I'm amused by the number of food bloggers, ever more by the variety of dishes on their blog.
Every time I came across recipe for cakes, I told myself I'm going to try it one day when I buy a microwave. The microwave did arrive, yet it took me more than a month to bake my first cake. I had so many condition while finding the recipe of the cake - it should be eggless, easy to prepare, no fancy ingredients... and so on. I first tried the eggless chocolate cake, recipe was given in the complimentary cookbook I got with the MW. It was utter flop. Taste was fine but the cake wasn't.
Then my cousin suggested Dates Cake as the easiest cake to prepare. I tried this as well but in vain. The cake tasted well but it was sticky! I decided cake was not my cup of tea. I'm not going to bake again. Well, I baked pizzas but cake... NO.
On the new year's eve, I was at my mother's place. In someway I wanted a celebration. Ordering a cake at the nth min was out of question. The only option left was to bake one. So, I did bake... the dates cake... again. The taste was fine as ever and it did not even turn out soggy this time. But, this time it was HARD.
I thought - what is this... some great art? Why am I not able bake a cake right? Now, it was more of a challenge to bake a perfect cake. I browsed and browsed endless for a cake that I could bake. Finally I bumped into the Honey Cake Recipe on Nandita's blog - Saffron Trail. So, I went ahead with my adventure all over again. And this time, finally, I baked it RIGHT! My hubby who generally does not eat ANYTHING sweet liked it. So did my 1+ yr old daughter! Finally even I baked a cake! Thanks to Nandita for that recipe :)
