Last-Ditch Layer Cake

**Last-Ditch Layer Cake** was created by Kelly, Hannah, and Darbie O'Brien in order to unfreeze Saffron Falls after Mama P's selfish behavior. However, the cake was so strong that it ended up breaking all curses in Saffron Falls, including Becky Quinn's and Gina Silvers'. Its first and only appearance was in Just Add Pluots. It is also mentioned again in "Just Add Time Travel" in the mid-1970s (see below)

## Story

### Season 1

After freezing the town, the girls go to the cookbook. But when it starts flipping to a blank page, Darbie thinks that it wants them to create their own recipe. So they go to the spice pantry and review their knowledge of magic families. When Kelly states that if they cook Lapsus, Werpoes, and Taurian altogether, they would react differently and fail. Darbie requests to cook them separately and it's a good idea. They decide to bake a cake and seperate each family into different layers.

They go back to the *frozen Saffron Falls*. But before mixing, Ms. Silvers asks Kelly to use her Morbium but denies it because she believes in their cake. They name it *Last-Ditch Layer Cake* before eating. They eat the cake and the spell on the town broke. Then all curses broke. In result:

* Grandma Quinn can speak,
* Ms. Silvers can play piano in public,
* Chuck Hankins is back.

When Grandma Quinn realizes if **all** curses are broken, Chuck is back and no one is safe.

### Season 3

In an alternate universe, when The OC’s figured out a way to free Chuck Hankins, Becky Quinn created this recipe and freed him. Once he returned, he created a spell to free his sister, Rose Peizer. And in order to do that, he had to sacrifice Becky.

## Ingredients

### Lapsus Layer (Blue)

* 1 cup Lapsus sugar
* 1 cup Lapsus flour
* ¼ teaspoon Lapsus salt
* 2 teaspoons Lapsus baking powder
* 1 cup frozen blueberries
* ¼ teaspoon blueberry extract
* ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
* 4 drops of blue food coloring
* ½ butter
* 3 eggs
* ½ cup milk

### Werpoes Layer (Pink)

* 1 ½ cups Werpoes flour
* 2¾ tablespoons Werpoes sugar
* ½ teaspoon Werpoes salt
* 1½ teaspoons Werpoes baking powder
* 2 tablespoons oil
* ¼ cup butter
* 1 cup fresh strawberries
* 2 eggs
* 1 teaspoon strawberry extract
* ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

### Taurian Layer (Green)

* 1½ cups Taurian flour
* 1 cup Taurian sugar
* 1 teaspoon Taurian baking powder
* 1 pinch Taurian salt
* 1½ cup butter
* ¼ cup shortening
* 1 cup shelled pistachios
* 2 eggs
* ¼ cup milk
* ¼ cup buttermilk
* 4 drops of mint green food coloring
* 2 tablespoons pistachios paste

### Decorations

* silver pearl sprinkles
* blue, pink and green buttercream

## Instructions

### First Layer/Blue Layer/Lapsus Layer

1. Place baking paper on the bottom of your pan to prepare ahead of baking.
2. Grind blueberries
3. Mix in all dry ingredients in a large bowl.
4. Put sugar, butter, and blueberry extract in another large bowl and mix until light and fluffy.
5. Add eggs one at a time mixing in between each egg. 6. Add vanilla and mix again.
6. Alternate adding dry mixture and milk into the wet mixture mix in between. (⅓ dry, mix, ½ milk, mix, ⅓ dry, mix, ½ milk, mix)
7. Add blue coloring and mix.
8. After mixing, pour the batter into a pan.
9. Bake at 350℉/175℃ for 40 minutes.

### Second Layer/Pink Layer/Werpoes Layer

1. Place baking paper on the bottom of your pan to prepare ahead of baking.
2. Cut tops of strawberries.
3. Blend strawberries.
4. Mix blended strawberries, eggs, strawberry extract, and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Whisk until well combined.
5. Mix all dry ingredients in another large bowl.
6. Add butter and oil to dry mixture and blend until well combined.
7. Add in half of the strawberry mixture and mix. Then add the second half and mix.
8. Pour batter in a pan and bake at 350℉/175℃ for 35-40 minutes.

### Third Layer/Green Layer/Taurian Layer

1. Place baking paper on the bottom of your pan to prepare ahead of baking.
2. In a pan, mix together pistachios and ¼ cup of sugar.
3. Mix together flour, salt, and baking powder in a large bowl.
4. In another large bowl mix together butter, sugar, and shortening. Whisk until light and fluffy.
5. Add eggs and mix.
6. Add pistachio extract and mix.
7. Add ⅓ dry mixture and mix.
8. Add milk and buttermilk and mix.
9. Add second 3rd of dry mixture and mix.
10. Add the remaining dry mixture and mix.
11. Add one or two drops of green food coloring and mix.
12. Pour batter into a pan and bake at 350℉/175℃ for 35-40 minutes.

### Decoration

1. Frost the top of the pistachio cake with green buttercream.
2. Place strawberry cake on top and frost the top with the pink buttercream.
3. Then place the blueberry cake on the top.
4. Cool for 30 minutes in the fridge.
5. Frost the sides of the cake with the matching color.
6. Frost the top of the cake with the blue buttercream.
7. Put texture to the sides and the top of the cake.
8. Put silver pearls on the top of the cake.

## Trivia

* This is the final recipe cooked in the season.
* This is the first recipe made by the girls.
* The cake was powerful, it didn't need a Morbium.
* It is mentioned again in Season 3 "Just Add Time Travel", but in a different universe and backstory.
* This cake was recreated on Rosanna Pansino's YouTube Channel in a video featuring Olivia Sanabia, the actress who plays Kelly Quinn.