Bake Fake Cake

Ya..today is my dad's Bday..so I decided to celebrate it by baking a Cake for him. Whenever I cook I use a relative scale to judge how good or bad is it..

For E.g how much of the cake was cake and how much was biscuit?

Well...being a scientist..I like to experiment. So cooking is no exception. I have been trying to make this carrot cake for a while. I learnt it from my roomate. She bakes a cake every weekend, mind it different cake for every week. So I learnt it from her...but somehow whatever I make, till now has never tasted like 100% cake!

First time I did it, I added pineapple to it..changed the proportion of egg and flour and it ended up being 80% cake. It was good.

So, I decided to make it again. And was sure this time it will be 100% cake. But, something went wrong, offcoures I had my 'experimental touch' in it. And it was 100% biscuit! It was horrible failure! not only biscuit, it was 'BURNT BISCUIT'!

So, now it became a challenge for me. Abhi to CARROT CAKE bana ke hi damm lungi! So I had purchased the ingradients, and was waiting for the right day to come. Then last night I thought why not make it today, a nice occassion. And I celebrate dad's bday my way as well...

This time my roomate, was there and she voluntered to help. She was there last time one's before this when I took the effort of making the cake, but it failed miserably again coz, as I was grating the carrots and mixing the eggs, the whole mixture drained out because I FORGOT to close the bottom of the grinder !!

YAH, that's me! Am just absent minded like anything. Not very proud of it! But that's how I am! (hopefully will change!)

She was volunteering me that day as well. So it was actually after that day, carrot cake became like my 'next challenge'!

Anways so I was all well prepared and armed today. Closed the grinder first. Had every thing organised and arranged..Everything was perfect..My roomate, Ana..was there to help me out..and as we put the cake in the oven, she said DON'T Open the oven unless its cooked.

I was like 'AAaanhaan' no wonder my cakes were not co CAKY at all...because everytime I bake something I will be so excited with the smell of vanila flavor that I would open then oven, see how much is cooked and close it back! The vanila flavour is too good and strong, and I have tough time to control myself from not tasting the mix!

Anyways, so lesson no. 1 Do not open the oven, till u the time is up, and you see the cake swelled up! I took off for my work and then came back after the suggested time..but now I was struggling to find out if it was cooked..I could not see..the inside of the oven. So I just let it sit. But being panicked that I might burn it!

Anyway's so with all the excitement I finally took the fella out of the oven. BTW I did not mention I was making a choclate covering for it as well..so the choclate coating was ready. So I put it on the cake, and took to my friends place. We all had dinner (exotic food, they are all awesome cooks)...and was time for dessert!

My friends know about my experiments with cooking. So they knew that tonight they were destined to be my GUINEA PIGS! I did not tell them what cake it was....and I was not sure myself how it would be. But they were all very excited. So as the time for dinner came..I was like...aahh may be/ may be not...but then who cares, they are my freinds..even if its bad..at the most we will throw it!

So, here she goes and gets the cake and we cut it...I wait patiently for everybody to have their first bite. The choclate coating was good, so it did look good. I was confident of that. I was not sure of the taste. It cut perfectly so I was sure, that ok its not BISCUIT!

I was watching their expression, after the first bite. None of them had a screwed up face! Infact they were smiling, and one of them told,

" Wao, tanu - nice pumpkin cake. I really liked it !!"

Pumpkin.!!!! AAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...i knew, that stupid carrot cake did play some trick with me and transformed into a pumpkin cake!!!

So, that was my story of BAKING a Fake Cake !!

NB- To mention what went wrong, all though Ana had suggested me not to open the oven. I took a peak at it. Beacasue I had no idea how to see it otherwise. I rarely use the oven, so I had no idea where the damm switch was to switch on the light inside. So out of desperation I took a peak at the cake, and as I peaked into it I DID witness the 'sinking' of the cake! Few sec. after that, another friend of mine drops by, and I mention him about how I cannot see whether the cake is cooked or not! he simple comes and switches on the light. The switch, was right at the corner, which I never saw. And as I saw the switch and the light inside, I realised that I killed the cake just few secs back while taking a peak! So when my friends appreciated the 'Pumpkin Cake' I knew exactly what went wrong. And now, am confident that next time it WILL be 100% carrot cake !