Happy birthday to me.................

so well it is my birthday today..........and ever since I got my oven repaired the one that belonged to my mom Ive been itching to bake... so well decided if there has to be a baking disaster may it be on my birthday so no one else is dissapointed......................... Since ive been seeing so many strawberries everywhere i thought to myself why not a strawberry cake..............now i know a chocolate cake would have been a better choice for a first cake..........but no...................you see Im different and will always take the road less travelled.............Besides that I had been snooping around Raags space and she had this strawberry cake and and almond strawberry cake recipe that i felt was easy enuf to try.............so im not going to give you the recipe...................you can check it out at Raagas...........

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But ofcourse you get to hear all about my experiment...........so well it baked right......and it was soft..................and moist as well something ive never managed before in my microwave...................seriously when i was mixing that batter...................one egg somehow did not make it fluffy enuf i thought..................so i had my doubts ......but its was soft........springy and although it was not the shade of Raagas cake ........it seemed okie for texture..........now for the taste.............see looks are deceptive.............it turned that it was bitter..........now where did I go wrong..................i checked to see if the almonds i used were bitter but they werent, perhaps the choice of almond essence was wrong..........................okie so with it having that bitter aftertaste what was i going to do with that big cake
so well i went to work...................I creamed it nice and white.........cut it in the middle and creamed the centre , the tops the sides all over..................and then sprinkled some chocolate on it and finally put some glazed cherries on top.............a lot of them actually to cut that bitter taste........................hmmmmmmmmm now since im on a diet and i cant eat cake...............and i had actually baked it for my neighbors................i thought hey why not................

everybody thought it was nice................LOL.........do you think people tell each other if something hasnt turned right????????/unless ofcourse if its in the family, then they are vocal to the point theyll chuck it out......now neighbors are another thing.........they might chuck it after you leave but still have to be nice to you...............LOL........my one really good neighbor told me it was a little bitter...............smart kid she figured.....................
so heres the picture of the cake .............

As you can see theres nothing strawberry about it..................i swear i put strawberries in it though.........LOL.........its actually strawberry almond cake with black forest topping..............sorry Raaga i didnt mean to screw up ........It just happened....................................Happy birthday to me.....hehehe!