Processing "CAKE" tobacco for smoking
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Just pinch a wad off the cake, and loosen it up ever so slightly before filling the pipe. 
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Once you break off a piece, its a piece of cake.
I’ve never had a cake, except crumble cake, which you just pinch off a piece and break. But real cake I understand you cut into strips (flakes) and break up, or I guess break off a piece like mentioned here. Flakes store well, but cakes even better so I’m interested plus the rich flavour.
The video shows how to prepare cake and crumble cake.
How to Prepare "Cake" Pipe Tobacco :: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
Here is an article that I wrote about how to handle this form of pipe tobacco: How to Prepare Cake Pipe Tobacco The link in the video is broken but you can view it here:
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All the cakes I have had are very crumbly and I get good results by just crumbling a piece into my hand and rubbing it between my palms. I did recently have a tin of kings stride that had a cake that I could peel into flakes easily then I would prep it the way I would any flake.
Oh bud that’s easy.
If the cake it too hard to pinch some off, get a knife and cut thru it like a plug. It will cut thru much easier than a plug.
Get a little slug cut, work it out a bit. Not to dust but in little cube style crumbles. Gravity fill, maybe a light packing, top it off and smoke it.
Don’t be intimidated by it, it’s very easy.
If the cake it too hard to pinch some off, get a knife and cut thru it like a plug. It will cut thru much easier than a plug.
Get a little slug cut, work it out a bit. Not to dust but in little cube style crumbles. Gravity fill, maybe a light packing, top it off and smoke it.
Don’t be intimidated by it, it’s very easy.
Just remember as the Unabomber was fo d of saying, “You can‘t eat your cake and have it too.” or in this case, smoke your cake and have it too!
From my experience it's pretty easy to just break off a bit and rub out the ribbons. The thing is cakes are more about the process then the smoking. What I mean by that is the flavors marry and they take up less room. The end result is basically like ribbon cut as far as smoking goes. I've only had a few cakes. Now plugs are a different story. There aren't hard and fast rules with labeling pipe tobacco types but generally a cake is pressed after being the leaf is cut where a plug is whole leaf pressed together. Flake is a plug that's been sliced, coins are ropes that have been sliced.
I've tried putting a wade of cake in a pipe and smoking it and found it basically doesn't do anything to improve the experience.
I've tried putting a wade of cake in a pipe and smoking it and found it basically doesn't do anything to improve the experience.
Agreed, but reversing the phrase because of a compulsive behavior disorder to say things logically got him caught.
Ummm… the original phrase *was* “you can’t eat your cake and have it too.” What got him caught is that he delivered it correctly, as so few people do.
ive seen pictures of "flake" tobacco that was nothing more then the cornell crumble cake lump..
It does seem to present the nice idea of "compressed tobacco melding flavors better". But it gives the same amount of religious like "this is the only way to prepare it for the pipe" mentality that plagues plug, flake, and even twist tobacco.
It does seem to present the nice idea of "compressed tobacco melding flavors better". But it gives the same amount of religious like "this is the only way to prepare it for the pipe" mentality that plagues plug, flake, and even twist tobacco.
It's what got him caught. (His brother spotted the historically accurate turn of phrase vs. the popularly accepted one in his manifesto, remembered it was something Ted had always been fussy about, and called the Feebs.)