Well, today is my birthday. Tomorrow my family will celebrate my special day with a lunch at Mom and Dad's. I, of course, volunteered to make my own cake since I AM the proud owner of a new KitchenAid mixer. It is now 8:42 pm and the cake is out of the oven. LOOK! My little friend Betsy helped me create this disaster. Never in all my attempts at baking have I/we fallen so short of the goal. JM's Dad's cake at least just fell off the plate. Mine fell off the plate and oozed magma all over the counter. I wish you could have seen it when I first flipped the pan over on the cake plate. For approximately 17.38 seconds it was a beautiful cake. Betsy says I need a cake tester. I think I need a man in my life who can bake - to hell with the tester. Does anyone want a slightly used KitchenAid mixer? By the way, I WAS somewhat distracted by the eggs that were coming to room temp (see below - note my birthday portrait in the tea kettle). Perhaps I should stick to photography! And, finally, Note To Self: One should never make one's own birthday cake...
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Oh, my!!! I have had one to fall apart but not ooze! That's hilarious, of course I didn't have to clean it up! I took the one that fell apart to school. It was the best tasting thing I ever made! Did you try some of it? By the way - those eggs... hummmm... where have I seen that before?
Sally gave me this recipe. I thought she loved me...
...and, yes, the solid parts are delicious...
Perhaps, you should have used more Elmer's glue. I did notice it near the oven! I hear it stops the cracking and oozing!
Bets
Sharp eye there, Miss Betsy! A girl just can't have too much Elmers when she cooks like I do!
As I suspected: you are a rank sentimentalist.
Absolutely - please don't tell anyone - I DO have an image to maintain...
Oh no! That's terrible! Maybe it was just the pressure of making your own cake.
Hey Mary Dean!
Sometimes the worst looking cakes taste the best!
ROFL! I love it! I've had that same thing happen. Except maybe not QUITE that bad.
Now is when you get in the car and drive to a bakery...
Oh my gosh!!! I am cracking up more than your, your...creation! Let me guess, you walked on the floor a little too hard, you opened the oven door to peek in, you didn't use butter, margarine, or crisco, you truly didn't use a toothpick, you did have the oven on right? Please continue to use your slightly used yet fabulous KitchenAid Mixer as things will get better. I might have to come over and give you hands-on lessons with a few of my recipes and I'll PHOTOGRAPH YOU in action. Looking forward to seeing you in a future class....hey, that's an idea - offer a cooking/photography/food type class and mix in a little laptop usage with the software and a new idea is born right in someone's kitchen. We will then meet at the local Barnes and Noble to make flipcharts, excel sheets, etc. on the laptops while enjoying a cup of joe and a mug of giggles. That would be a blast!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY just a tad late but with all the sentiments just the same.
This cake was a testament to Murphy's Law of Baking. I'm guessing I did everything wrong...Thank you for the great course idea! Love it!
And, BTW, we are still eating this cake - total yummy!
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