It was my sister’s birthday on 26th May.
• I am not very good at choosing presents, so I play it safe.
• She loves chocolate cake and so I order it for her every year.
• It is kind of a tradition in our house, that I will get a cake.
• No one even thinks about it or even asks me.
• However, this year due to the lockdown, all the bakery shops were closed.
• There is a famous home baker in my city, who bakes on order.
• So, next, I tried that, but unfortunately, she was swamped with orders.
• She told me she could not deliver the cake by the birthday.
• Now, I was in a real pickle.
• The only option was to bake a cake myself.
• And honestly, I am a horrible cook and I had never even done any sort of baking.
• But desperate times call for desperate measures.
• So, I opened YouTube and opened the beginner basics video for making a chocolate cake.
• I checked the ingredients and we had all of them at home except cream.
• I thought I could use milk instead.
• And needless to say, that was my first mistake.
• Nothing went right from that point on.
• My cake dough was runny instead of semi-solid like the video suggested.
• My icing tasted awful, probably because of the milk.
• I didn’t even dare put it on.
• I spent nearly five hours in the kitchen, made a huge mess with flour, cocoa powder on all
the shelves and the floor.
• The end result was a hard dense awfully tasting something.
• My mom told me that I should have asked her for help.
• I felt bad that I couldn’t deliver but my family members just couldn’t stop laughing.
• I think my embarrassment and the kitchen’s condition made it even more amusing to them
• It is now a running joke in our house.
• In the middle of any conversation, my parents or my sister randomly bring up the incident
and start laughing.
• I think they are going to tease me for the rest of my life.
It was my sister’s birthday on 26th May.
• I am not
very
good
at choosing presents,
so
I play it safe.
• She
loves
chocolate
cake and
so
I order it for her every year.
• It is
kind of a
tradition in our
house
, that I will
get
a
cake.
•
No one even
thinks
about it or even asks me.
•
However
, this year due to the lockdown, all the bakery shops
were closed
.
• There is a
famous
home baker in my city, who bakes on order.
•
So
,
next
, I tried that,
but
unfortunately, she
was swamped
with orders.
• She
told
me she could not deliver the
cake
by the birthday.
•
Now
, I was in a real pickle.
• The
only
option was to bake a
cake
myself.
• And
honestly
, I am a horrible cook and I had never even done any sort of baking.
•
But
desperate times call for desperate measures.
•
So
, I opened YouTube and opened the beginner basics video for making a chocolate
cake.
•
I
checked
the
ingredients and
we had all of them at home except cream.
• I
thought
I could
use
milk
instead
.
• And needless to say, that was my
first
mistake.
• Nothing went right from that point on.
• My
cake
dough was runny
instead
of semi-solid like the video suggested.
• My icing tasted awful,
probably
because
of the milk.
• I didn’t even dare put it on.
• I spent
nearly
five hours in the kitchen, made a huge mess with flour, cocoa powder on all
the
shelves and the floor.
• The
end
result was a
hard
dense awfully tasting something.
• My mom
told
me that I should have asked her for
help
.
• I felt
bad
that I couldn’t deliver
but
my family members
just
couldn’t
stop
laughing.
• I
think
my embarrassment and the kitchen’s condition made it even more amusing to them
• It is
now
a running joke in our
house
.
• In the middle of any conversation, my parents or my sister
randomly
bring up the incident
and
start
laughing.
• I
think
they are going to tease me for the rest of my life.