The Poor Fool, He Had No Idea What Hit Him

So today my roommate got the hankering to bake a cake - so that's what he did.

He worked hard at it - put some nice icing on it - it was a beautiful looking cake. Then he went to taste it. The top was awesome, not dry at all, then he bit into the bottom. "Well, hmm....that's odd," he said and he put the cake up for grabs from everybody, warning everybody that it tasted just a bit funky. I tried a piece just to see what it tasted like, tried the bottom, "Well, this is odd - but I swear I've tasted this before, just not in a cake...kind of...smokey..." I said to myself, then something hit me.

"Dude - I know what's wrong with your cake! This cake pan you used - it's the pan that I use when I barbeque." "What?!" "Yeah - you know the pan I stick under the meat with some water in it to keep the meat moist, and to catch the meat drippings? That's this pan your cake is in." "Ohhhh...that's hilarious!" "Yeah it is - don't worry - it's cleaned out and everything." "K - good, let's just leave it here and have everybody else taste it, but not tell them about it, and see if they notice anything."