Birthday Bliss

I said I'd post a picture of the final cake...check it out!  In my opinion, it tastes like a Lofthouse sugar cookie. 

We have lots of leftovers.  Luckily we have some company this weekend to try to pawn cake off.  Stay tuned - I'm going to try to make homemade ice cream with my kitchen aid mixer while the in-laws are in town this weekend.  Wish me luck!

Birthday Cake Drama

Tomorrow is my husband's birthday.  Which means today is the day I baked his cakes.  Yes, that's right, I baked cakes, plural. 

Let me start by saying I grew up in a strictly chocolate birthday cake household.  Every birthday was celebrated with a homemade chocolate bunt cake frosted with homemade chocolate frosting.  That background information means just one thing...I have never baked anything other than my typical chocolate-cake-with-chocolate-frosting.

Until today.  When I baked 2 white cakes.

I found a simple recipe online that I decided was beginner-worthy for the occasion.  I thought to myself that the cake would look so much better if made in bunt form.  If it was in bunt form I could pop it out of the pan and put it in a pretty glass cake serving set that I have.  It would have looked lovely on the kitchen table in honor of husband's birthday.

My good intentions failed.  Although the edges of the bunt cake were baked through, the center was a hot mess.  I should have known better to adjust the temperature, the time, or something before thinking baking it in a bunt cake would be okay. 

So...true to my being I got dramatic and upset with my end result. 

After being calmed down by my too-kind hubby we discussed options.  We considered frosting it anyways and dealing, rolling the cooked sections into cake-pops, or starting over.

I couldn't rest unless I started over.  I started over with the correct 13x9 pan that the recipe calls for.  The results were far more impressive.

I will share the final assembled cake photo soon!

Have you ever had any disappointing baking experiences?

On Traveling Home

This weekend I traveled to my hometown with my husband. We are fortunate enough to both have grown up in the same area so trips home mean time with both families.  We celebrated an early Easter and a birthday over a meal and ventured out to the movies to see the raved about Hunger Games. 

I must admit I've read all 3 books in the Hunger Game trilogy.  The story is very engaging and fun to read.  I am usually skeptical of movies trying to portray popular books, however, this movie was really good!  Katniss Everdeen was well-portrayed and I can't wait for the next two movies! 

On the journey home husband and I started creating a 30 before 30 list.  I've been inspired on other blogs to document and track progress on lists like this.  We didn't even get to 10 items on our list yet.  We both agreed to take some time to research before finishing the list.

I will post the list once we flesh it out a little more!

Hello blog world!  I've been searching for just the right creative space to start writing online. I hope to share with you some of my world in the days to come!