mollywheezy | Well, it looks pretty good (Reply)

I suck at cake decoration having made all of maybe six cakes in my life. Fortunately not many people remember much about the quality of the decoration once they have a fork full of cake.

Since it was made with oil it has a bit of a sheen on it not so obvious here

They are very moist. I sliced off the top of one, put it in a bowl, and added some icing for the birthday girl a day in advance of her big day. It is amazing cake. From the recipe I cut the raisins and rum and substituted, pecan pieces in place of walnuts. For some reason both Dana and I get a reaction to walnuts on our tongues. Turned out to be a pretty good substitution. I roasted the walnuts and they are barely there in taste but just enough to add a different flavor. Turned out I didn't have ginger powder but I substituted All Spice. Made no difference at all.

Just add milk

The frosting is butter, cream cheese and powdered sugar with a dash of salt and vanilla. One of the site comments said it was too sweet. Really? What a surprise. Four cups of sugar is sweet? I think it is about right.

Pix the slices tomorrow. I'm NOT buying 65 candles.