A Recipe That DID Work

We all know that my cooking and baking failures are myriad, so I am pleased to announce that today I made my first cake from scratch - I followed completely the recipe from friend LJ - and it totally worked. 

I recently watched a season of "the Great British Bake Show" and by the middle of every episode found myself hunting my cupboards for desserts, specifically cake - which we did not have. Well no more!

Eliza wanted to help so I let her "clean the bowl." She would not allow a picture of her face, unfortunately.

Here is the gorgeous Texas sheet cake right out of the oven-

Frost it while it's still hot - that's what LJ said

My helper was pretty disappointed that she couldn't add food coloring to the frosting, so I said she could put sprinkles on. My eyes were wide with disbelief as she dumped the entire bottle of sprinkles on the cake. So there's that.

I will now freely admit that I plan to stand over this cake with a fork and eat more than I should, and I suspect that it will get better and better every day. 

Thanks LJ