This weekend I baked a very belated birthday cake.
Baking gave me time to think. It's been a crazy year for the Zorks - a lot more ups and downs than usual and some scary stuff happened. Despite it all, everyone is in a good place, and the number of people living in this house is way down - which is a good thing.
So - the cake - I have a ton beautiful cookware, but it's all designed to cook for a CROWD - big Dutch ovens, stock pots, 10 inch rounds, 9 x 13s etc. But I only own one really crappy 6 inch springform. We can only eat so much cake, even great cake, so I went with the six inch. Of course it leaked and baked unevenly, and I had to hold batter while the first and second layer baked, resulting in a poor rise on that last layer.
But you know what - I'm so glad to have a reason to bake this cake, and, honestly - it tastes great anyway. However you better bet I'm adding some nice six inch cake pans to my wish list.
What pans do you recommend?
- zorkmead
Chocolate Stout Cake with chocolate buttercream and chocolate ganache