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valihaSo tonight I decided to bake a cake for the festivities tomorrow. I chose a basic mixture, which can be easily embellished by adding different ingredients. You start with three eggs, and add 9 spoons of sugar, milk, vegetable oil, flour, a spoon of baking powder and choose between two spoons of cocoa, or ground nuts, or coconut, or poppy seeds, or... take a pick. You can then add chocolate cream, whipped cream, or pour some sherbet over it. Very tasty!
I mixed the batch, poured it into a pan, and it baked beautifully. But when I took it out, it seemed kind of... short. This thing usually rises quite a lot. I kept wondering what could the reason be... until I saw an unopened package of baking powder. Doh! Okay, I say. No matter, I won't offer this to the guests. We'll take a slice and a glass of milk and have it for breakfast. I'll make another one, and this time I'll use ground nuts (I had added cocoa to the last one).
So I prepare another mixture, this time making sure to add all the ingredients. I put it into the oven, at 200°C. I go upstairs to check my mail, because I'm expecting an important business-related e-mail. Unfortunately, the TV is on. And it's tuned into Discovery Science, where Morgan Freeman is hosting a cool show I had never seen before. In tonight's episode, they are talking about dark matter, and the creation of the Universe, and they're showing this cool simulator that has a creation model running, and I sit down to take a peek.
o_O
Half an hour later - I guess - my dad starts shouting "Something's burning!!"
O_O
I run downstairs, and sure enough - it's my cake. It didn't burn completely, just the top layer, but it's enough to make me wary of trying to make another one tonight.
So, how was your day?
I mixed the batch, poured it into a pan, and it baked beautifully. But when I took it out, it seemed kind of... short. This thing usually rises quite a lot. I kept wondering what could the reason be... until I saw an unopened package of baking powder. Doh! Okay, I say. No matter, I won't offer this to the guests. We'll take a slice and a glass of milk and have it for breakfast. I'll make another one, and this time I'll use ground nuts (I had added cocoa to the last one).
So I prepare another mixture, this time making sure to add all the ingredients. I put it into the oven, at 200°C. I go upstairs to check my mail, because I'm expecting an important business-related e-mail. Unfortunately, the TV is on. And it's tuned into Discovery Science, where Morgan Freeman is hosting a cool show I had never seen before. In tonight's episode, they are talking about dark matter, and the creation of the Universe, and they're showing this cool simulator that has a creation model running, and I sit down to take a peek.
o_O
Half an hour later - I guess - my dad starts shouting "Something's burning!!"
O_O
I run downstairs, and sure enough - it's my cake. It didn't burn completely, just the top layer, but it's enough to make me wary of trying to make another one tonight.
So, how was your day?
