What cake? SNOW CAKE!

I have created monsters.

In recent years I’ve let a few people know about my family’s Snow Cake tradition.  What’s a Snow Cake?

A snow cake is a confection that is made when the following conditions are met:

1)  It has snowed for the first time in your neighbourhood (snowing in North Bay for instance, unless you live in North Bay, doesn’t count.  Snowing in Mississauga, Richmond Hill, north of Steeles?  If you don’t live there, no snow cake yet).

2) There is enough snow that it stays on the ground.  The ground receives a complete coating of snow, and it is there for a noticeable length of time.  I can’t stress enough how important this rule is.

There is no condition on having the ingredients in the house.  That is the importance of snow cake.  If you don’t have milk, you go get milk.  You don’t have eggs, you go squeeze a chicken.  The snow cake must be made.  There is a liiiiittle bit of leeway, but it’s really a “first opportunity to go get milk, you take it” situation.

And about the monsters:

I let a few people (*cough*boys) know about snow cake, and now what happens?  I get /bulletins/ about when /they think/ the snow cake should be made.  Emails showing weather forecasts, text messages that are just “SNOW CAKE!”, IMs asking for clarifications on the rules.

So, little snow cake monsters, the answer is ‘yes’.  Yes, it is snow cake time.  Yes, I am currently out of milk, but I will get some more shortly.  Yes, the next time you see me, I will probably have snow cake for you.

Which I recommend you eat while listening to this.

3 Thoughts on “What cake? SNOW CAKE!

  1. Snow Cake Monster on November 20, 2008 at 12:04 pm said:

    SNOW CAKE!!!!!!!!

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  3. Rachel S on December 9, 2010 at 4:20 am said:

    Ok, YUM! Here, of course, that would be SNEEUW-TAART!

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