i hate failing a cake
so tomorrow is the first night of passover, and my parents are having eighteen people for the seder. O.O i offered to make a flourless chocolate bundt cake, because every year we should have a flourless chocolate bundt cake so i can have it for breakfast. i made it last year and it was lighter than i was used to - my mom's version is denser and fudgier and i actually like it better. this year i didn't butter the bundt pan enough so half of the cake stuck to the pan, and since it takes an hour and a half to bake and i tried to unmold it at 8:30, there was no way i was going to make another one. (also, i'd have to go back to the store to buy more baker's chocolate and eggs and sugar.) so i called my parents to warn them that we were down one dessert and i was really, really sorry, and my dad's first response was "we've been cooking all day and are not going to bake another cake". i'm not sure what prompted him to think that i wanted them to, or assumed they would. of course then he said we probably didn't need another dessert anyway.... and really, any flourless cake would be good. to which i said i couldn't work from home tomorrow and there was nowhere to buy a cake near the office. it was kind of a frustrating conversation, altho to be honest i don't know what i expected them to say when i told them i'd COMPLETELY FAILED to bake a cake.
on the one hand, i now have an entire flourless chocolate bundt cake all to myself. but the reason i have an entire flourless chocolate bundt cake to myself is because i had to scrape the top of it out of the bundt pan with a spoon. i'm so annoyed at myself. if i'd gotten an earlier start to the day i might've had enough time to make another one, or i might've buttered the pan enough to keep the cake from sticking in the first place.
in any case, we're down a dessert tomorrow night. which is so, so frustrating because i said i'd make it and they were counting on me to make it and i've never failed a cake so badly.
in more positive news, i finished my entry for therealljidol and remembered that i originally planned to divide my bigbang into chapters, which means i don't have to worry so much about all the connecting scenes i'm still missing. i can just jump to another chapter! which is a relief.
and i'm watching the seeker: the dark is rising, starring a young and adorable alexander ludwig, aka bjorn lothbrok.
on the one hand, i now have an entire flourless chocolate bundt cake all to myself. but the reason i have an entire flourless chocolate bundt cake to myself is because i had to scrape the top of it out of the bundt pan with a spoon. i'm so annoyed at myself. if i'd gotten an earlier start to the day i might've had enough time to make another one, or i might've buttered the pan enough to keep the cake from sticking in the first place.
in any case, we're down a dessert tomorrow night. which is so, so frustrating because i said i'd make it and they were counting on me to make it and i've never failed a cake so badly.
in more positive news, i finished my entry for therealljidol and remembered that i originally planned to divide my bigbang into chapters, which means i don't have to worry so much about all the connecting scenes i'm still missing. i can just jump to another chapter! which is a relief.
and i'm watching the seeker: the dark is rising, starring a young and adorable alexander ludwig, aka bjorn lothbrok.