After two days of wasted ingredients and frustration I decided to try something a little easier. I read somewhere to start simple. Try mastering a box recipe. I just couldn't bring myself to buy one.... oh faux pas
But I found what appeared to be a simple recipe on Cooks.com for a Lemon Chiffon Cake.
Hubby made the suggestion. I like lemons. Why not?
I have to say that on this level my baking didn't suck. I do need to learn how to properly use a TUBE PAN. I got all my ingredients ready before reading that I needed a tube pan. I pondered using a substitute pan, but so far that hasn't paid off. I didn't read up on cooling and removing the cake from the pan and a little stuck to the bottom plate. Also during the expansion of the cake the top cracked open. I didn't consider this a disaster, but I wonder if it was meant to be perfectly shaped and golden brown with no crevasses.
Off to the store for new pan. $14.95 from my local grocer and voila.
This was a very easy cake to make and my new mixer did things to egg whites I didn't know were possible.
Hip hip hooray, a minor success.
No comments:
Post a Comment