Date: January 7th, 2010
Yesterday was my 25th birthday. For those who don't know, a couple weeks ago I made a decision that I would do one new thing, every day, for an entire year. I decided to start on my birthday and end on January 6th, 2011. In putting the list together I wanted a mix of challenges and basic life experiences that everyone should have.
I decided on a basic life experience to kick things off. Before yesterday, I had never baked a cake; so some wonderful friends (Jihan and Josephine) taught me how to bake a delicious chocolate cake with homemade frosting. We then ate said delicious chocolate cake with homemade frosting for my birthday.
It was a really fun experience. Baking seems like two parts cooking and one part chemistry. As we put together the cake, using Jihan's recipe, there were certain ingredients that we could just "put a little more in" or "use this instead". Others were measured very carefully to make sure the cake actually ended up a cake.
And boy did it end up a cake. I would love to say I've got a knack for baking and therefore made the best cake in the history of mankind, but I can't. What I can say is that I've got a knack for following directions and that Jihan's cake recipe and Josephine's frosting recipe are the best in the history of mankind. That's a much more fair assessment of the situation.
The girls were kind enough to take pictures... including action shots of the baking extravaganza (I can call it that if I want to, the cake was that good). They will be posted soon so you all can see the process unfold. Tonight is going to be a significantly different experience so I won't spoil the surprise.
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(Yeah, that sign off isn't working. Like, at all. I'm sorry for doing that to anyone reading this)
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