This is becoming a habit.

by Sorcha

I made another cake from scratch today.

This time I used Alton's fudge cake recipe and a simple cream cheese frosting recipe from allrecipes.com. Mm, frosting.   

Let me tell you, making frosting in the stand mixer turns out some smooth muthafuckin' shit. 

And the cake...oh, fuck, the cake. I was seriously worried that I was going to screw it up, because dude, it had some steps in there I'd never done. But I followed the lovely Alton's directions, and lo! there was delicious cakey goodness!

(I have no idea what up with the way there's a ridge around the edge, or why there's a perfect darker rectangle in the middle. I'm sure there's a perfectly logical baking explanation that, were I not such a n00b, I would know.)

You don't get a picture of the cake after frosting because while I can make cake taste good, I haven't yet mastered making it look good. Last time was an aberration. But here's a piece of it in my hand, right before it became a piece of it in my stomach.

Kal, a couple of our friends, and Mr. Sorcha and The Boy (temporary new name for Littlest) all pronounced it delicious, and I have to say, I think I made a damn good cake.

Holy Pillsbury, Batman, I can bake! Who knew?

Comments

[groundhog.judy]

I have to tell the story of my grandmother who was the youngest of 16 children. She never measured anything and her cakes were so moist they were on the verge of falling. She tried a cake mix which most of us know is a no brainer and it flopped. She swore never again.