What are your first thoughts looking at this picture? Are you thinking on the lines - looks yummy, so well baked, wanna dig your teeth into it?But wait..hold your horses. The phrase "Looks can be deceptive" fits so aptly here. This cake was a total fiasco.
So what went wrong? For one, it had very little sugar so it kind of tasted very bland. Second it just didn't rise. Reason? Even I don't know :|
But you know what? My Betu still eats it with enthu that it just melts my heart. He goes "Wow! Cake" and gorge on. His expressions are priceless. As if he is really really enjoying the cake and as if the cake is really really delicious. That makes me feel so guilty because he so wanted to eat a cake and I told him I will make one instead of buying. And eventually it turned out to be such a flop show :(
Betu, next time I promise I will bake you a better one.
P.S. Its a Chocolate Yogurt Cake.
Its not just the baking, but the mothers warmth,love and sons trust which makes him enjoy. It reminds me of my childhood. You being a woman & a mother may not imagine how a son feels.
ReplyDeleteaww that's such a sweet comment, I feel.
ReplyDeleteYou see, how he loves you. Don't feel bad about it. It is his decision that the cake has to taste good. :)
Apart from tht what is bland for you may not be so bland for him. I always wonder how Rishab can eat plain roti or bread with just some butter on it, but he likes it that way, not me.
show me the recipe if you can
ReplyDeletekids! makes you feel doubly guily na.. I have tried subbing yogurt for fat etc before.. always has turned disastrous.
ReplyDeleteHow cute! :)
ReplyDeleteDon't worry... it will come out better and more delicious the next time you bake :)
It reminds me of the 'sponge' cake my mom used to make. We used to so very look forward to it !!
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful !
Your betu is now grown up. He is just encouraging you in your endeavour. He knows and understands the effort you must have put into it.
ReplyDeleteThe point is does he also understand when you encourage him that way? :D
the cake does look wonderful...it does feel disappointing when teh cake falls flat...:(
ReplyDeletenever mind...next time...
and did i mention that teh header picture is absolutely WOW! i love the contrast of teh blue and te color of the balloons...
hey..the cake looks good...and as Mahesh says if the person you made it for loves it..then where is the trouble?
ReplyDeleteanyways keep baking and you will get the hang of it soon...just needs a lil practice thats all...
I'm awful at cakes! And can always understand why a cake won't rise up, won't taste as good as it should even though it looks perfect.
ReplyDeleteSo sweeeeeet even if it had less sugar!!! My first cake was a disaster too..Now I have learnt the tricks and bake quite well.
ReplyDeleteCheers
preeti
awwww....its your efforts that he is appreciating, loving and enjoying.
ReplyDeletei used to love the whole aroma of baking irrespective of how my moms cake turned i would eat it up
ReplyDeleteBetu loved the fact that Mum made him a cake and I"m sure he thought it was delish. Reminds me of the time many, many years ago when I wanted to make a chocolate cake and I used Atta flour instead of plain flour. It was mighty good Chocolate Chapati!!
ReplyDeleteMujhe aapke haath de do, thakur, taki main bhi aise yummy cakes bana sakoon :P
ReplyDeleteThe cake looks great! PG is right, it might not taste bland to the baby. I remember I used to bake horribly sticky cakes for rakhi and all by brothers ie my own and some boys in the building for whom I tied rakhi used to relish it. In fact the the building brothers were more interested in it! No one baked cakes for them you see!
ReplyDeleteYou know, you can try baking with a cover on top- I do not know about microwaves but our OTG cakes did not rise so we baked them covered and they rose beautifully.
I too would have happliy gobbled up the cake :-)
ReplyDelete@all: Its this unconditional love by our kids that makes us realise what we were missing when we didn't have them :)
ReplyDeletehow sweet!
ReplyDeleteis cake ki recipe kahan hai??