Eat Dirty Cake?

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DS made an elaborate curry with rice for dinner last night and then decided to make a cake half an hour ago. He used the same sieve to siift the flour as he had used to drain the rice hours yesterday. Other DS washed up. It turns out he had just ran it under the tap rather than properly cleaning of it. I expect there were bits of rice still stuck to it. Should I let them eat their cake or will it be full of old rice germs?

It’s a bit of rice? What do you think will happen? Unless I’m missing the sarcasm

Eat it! It'll be absolutely fine.
Cake is heated to about 100° which is more than enough to kill any lurking bugs. Worst case is a couple of pieces of grit.

I assume the cake was baked. I think that will have zapped any germs.

In the nicest possible way, get a grip and eat the cake. The sieve had cooked rice in it briefly, not raw chicken, no need for a boil wash!

Good Lord! Of course it will be ok to eat the cake!

I assume this is what OP is concerned about

Uncooked rice can contain spores of Bacillus cereus, bacteria that can cause food poisoning. The spores can survive when rice is cooked. If rice is left standing at room temperature, the spores can grow into bacteria. These bacteria will multiply and may produce toxins (poisons) that cause vomiting or diarrhoea.

I am paranoid about rice. I was hospitalised from awful food poisoning last year after eating it in a dodgy takeaway. Thought I'd check here to see if I'm being crazy. Turns out I am. Thanks all.

It's fine! The cake will have been baked, no?

@Wigglegiggle0520

I assume this is what OP is concerned about

Uncooked rice can contain spores of Bacillus cereus, bacteria that can cause food poisoning. The spores can survive when rice is cooked. If rice is left standing at room temperature, the spores can grow into bacteria. These bacteria will multiply and may produce toxins (poisons) that cause vomiting or diarrhoea.

Yes Wiggle this is what had me concerned

I'm surprised the flour didn't stick to a damp sieve & make a horrible paste=like mess.
I'd eat the cake.

It is the heart of the rice grain that causes the issues. So there would have to have been bits of rice clinging to the sieve.

So a rinse that removed all grains would also remove the part of rice that can cause problems.

Eat the cake!

"Should I let them eat their cake or will it be full of old rice germs?"

The sieve was rinsed, I'm sure there was no actual rice still on it since the sieve would need to be dry to be used for flour. You are being dramatic, there is nothing wrong with the cake.

Poor you! No wonder you're feeling twitchy over food hygiene.

As upthread, if the sieve was dry enough to sieve flour without an unholy mess, then the likelihood of having a bacteria capable of food poisoning linger on a cooked cake is vanishingly small.