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If you didn’t grow up eating gooey cake heated by a light bulb, what were you even doing?

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“A pop culture staple since its introduction in 1963 and one of Hasbro's top-selling items of today, EASY-BAKE brand ovens cont.” Hasbro, https://www.hasbro.com/common/assets/image/Printables/dad261381c4311ddbd0b0800200c9a66/CDDF87D550569047F5FF8F2A2B012348/CDE2741150569047F5BFD4917EBA9FC5.pdf

Coopee, Todd. Light Bulb Baking: A History of the Easy-Bake Oven. Sonderho Press, 2013. Internet Archive.

Erbland, Kate. “Early Incarnations of 11 Beloved Toys.” Mental Floss, 13 December 2013, https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/54186/early-incarnations-11-beloved-toys.  

Green, Melanie. “The Untold Truth Of The Easy-Bake Oven.” Mashed, 22 February 2022, https://www.mashed.com/776497/the-untold-truth-of-the-easy-bake-oven/

Hix, Lisa. “Easy-Bake Evolution: 50 Years of Cakes, Cookies, and Gender Politics.” Mental Floss, 17 November 2015, https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71210/easy-bake-evolution-50-years-cakes-cookies-and-gender-politics.