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Thank you to everybody who wished me a happy birthday!
Or who was planning on it, but hasn't yet, or who would have if they'd known, or is going to in response to this post :)
I made Pineapple Upside Down Cake to celebrate, and a week ago I made a yellow cake (but with brown sugar, so it was more of a light brown cake) with maple frosting (delicious - though I felt really stupid pouring expensive real maple syrup into margarine, but as the nieces can't have butter, I don't see how it could have been avoided), and I think I can safely say I've learned something.
What have I learned?
I've learned that cake mixes are a total waste of money and preservatives. Cake is easy! I just have to schedule it for naptime or something, or else whisperyell at the kids to be quiet. "If my cake falls, nobody is having cake, so stop banging on the wall. You're not firefighters. You don't do construction. This is entirely unnecessary."
And I even use less eggs than I would for such dishes as french toast and pancakes, which is cool.
Cake? Easy. Got it.
I made Pineapple Upside Down Cake to celebrate, and a week ago I made a yellow cake (but with brown sugar, so it was more of a light brown cake) with maple frosting (delicious - though I felt really stupid pouring expensive real maple syrup into margarine, but as the nieces can't have butter, I don't see how it could have been avoided), and I think I can safely say I've learned something.
What have I learned?
I've learned that cake mixes are a total waste of money and preservatives. Cake is easy! I just have to schedule it for naptime or something, or else whisperyell at the kids to be quiet. "If my cake falls, nobody is having cake, so stop banging on the wall. You're not firefighters. You don't do construction. This is entirely unnecessary."
And I even use less eggs than I would for such dishes as french toast and pancakes, which is cool.
Cake? Easy. Got it.