I had the bright idea of baking a cake today...not a real, made-from-scratch cake, just a boxed mix that's been in the pantry for I don't know how long. I'm pregnant, I had a craving. I thought I'd use the 9" circle pans that I received as a wedding gift last year. I've never made a layer cake and I thought might as well try with the boxed mix. If you've ever made a layered cake you know that you are supposed to even out/level the layers before stacking. But for some brilliant reason I thought, eh, it will be fine; it's not that bad. Well, here is the result. Beautiful, yes?
I have laughed all afternoon about this. Every time I walk into the kitchen another piece has cracked or has slid off. I tried helping it out with the plastic knives. I looked for toothpicks so they wouldn't show but we didn't have any. The only things I could find that would be light enough were the plastic knives. Poor cake. Poor Scott, he's so lucky to have married Suzy Homemaker! He's not home yet so he hasn't seen it. It'll be a good laugh!
I was going to hide this from everyone but my mom convinced me to archive this gorgeous cake. Thanks mom for encouraging self-humiliation and a really amusing afternoon.
4 comments:
I'm glad your mom convinced you to document your cake! :) It's easier to sneak bites when it's falling apart like that!
Love it! It still looks good enough to eat!!
Love the post about Paris! Hilarious!
It looks delicious which, as we all know, is the most important part :)
Renata uses dental floss to "cut" the cake in two to even out the layers. That works pretty good. I agree with Jamie, though, it does look delicious.
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