Party GamesCut the Flour Cake
A mound of flour is turned out like a cake with a coin or a sweet balanced on top. Players take turns to slice a piece away with a knife. The cake gets thinner and thinner, and whoever makes the coin fall must pick it up from the flour with their teeth. The tension as the tower narrows is delicious.
- Ages
- 6 and up
- Players
- 4 to 12
- Time
- 10 minutes
- Place
- a table
- Energy
- quiet
- Group size
- Small group (4 to 8), Medium group (9 to 20)
- Good for
- Children, Teenagers, Adults, All ages together, Ladies' parties
What you need
A steel bowl or glass, dry flour (atta or maida), a large plate or tray, a blunt butter knife, a coin or a wrapped toffee, a towel and wipes.
How to play
- Pack the bowl tightly with flour, pressing it down hard.
- Put the plate over the bowl, turn both over together and lift the bowl away gently, leaving a firm flour "cake".
- Place the coin or toffee on the top.
- Players take turns to cut away a slice of the cake with the knife and slide it aside. Any size of slice is allowed, but something must be cut.
- The cake grows narrower. The player whose cut makes the coin fall has lost.
- The loser must pick the coin out of the flour using only the mouth, hands behind the back.
Who wins
Everyone except the loser wins. Rebuild the cake and play again, starting with the loser.
Variations and tips
- Use a wrapped toffee and let the loser keep it; it softens the forfeit.
- For a gentler forfeit, the loser picks the coin up by hand and gets a dab of flour on the nose.
- Team version: the losing team does the forfeit together.
Safety and kindness
Wash the coin well first, or better, use a wrapped sweet. The flour forfeit is messy: offer the gentle version to anyone who prefers it, keep it away from people with breathing trouble or flour allergy, and tell players to keep eyes shut and not to breathe in. Play over a tray or outdoors.
Common problems and how to fix them
- The cake collapses when the bowl is lifted. Pack the flour harder, and tap the bowl before lifting.
- Players shave off a few grains. Each cut must go from the top edge to the plate.
Party plans that use this game
Host tools
Time the round with the party timer, make chits or random teams with the chit maker, and keep the points on the scoreboard.
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