Popcorn Cake

I don't remember Grandma making this Popcorn Cake, but it sounds like it would be super good and fun!

1 cup sugar
1/3 cup corn syrup
1/3 cup water
1/4 cup butter
3/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp baking soda
3 quarts popped corn

Pop your popcorn and place it in a large bowl.

 Butter the sides of an Angel Food cake pan.

Combine sugar, syrup, butter, salt and water in a saucepan.  Cook, stirring until sugar is dissolved.  Continue cooking without stirring until syrup forms a brittle ball in cold water.  Add vanilla and baking soda and stir only enough to mix it thru the hot syrup. 

Pour the syrup over the popped corn slowly and mix until well coated.  Press popcorn into the prepared Angel Food cake pan.  Press just hard enough to be sure the popcorn sticks together, but not hard enough to break the kernels.

Let it sit for 30 minutes and then turn out of the pan.  Decorate as desired.