article_snippet.sent: A teenager bullied and groomed a friend with learning difficulties into helping The Old Bailey make a pipe bomb in a series of coded text messages which were given away when a friend failed to grasp that 'cake' was a codeword for a bomb, a court has heard.
article_snippet.sent: Islam, who is accused of preparing for acts of terrorism, used  'cake' as code for bomb in his messages, but failing to understand his ingenious ruse, Thomas replied: 'Cake?
article_snippet.sent: Shortly after The pair met in October 2013, The pair began talking about buying 'ingredients' for The pair bomb, with Thomas telling Islam where to find steel and brass caps, the Old Bailey heard.
article_snippet.sent: court heard that Islam tried to use 'cake' as a codeword for the bomb, but not understanding Thomas replied, saying: 'Cake?
article_snippet.sent: Around the same time Islam began asking Thomas to buy hydrogen peroxide from a shop in order to make into explosives, court was told.
highlights_snippet.sent: Tried to persuade Mr Thomas to buy ingredients for pipe bomb, court told .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Used 'cake' as code in text message, but Mr Thomas did not understand .
  