Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cake in a mug


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The result was   no consensus. X clamation point  05:28, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Cake in a mug

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Not notable ... many instances of a recipe can be found; but no evidence nor claim of notability exists - Barek (talk • contribs) - 17:11, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep The article just needs to be expanded with more info from the sources. A cake in a mug seems to be something more than just, well, a cake in a mug. Northwestgnome (talk) 18:44, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - While there are a lot of hits in Google; all that I viewed were just various ways of presenting the recipe. Even the two added to the external links section are recipes ... which clearly establishes that it exists, but doesn't explain notability.  Why is a cake in a mug any more notable than making a cake in a cup, or a cake in a bowl, etc (both cup and bowl also have Google hits for variations on the same recipes - although bowl has other hits as well).
 * There might be something here to start an article on Microwave cakes or some other collective name ... but I fail to see how cake in a mug is anything more than making a cake quickly in a randomly available container. The only thing I can see about a mug over other containers is that a mug has approached internet meme status - but even then, it's more descriptive to call it a microwave cake. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:01, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I would agree with a redirect to Microwave cake. Northwestgnome (talk) 01:40, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep I clearly added links to two notable major published news sources. That meets the notability requirements.  I said this on the talk page already.  It is talked about in many sources, and I would thinking Googling for the recipe and getting that many results would make a food item notable.  This isn't a product that companies are going to try to Googlebomb to trick you into thinking its more popular than it is.   D r e a m Focus  18:48, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * You do need to give us more info in the article. At least that it is baked in a microwave. Otherwise we don't understand why a cake in a mug is something unique and notable. Northwestgnome (talk) 19:15, 19 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete It's possible to make cake in a microwave as long as it's in a suitable container (which may or may not be a mug). There's nothing notable about choosing a mug as a microwave-safe receptacle. The "links to two notable major published news sources" are just recipes, rather than news articles - one from a local paper and one from a "How to" wiki. pablo hablo. 21:57, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment re poss redirect to Microwave Cake - it's hard to see what such an article would contain other than those in my post above. Maybe redirect to Cake or Baking and include a line in there - after all it is just another method of cooking a cake. pablo hablo. 10:53, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment What a silly article. I have no opinion about whether to keep or delete. Cazort (talk) 02:52, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Transwiki to the WikiCookbook and use the source and other possible sources to write up a recipe. - Mgm|(talk) 10:08, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete You can, and people do, cook cakes in all sorts of containers, and there is nothing notable about using a mug. dougweller (talk) 17:16, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * But its called "cake in a mug". If you found a recipe for something that popular, and its name that many places on the internet talking about it, then you could make an article for it.   D r e a m Focus  02:30, 21 February 2009 (UTC)


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