Our friend Nancy baked us a cake! I was so excited about that! I know she was feeling badly after the rough patch we had but the truth remains: I haven’t changed much since I was five years old: I can be bribed with chocolate cake, especially if it has whipped cream anywhere near it.
There are two tips that can make any boxed mix cake taste homemade:
1) Right when the cake comes out of the oven, place waxed paper over it while still in the pan. This locks the moisture in and takes away that “dry brownie effect.”
If you don’t know what a horror a dry cake can be, just read “My Name is Mud Cake”
2) Make an easy frosting. Mix half and half of a commercial chocolate frosting, and either real whipped cream or whipped dessert toping. This will make a very moist chocolatey topping for your sheet or pan cake.
I was amazed that she actually told me these secrets. (I am still alive!)
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