I love cake..Yep, Muffin LOVES cake...any kind of "good cake" will do ..but I must say that for sentimental reasons I am partial to wedding cake and birthday cake...I actually think it is not only a little rude but actually bad luck (for anyone) to leave a party before having at least a bite of cake...or so I tell myself. For the last few years I have been making the birthday cakes for my best friend and her daughter...it's become a casual tradition that Alex will make and bring a cake...and since they love chocolate...that's where we start!..Nothing fancy is expected..just a home baked cake that my daughters help decorate with sprinkles, etc. But I do seem to get lots of compliments on the cake...and i think it is because of the secret ingredient ("Ancient Chinese secret??!"!.....NO!)...Just half a can of Bordens Condensed Milk folded in (fancy word for "stirred carefully into" after all the other ingredients are mixed. For good chocolate cake I use "Pillsbury Moist Supreme Devils Food" and for yellow cake I use Duncan Hines...Those seem to turn out the best!...Just follow the directions on the box and then add the Bordens...and then cook for the time suggested...However...make sure before you remove it from the oven you check to see if a knife comes out clean from the center...Let cool and frost away!...If you really want to get creative make the Castle Cake shown here from the Betty Crocker Kids Cookbook from the '70s (I found it on Ebay because ours had been lost for years) - I used to make this as a kid with my Mom..and it was always a lot of fun...I often make this for my kids, friends and my god children because you can morph it to suit any occasion!... .A Princess Birthday Castle, a Haunted Halloween Castle.....or for your boyfriend or spouse?...The Playboy Mansion Castle!!!!!! (Ha ha!) Have fun...no matter how crazy it ends up looking...you can be sure that it will taste amazing!!!....Get the milk!!!!
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