Bamboo Charcoal Cake (竹碳蛋糕) **

Recipe: Charcoal cake tastes like regular cake but it looks really special because of its unusual colour. Your 80-year-old Chinese grandma and grandpa may not like it because they think black is unlucky. Everyone else, I’m sure, will be extremely impressed, especially when you serve it in your 5,000 sq ft high-ceiling loft that looks like an art gallery. Email KT at kitchentigress@ if you want to buy charcoal powder. Music: Divertimento