Cake Success

As many of you know (and as many roommates can testify), I have a cake disability. I'm just not good at it. I either leave it in too long and burn it, or it comes out smelling and tasting like an omelet. I'm not sure how I do it. I can follow the recipe verbatim, but still I will fail.

You know how not to make a cake taste like an omelet (assuming you're me and not a normal person who can make cake)? Don't use eggs.

I tried my hand at vegan cake. It was tasty. Not the best cake I've ever tasted, but definitely the best cake I've ever made. I was skeptical at first - it had avocados (I assume to take the place of the egg) in it. And it pretty much smelled like guacamole until it was about halfway done baking, which was disturbing. But it turned out pretty edible.

What was even more disturbing, though, is the icing that went with it. Avocado buttercream (although it included neither butter nor cream). That was weird. But clicky and look how pretty they are!. I just had to try it.

My icing (not frosting - something has to be truly decadent for me to call it frosting. I realize that these terms are interchangeable for most people, but not for me.) was a darker green, but it turned out okay. I was not a big fan, because while I am in favor of cramming as much sugar as one possibly can into icing, I am not a fan of cramming any sugar at all into avocado. Noted.

This is not an icing that I'll be using again any time soon, but I think that I have found a not-so-bad-for-me cake. Happy.