From the Joy of Cooking: This makes a sensation filling for sponge rolls or an Angel Food Cake. You can also marble it into a cheesecake.

This cake gets its name from its proportion of ingredients: 1 cup butter and milk, 2 cups sugar, 3 cups of flour and 4 eggs, and from cupcakes to layers cakes, as a basic, white cake, it does not fail.

OK, so it’s not broccoli. But as far as desserts go, it isn’t that bad.

To flatten the treats, I use a square of parchment paper. If you don’t flatten enough, the treats will fall apart easily, but flattening too much makes it a bear to cut through.

This recipe is so adaptable. My only suggestion would be if you don’t have or want to get ume plum vinegar, substitute a somewhat tart fruit juice (pomegranate, cherry) but not another vinegar.

This recipe can be gluten-free if you use g-f brown rice cereal (not all are – check the label). I like the organic Erewhon’s Crispy Brown Rice, but I’m sure this recipe would work well with plenty of crispy cereals. :)