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On to the table time

Craving to be met: Chocolate cake
Ingredients at home: Flour, butter, eggs, sourcream, yogurt
Book handy: 250 Treasured country desserts
Recipe Finalists: Devil's food cake, Chocolate Layer cake, German Chocolate cake, Chocolate Marble cake, Chocolate Pudding cake
Recipe Chosen:
Chocolate Layer cake

In few minutes, the recipe was chosen. Last time baking lesson was to pay attention to the temperature at which butter is to be melted. With Phoenix heat, melting butter at room temperature is a snap. After much beating ingredients (by hand - I wasnt sure of the outcome) to a ribbon consistency, the sheet pan was scantily filled. 25 min later, wafts of chocolate hit my nose. I jumped that the cake was done. The timer still had 11 min on it. A look into the oven showed a bloated cake. The pan size being big reduced the time by a lot. I stuck the fork in and it was all done.

I have always taken lot of time in picking the recipe, ingredients and finally baking. This was like sleep baking. It was a piece of cake to make it.

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