Thank you to everybody who wished me a happy birthday!

[conuly]

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.

Comments

[ser-kai.livejournal.com]

Cake really is easy, huh? I haven't used a mix since before I had kids. :-) I find baking at night works for me but that's partly because it's cooler then and I think better at night.

Happy Birthday!

[khalinche.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. My favourite thing about making cakes, which supercedes even the fact that you have CAKE at the end, is how disproportionate people's reactions are. If you turn up to something with a home made cake they behave as though you spent days slaving over a hot stove, whereas really all you have to do is plunk some ingredients in a bowl in the right order, stir them up, grease a tin, fill it with cake mix and bake it. Maximum approval for very little work. I love it.

[khalinche.livejournal.com]

ps happy birthday!

[firingneurons.livejournal.com]

Put me in categories three and four! Happy birthday!!

[rantinan.livejournal.com]

THE CAKE IS A LIE!


Happy birfday tho :)

[sayga.livejournal.com]

I was going to wish you happy birthday last night when I was thinking about it, but then i didn't, half-knowing I'd forget today. And I did forget till now. Happy birthday. :) I hope it was a a good one.

[neurotica0.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday! I hope you like cupcakes. :)

[rachelkachel]

I thought of wishing you happy birthday a few days ago when I realized mine was coming up, but then I forgot.

Happy birthday! It's still January in my time zone!

[salix-03.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday! And hooray for cake!

[pne.livejournal.com]

Djoyeus aniversaire!

[lady-angelina.livejournal.com]

Happy (belated) Birthday! ^___^

[adina77.livejournal.com]

I know I'm a few days late. I just started a new job and getting use to it. I came home and passed right out! but you were on my mind. So Happy belated Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you had an awesome day

[ser-kai.livejournal.com]

Cake really is easy, huh? I haven't used a mix since before I had kids. :-) I find baking at night works for me but that's partly because it's cooler then and I think better at night.

Happy Birthday!

[khalinche.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. My favourite thing about making cakes, which supercedes even the fact that you have CAKE at the end, is how disproportionate people's reactions are. If you turn up to something with a home made cake they behave as though you spent days slaving over a hot stove, whereas really all you have to do is plunk some ingredients in a bowl in the right order, stir them up, grease a tin, fill it with cake mix and bake it. Maximum approval for very little work. I love it.

[khalinche.livejournal.com]

ps happy birthday!

[firingneurons.livejournal.com]

Put me in categories three and four! Happy birthday!!

[rantinan.livejournal.com]

THE CAKE IS A LIE!


Happy birfday tho :)

[sayga.livejournal.com]

I was going to wish you happy birthday last night when I was thinking about it, but then i didn't, half-knowing I'd forget today. And I did forget till now. Happy birthday. :) I hope it was a a good one.

[neurotica0.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday! I hope you like cupcakes. :)

[rachelkachel]

I thought of wishing you happy birthday a few days ago when I realized mine was coming up, but then I forgot.

Happy birthday! It's still January in my time zone!

[(Anonymous)]

Happy birthday! And hooray for cake!

[pne.livejournal.com]

Djoyeus aniversaire!

[lady-angelina.livejournal.com]

Happy (belated) Birthday! ^___^

[adina77.livejournal.com]

I know I'm a few days late. I just started a new job and getting use to it. I came home and passed right out! but you were on my mind. So Happy belated Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you had an awesome day