Does Your Child Lick The Spoon After Mixing The Cake?

@Nardz13 (5055)
New Zealand
July 27, 2007 8:42am CST
Mine tried too, this is something I dont like, and the other day my daughter asked me if she could have the spoon, which I quickly replied with a no and ran it under cold water... Post up... Thanks in advance...
10 responses
27 Jul 07
I remember doing that as a kid round my nans house on a saturday afternoon me and my sister used to fight over the bowl aswell as the spoon. I miss being a kid! Why don't you want your daughter to do it?
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@Nardz13 (5055)
• New Zealand
29 Jul 07
Hey. LOL, I just dont let my daughter lick the bowl, I suppose im just following what my mom didnt like us doing... Thanks for your response...
@magnet (2087)
• United States
6 Aug 07
I use to lick the spoon when I was a kid many times and I did not ever get sick. To answer your question I let my children lick the spoon before I add the eggs after I add the eggs I don't let them lick the spoon but if they did lick the spoon without me knowing it I don't think that it will make them sick.
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@Nardz13 (5055)
• New Zealand
7 Aug 07
Hi. Yes your right children do love to lick the spoon and the bowl if they can get their hands on it lol... I just cant stand the taste of raw cake mix... Thanks for your comment... Hava a good one...
@Calais (10893)
• Australia
2 Aug 07
Oh yes, of course..Whats more fun than licking the spoon..They love it and I like watching their faces..It dosnt hurt them..
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@Nardz13 (5055)
• New Zealand
3 Aug 07
Hi. Thanks for your response
@navtech (1773)
• India
30 Jul 07
dear Nardz13, Kid is kid. I do not find any harm in kid licking the spoon after mixing the cake. After all kid enjoy licking the spoon after mixing the cake. I do no know why you object to this. I allow kid to lick the spoon because it is their one way of enjoyment. Why I should put a ban to their enjoyment.
@Nardz13 (5055)
• New Zealand
3 Aug 07
Hi. Yes I know kids will be kids, I just dont let them lick the bowl or the spoon, probably because my mom didnt like us to when we were children either, and they dont push and make a big deal out of wanting to eat it as well...
@cynddvs (2948)
• United States
28 Jul 07
My daughter is too young to want to do anything like that. However I have been guilty of licking the spoon since I was a kid and I still do. So far I haven't gotten sick from it. I understand there are raw eggs in it. But weight lifters drink raw eggs all the time and they don't get sick. As long as I'm not getting sick I think I'm ok. It may not be the healthiest thing in the world but neither is breathing polluted air that we go out in everyday.
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@Nardz13 (5055)
• New Zealand
29 Jul 07
Hey. Exactly true about pollution, my dad is also one to drink raw egg noggs and hes fit as a fiddle... Thanks for your comment...
@Bobbz21 (155)
• New Zealand
4 Aug 07
Yes mine try to and I don't like that either, I think its disgusting, but to children its sweet and yummy lolz.... My youngest son always ask me if he can have the spoon and like you, its a No.
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@Nardz13 (5055)
• New Zealand
7 Aug 07
Hi Bob. Im with you on this one... I was always told, dont you kids lick the bowl, you will get worms LOL... As to how much sense that made, I never did lick the bowl, because I couldnt stand the taste of raw cake mix... My son cant stand eggs, anyway... But my daughter will do her best to nag on for it lol... But no...Thanks for your comment...
@sunshinecup (7871)
27 Jul 07
I don't like them to if there is something made with raw eggs. It's a risk of them getting sick from it. However something like puddings, sure when I am done mixing they can have it and the bowl once I am done pouring the pudding into cups. It's all part of being a kid.
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@Nardz13 (5055)
• New Zealand
29 Jul 07
Hey. I dont let my kids eat from it either... Thanks for your comment...
@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
27 Jul 07
Oh my! Feelings of guilt are now popping up in my head. I used to lick the spoon and the beater after mom finished making the cake. Yes and my sons did as well, after the cake was in the oven. I guess my mother licked the spoon after her grandmother licked the cake. I guess bad habits are hard to break. Well that is way before we knew that uncooked dough is bad for you.
@Nardz13 (5055)
• New Zealand
29 Jul 07
Hey. LOL a family thing... Thanks for your comment...
• United States
27 Jul 07
My mom always let us lick the spoon (or the beaters from the electric mixer) when we were kids, regardless of whether she was making cake or cookies. Everyone says that the raw eggs makes this dangerous, but I know a whole lot of people who survived with no ill effects from licking batter off of a mixing implement. I don't normally lick the spoon anymore, but I let my fiance have that treat instead. He enjoys it a lot more than I do. I would rather wait for the finished product. :)
@Nardz13 (5055)
• New Zealand
29 Jul 07
Hey. Ive never had the urge as a kid to lick the spoon or the bowl and when I posted this topic, I certaintly wasnt thinking of all the feed back I would get about the raw egg or raw cookie dough, lol to be honest I didnt know of such a thing existing, I wonder if that was the reason for our mom not letting us lick the bowl or the spoon...
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
27 Jul 07
My kids always licked the spoon then it went directly into the dishwater! It was a special treat in their eyes!
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@Nardz13 (5055)
• New Zealand
29 Jul 07
Hey. Im just reading in my responses about how the raw egg in a cake mix is bad for you, who wouldve thought this in baking cakes or cookies, not me anyway... Ive learnt something new here... Thanks for your response...