Witch Cakes

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

These cakes had a particular ingredient that some believe protected them from dark magic - and sparked one of the best-known witch hunts in United States history. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-are-witch-cakes

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0:00.0	Hey, Dylan, you want to see a photo?
0:03.0	Uh, yeah, sure.
0:05.0	With no explanation.
0:06.0	You want to just see a photo?
0:08.0	Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:09.0	I'll go in before you know any of the weird details.
0:11.0	It feels dangerous to say yes to you, but sure.
0:13.0	Cool.
0:14.0	Alright, let me share my screen with you.
0:17.0	Do you see what I am looking at?
0:22.0	I do see something.
0:26.0	I see what looks to be...
0:30.0	Oh, God, it almost looks like a vertebrae or something,
0:34.0	but it looks sort of like some organic shape,
0:38.0	kind of like a circle with a hole in the middle
0:42.0	and then like lots of little knobby things coming off of it.
0:45.0	What am I looking at?
0:48.0	It is actually bread.
0:50.0	This is a witch cake.
0:52.0	This is an edible object I'm looking at?
0:54.0	Yeah, I mean, I should have guessed it's you, but...
0:56.0	So edible is a stretch, slight stretch there.
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