Practice.. I need practice

[bill_schubert]

I made my first cake a few months ago when I bought two six inch pans.  As with bread, even the failures are pretty good.  This is one.  I had too much batter and overfilled the pans rather than making a few cupcakes to use up the excess.  So the cake is too dense and rose into crowns that had to be cut off.  Really it was a mess.  But it is a very tasty mess.

Cream cheese/butter icing goes a long ways to fix problems.  Even a six inch cake will last me a week.  There's a lot of cake there.

I never knew how much I liked spice cake.  Now I just need to get it right.

Comments

[mairi-dubh.livejournal.com]

Looks delectably scrumptious.

I've wanted to wish you B-day felicitations, congratulations and all that this week but you've declared those are...uncomfortable, shall we say, uncomfortable enough that you'd rather we all did not.

So instead I'll wish you this: good health, continuing abundant life, and that you will get to the age my mother told me all people get to if they live long enough which is proud of how old they are! *hugs*

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

Thank you. You're very sweet. . A very smart mom. I'm fortunate and happy to be here and kickin'.

[mairi-dubh.livejournal.com]

*blush* (I don 't often hear that!)

And you're a wise man to recognize that years are, and bring, blessings.

[maju01.livejournal.com]

Spice cake is one of my favourites, but I haven't made one for probably decades. Not since I had children to feed.

[stainsteelrat.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday!

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It is, indeed.

[sunshine-two.livejournal.com]

absolutely love cream cheese. Well done.

[nick-101.livejournal.com]

Looks yummy.

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Tasty messes can be the best. As a kid,I once baked a multi-layer birthday cake for my father. It fell and I glued it together with frosting. (My sister and I fought over the coloring and the frosting turned out black. It was a disaster, but a tasty disaster made with love and much appreciated by Dad.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[msconduct.livejournal.com]

Learning to bake via trial and error is the most fun education there is. Looks like a pretty splendid error! Happy 68.

[zestfive.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!!! <3

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It is good. I may keep it going for a while!

[sleepybadger.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!

[kk1raven.livejournal.com]

Happy belated birthday!

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you. I still have cake so it's not over yet.