For Canyon's speech & debate final, he decided to make a how-to video teaching how to make black forest cake.
He knew the final was coming. . . he knew exactly what he wanted to make & what ingredients he needed to buy, he just forgot one tiny little thing. . . . to tell mom.
His speech & debate partner showed up at our house & walked straight into our kitchen & the two of them talked excitedly. "Mom, where's my ingredients?" "You're what?" Oops. He forgot to tell me about every aspect of this final project.
Luckily, I just so happened to have all the ingredients on hand. . . thank heavens.
The boys got to work & wanted absolutely NO HELP from me. They recorded the entire adventure, every step of the way. . . & every mishap along the way.
First they made the cherry filling. They let it simmer too long & in the end they had about 2 tablespoons of filling for their cake, but it was delicious.
Then they made the cake batter & divided it into 2 cake pans. One had most of the batter, & the other had just a little bit & when they pulled that cake out of the oven I tried not to laugh at how thin that cute little cake was. It was like a big round cracker. The 2nd (thicker) cake, they cut in half to make 2 cakes. Stacked together, their black forest cake will be 3 layers tall.
And of course, without me "helping" in the kitchen, they managed to turn on the mixer a few times while not in the bowl, making giant messed spread throughout the kitchen. (At least they were having fun.)
Their frosting turned out really good. They did that one correctly & it was delicious & a great consistency.
Although a lot of it made it to my floor.
They stacked & layered the cake, frosting, & cherry filling.
Then they added whipped cream & cherries to the top to make it pretty.
For having no help from mom, it turned out really really well. They loved it.
And it was delicious.
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