Sunday, May 16, 2010

Reason #235 why I should not attempt baking/cooking

There are many reasons why I do not like/enjoy cooking in any form...I take that back, there is one item I do not mind cooking, NO BAKE cookies. The reason I do not mind cooking them is because you don't actually cook them! Anyway, I do not like cooking. I would rather pull weeds, listen to a group of elementary kids play their violins, scrap my nails on a chaulk board, etc. You get the idea. To add to my reasons I have posted the following picture of Mason's birthday cake gone terribly wrong.



I added the blueberries to cover the bottom part and on the top because I thought it might divert the eye from the horrible crockedness and lopsidedness (if these are words) of the chocolate mess, I mean cake. I also have no idea if it tastes good, because I never taste my food while I am cooking. Mason thinks this is ludicrous, but I just follow the directions and pray for the best. Besides, how would I know if and what it needed if it didn't taste right to me? My mom's answer would be "salt" and Mason's answer would be "pepper". As for Alisa, the answer would be "sugar", but me...I am a blank slate in the kitchen.
So, enjoy a laugh at my expense. I didn't even cry when the cake layers fell apart and I "glued" them back together with extra frosting. I wanted to laugh as I was shoving cake parts onto the sides to try to get some symmetry, but alas, it was 1am when I finished and my children and husband are fast asleep and I didn't want to wake them.
Sidenote, why am I up typing this at 2am you ask? Because my dear 31 year old husband rented the movie "AVATAR" (which he had seen) and promptly fell asleep on the couch (where he will stay for the night I am sure) and left me not realizing that it was almost 3 HOURS LONG! Oh well, good flick, but very bad cake making skills. I am sure Mason will get a kick out of it tomorrow. I have decided to leave the cake making to the professionals namely Albertsons, in my case, as Alisa and Sarah live in different states!
Although I may be terrible at making cakes, I am a pretty good food photographer. Maybe a new profession?
PS The greenery on the cake is a basil leaf that Clara "picked" for me along with the rest of the leavs on that particular plant. I am pretty sure you shouldn't put basil on a chocoloate cake, but what do I know, I don't taste things and besides, green makes everything look that much better and I have been told that a meal isn't a meal without something green to eat!

2 comments:

*S* said...

The cake doesn't look bad from the pictures. Maybe that is because of your great food photography skills. I'm sure it will taste wonderfully. The blueberry and basil additions are different, but maybe you can start a new trend and after all it looks good. I can't wait to hear how it tastes.

Teacher Mama said...

HA HA HA HA. Thanks for a good laugh. Topher thought your cake looked wonderful. Did you eat the whole thing by yourself this year since I wasn't there to eat my half? Really really missing you guys. This week Logan said, "Can we have some friends today? Can we have baby Dallin and... what is the other one again?" It has been too long. Hugs.