So, after a short blogging break last night, I decided Tiny T deserved a second attempt at a half birthday cake. I followed the same recipe, but left out the strawberries that seemed to make the cake way too watery. Similar result, although there was less boiling...it was more like a low simmer when the cake came out of the oven well past the recommended cooking time. It was flat, sad, and gooey, but not gooey in a good way. It was gooey in an inedible way.
Undeterred, I decided on a third attempt, so this morning Mr. Twinks and the girls were sent for more cake ingredients while I slept in. This cake is not fancy--it involves a white mix and some add-ons--it's less Martha Stewart and more Semi-Homemade With Sandra Lee, but it's damn good and Tiny T requested it. Anyway, Mr. Twinks came back with a box of Duncan Hines white cake mix (he still insists that the problem with the original cakes was that I used an organic white cake mix from Whole Foods).
I noticed something on the Duncan Hines box: it called for 1/4 cup of oil, and 1 cup of water. On Fun Sink's recipe, it called for 1/4 cup of water and 3/4 cup of oil, which I thought seemed like an awful lot. Curious, isn't it?
I'm no conspiracy theorist. I want to think the best, but maybe I'd have an easier time dismissing it if Fun Sink actually treated me nicely sometimes. I wonder if the motivation is more nefarious in that she doesn't want me to be the sweet kind of mom who makes her kids half birthday cakes, or if it's more selfish in that she just wants to be the only one who can make the strawberry cake. Either way, I feel cockblocked (or cakeblocked), yet I have triumphed through adversity.
Above is the third cake--light, fluffy, and delicious. Thanks for nothing, Fun Sink.
More importantly, Happy Half Birthday, Tiny T!
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