oven with them :)
conky at 10:42PM on 06/06/09
Beer can chicken cake might be the next hot thing, might have struck gold.
JerzeeTomato at 12:07AM on 06/07/09
I say NO - please don't try that. Gage your time effectively, but don't double up with a sweet and a savory. Same reason I don't bake cookies in the same oven as a pizza. There will be some transfer of tastes.
Ribster at 8:39PM on 06/07/09
Beer can chicken cake?
What about key lime-coconut-beer oven roasted chicken? (It actually sounds interesting!)
mtgall at 9:07PM on 06/07/09
Dilemmas such as this are the precise reason I wish I had double ovens. And a walk-in pantry. And bigger closets. And a front porch. Economy, recover!! I want a new house!!!
mollykate678 at 9:15AM on 06/08/09
Thank you to everyone for all the helpful comments! I ended up baking the cake first, as generally advised here. Though I do like this idea of experimenting with beer can chicken cake. Something perhaps I should do in my spare time when no one else's taste buds are at risk. : )
The cake turned out pretty yummy, sort of like a delicious lime coffee cake, or something.
Then I baked the chicken at the same time as a meat loaf, since, you know, I had the oven on anyway and was making food for the week. No cross flavor issues to report there.
@mollykate678
I hear you. I have these relatives who have three ovens in their house. Three. I'm still amazed by that. Though, if my kitchen in Bushwick had three ovens... I don't think the apartment would be habitable. Guess I'd need a new house, too.
semarr at 9:13AM on 06/10/09