... except right at this very moment. because, you see, he and his co-conspirators are... umm... conspiring against me... which is, i suppose, exactly what conspirators do, so... um... right, moving on.
so, tonight's "mystery box challenge" is...
wait for it...
CUPCAKES!!!!!
ok, we all know how i feel about baking. specifically, i don't enjoy it. don't get me wrong, i greatly enjoy the end product. and even the mid-way product (ie., cookie dough). but the process!!!!
and that about sums up how i feel about baking.
and so, would it surprise you to know that, well... [oh, please, annie, don't read the rest of this sentence!! pretty please with icing sugar on top, please skip ahead!]... how can i put this...
i don't know, um, well... i mean... what i'm trying to say is that... [clears throat]...
i don't know how to bake a cake from scratch. [hangs head in shame]
i know, ok! I KNOW!!! this is something every mother of a child with a birthday should know, right?? anyone who spends any time in a kitchen knows the basic ingredients of a cake!!!! any and every self-respecting oven-using, wooden-spoon-wielding, kid-feeding, beater-licking cake-eater knows how to make a cake, right?
except... um... me, it would seem.
and so, tonight, inspired by the cupcake challenge on MasterChef, and my love of Gordon Ramsay, i googled "basic cake recipe."
and here, gentle reader, is what i found:
Basic 1-2-3-4 Cake Recipe
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
3 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
4 eggs
1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
cream butter and sugar. add eggs, one at a time. add flour and milk alternately, ending with flour. last add vanilla. bake at 350F for 25 minutes or until done. use caramel icing.
mom, please don't feel bad about this lack of cake-making knowledge. there's no need for "i'm a terrible mother" or finding yourself a good therapist or anything. i've managed this far in life without this knowledge. and just think! now i can make cake whenever i want. and in my own defence, it's not like i've never made cake before. not to toot my own horn or anything, but you know... i am kind of a pro with a cake mix. ;)
oh. and the conspiracy against me? yeah. now i want a cupcake. one, perhaps, like this (click on "this" to see some amazing cupcakes). between MasterChef and CakeWrecks, i'm dying here, man! i'm dying!!!!!
Random mommy-Asher pic :)
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Just thought i'd share a wee pic, so you can see 8-year-old Asher. My
littlest man's not so little anymore! ❤️
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I bake all the time and have never baked a basic cake either, so don't feel bad. Boxed cakes are just so cheap and easy although obviously full of perservatives and things our kids shouldn't probably be eating.
I bake pretty regularly, and almost never from a mix but I couldn't possibly bake a cake without a recipe to follow.
Following a recipe is easy, but I would be completely lost trying to wing it like they did on Masterchef.
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