There’s a cake recipe in Peacock’s terms of use and TV Guide tried it - says it is ‘pure joy' - PennLive

Do you ever read those lengthy terms of use agreements?

TV Guide did and in the terms of use for NBCUniversal’s new Peacock streaming service they found something unusual - a “Peacock-approved, just-like-Grandma-used-to-make chocolate cake recipe.”

And it is definitely in there under “third-party authentication; third party services.”

Writer Andrew James Myers decided to tackle the recipe and write about it.

“This is the first time I have ever baked a cake from scratch, and only one of my two grandmas has ever baked me a cake. (It’s not too late, Nana.),” he wrote.

Myers details the process of making the cake including some of his difficulties along the way. Once done, he and the kids want a taste test.

“The kids converge. ‘What about the frosting?' they complain. I explain that if Peacock’s lawyer’s grandma had intended this cake to be frosted, she would have included frosting instructions. Her confidence gives me confidence.

Peacock’s lawyer’s grandma’s recipe doesn’t mention how long to let it cool before serving; we last about 15 minutes because we want to eat cake. I slip the sides of the springform pan off, but struggle to separate the bottom of the cake. I flip it over and sloppily scrape it free. Only now do I realize I assembled the springform pan upside down, a rookie mistake that apparently turns a ‘nonstick’ pan into a ‘stick’ pan. But that’s not anybody’s grandma’s fault,” Myers writes.

While he discovers his cake is not visually appealing - “my knife doesn’t slice so much as pulverize,” he says the cake is “quite appetizing - moist, spongey, aromatic ...”

“My first bite is pure joy. Simple. Chocolate. Cake. I forget all about the fact that I am baking a legal document from the world’s second-largest media conglomerate. This is a gift, from an anonymous but real grandma directly to my family.

“Unexpectedly, the cake recipe in Peacock’s terms of service is legitimately delicious,” he wrote.

So, if you want to give it try, sign up for Peacock or just read the recipe here:

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup of butter
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 squares unsweetened baking chocolate
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 1/3 cups flour
• ¼ tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. baking soda

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
• Grease and flour cake pan.
• Cream butter, add sugar and egg, and mix thoroughly.
• Pour boiling water over cut up chocolate. Once melted, drain excess water into a cup to be added later alternately with flour.
• Add melted chocolate and vanilla to the butter, sugar, and egg mixture.
• Mix together dry ingredients. Fold in wet ingredients and left-over chocolate water into the dry mixture.
• Batter will seem thin, but do not add flour.
• Pour into greased and floured pan.
• Bake for 30-40 minutes.

“Enjoy! While we wish you could share a slice with us, feel free to share this recipe (tagging @peacocktv, of course). And now, back to your regularly-scheduled legal document.”

Peacock even offers congratulations to customers who read the terms. At the end it says, “Wow, you made it to the end of the whole document. Amazing! You deserve a long, satisfying binge. Thanks for taking the time to read through our terms. Welcome to the flock!”

Now go bake a cake.

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