Nine was bored late afternoon because her
sister was at school camp, there was no one else close by to play with, homework
was all done, she’d finished reading her book and so – “Let’s make a cake.” So
we did. Second time for her, first time in 30 years for me. All went well until
I took it out of the oven. The top had split.
In his On
Food & Cooking: the science & lore of the kitchen Harold McGee
is eloquent on how this happens but it was a horse/stable door issue. Too late,
damage done. How to salvage it? Simple. Green glace cherries for eyes and we
have a chocolate cake with a smile:
So here are Cake with their really rather
good version of “I Will Survive”, live in San Francisco in 2004:
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