Venison and Cake Bust

Last night Adam got a phone call that the deer a friend gave him a few weeks ago wasn't registered and that someone would be coming to the house to confiscate the venison. Bummer. We had a freezer full, but at least we got to make some venison chili before the DNR guy came to take it all. Venison Bust.

Today is the fourth birthday of the little boy Ben who comes to our house on Thursdays. Hudson and Ben have become good buds on these full day play dates and I enjoy the time to be in the kitchen making stuff. Of course today we wanted to make a cake to celebrate Ben! I love making cakes. Sometimes, however, it just isn't a good idea. There is no way around the fact that I simply should not eat them. I haven't been to the store, so I found a recipe for things I had in the house. (A delicious recipe from Molly Wizenberg’s, A Homemade Life)

I made the cake and explained to the boys that we would let it cool, make the frosting and then decorate together this afternoon. Lovely. When it was time to take the cake off the pan and put it onto the platter, our plans met their end. I haven't been baking things long enough! The past two cakes I've made (even when I have tested the centers) have not been baked fully through. I just need to remember that for whatever reason my oven needs to bake a little longer. Anyhow, the cake fell apart and is now in a big heap on a green vintage cake platter. It tasted delicious though! I really wish that I could say I did NOT devour part of it, but, in fact, I DID. Cake Bust.