Leigh vs. Milky Way Cake

After the epic battle that took
place last year when I tried to bake
a damn Coca-Cola Cake and lost...

I decided to embark on baking a new cake this year
for the Thanksgiving feast.

After reading the book The Girl Who Chased the Moon
where a lady makes a Milky Way cake,
I decided to duke it out in the kitchen
with candy bars instead of soda pop.

It was bitter battle to then end.

Any recipe that calls for 8 Milky Way Bars
is a winner in my book.

I had two little helpers in the kitchen
as we tossed butter, eggs, flour,
and a bunch of other junk into a bowl.

I read the recipe and then reread the recipe
because let's face it,
half the time I don't read the whole recipe
until I am on the last step of the recipe
and then I realize that I read something wrong
when I half read the recipe in the first place.

I digress...

It all came down to one stupid stick of butter
that made me second guess myself.
Did I put that stick of butter into the mix?
Uh...better drop in another one just in case.

Guess what?
20 minutes in to the cake being in the oven
I realized that I had put the butter in
and now the cake had one stick to many.

Crap!

In the end,
after I called my mom
and inquired about how badly a
stupid stick of butter can ruin a sticky cake,

and I fussed and beat myself up
about being a disaster in the kitchen,

I pulled out the cake
and even though it was lopsided,

It was SO yummy.

Just one day I would
like to make a pretty cake.

I'm still gonna claim victory
over this bitter battle
with my oven.

For those of you keeping track:



Here is the recipe
if you wish to make
your own ugly yummy cake.