What is better than a big slice of starchy goodness after an afternoon of too many shots and mixed drinks and a night of hugging the porcelain god? Two slices! And what makes this cake even better, was that this was the first cake in our challenge that Ted really took charge of! He, the sweetheart of a husband he is, (I was teaching my kids appositives yesterday, so it seemed fitting) told me to stay in bed and let him handle the cake. I ended up helping a little bit, but he took charge. And Evalyn helped daddy cook. When Ted had the fridge open to get the butter, Evie grabbed two eggs from the shelf and ran away with them. Ted chucked the butter on the table and grabbed the first egg out of her hand, by the time he had put that on the table, Evie had already grabbed another egg and the lemon juice! So here she was parading around the kitchen with two eggs and a bottle of lemon juice in her hands...too cute! Fortunately, Ted was able to recover all goods before they went bad. (Get it? I crack myself up.)
School has been more than a little bit hectic this year and we have been so busy at home painting and rearranging, that life has been more about getting things ticked off the list, versus enjoying the minutes. So needless to say, when a friend asked us to happy hour, I was in. Sure, all night yesterday I was regretting my choices, but now after two slices of cake in my belly (that is actually staying down) and some Gatorade to build up my missing electrolytes; I am feeling good. Maybe this cake was all I needed - well that two aspirin and a long sleep.
This cake called for butter, flower, baking powder, sugar, eggs, lemon juice, lemon rind, and powdered sugar for the icing.
Here is Ted's version of the cake:
Here is the book's picture:
Next week I am making a hazelnut crumble bar...does this classify as a cake? According to the book it does- so thy book's will be done. ' ill then.
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