Cake and the secret to baking one from a mix

Canadian Thanksgiving was this past Monday.

This is the Marble Cake I made,

to many people's delight.

With the homemade frosting.

Packed and Ready To Go;

I walked to my dinner a lovely 20 minute walk.

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The secret I discovered when baking a cake for my house blessing over two years ago:

When using a cake mix, do not follow their instructions,

to put the eggs, oil and water in all at once and mix.

Instead put the eggs in and blend;

put the oil in and blend again;

put the water in and blend again.

This makes an incredibly light and airy cake.

I found that the frosting to be too hard for the cake;

it was so thick that it was ripping the top of the very soft cake

when spreading it on.

I should of made the margarine a tad softer for a better frosting.

That said, people really liked the cake and frosting!

Here is the recipe for frosting (given to me by a very lovely friend):

*About 50 g or 1/2 cup of margarine - softened

*2 cups powdered sugar

*3 tbs of cocoa

2 tbs milk (or water to make it vegan)

Put in bowl and mix together.

The trick is to get the margarine soft enough to made a light spreadable frosting;

not to melt it or have it too hard and thus not as spreadable.

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I get cake mixes on sale for a dollar or so. By making it as explained above,

these cakes taste like fancy made from scratch cakes.

Ask the Lord to bless your cake and all is done!