"Michael" > wrote in
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> Baked my first cake this evening! I got both the cake and the frosting
> recipe from the back of the Hershey's cocoa container, something like
> the "Perfectly Chocolate" chocolate cake. I have used the frosting
> recipe many times before for brownies, but this time I thinned it a bit
> and used the beater on it. It's a two-layer affair baked in 9" pans.
> Not much problem getting them out of the pan, but I didn't have a wire
> rack to cool them on. I might have got a little overanxious and iced
> it before it was totally cool. I put it in the frig to hopefully avoid
> a meltdown.
>
> Uh... didn't really have anything to say except that. I was excited
> about my first cake and wanted to share the experience.
>
> Michael


Michael,

Congrats!

Feeling kinda/sorta envious, your first cake success inspired me to make
my first. An orange bundt cake.

It turned out great. Not like Mom used to make, but for a first attempt,
not bad. Used the following web recipe:

http://www.cooksrecipes.com/cake/ora...ke-recipe.html

And some bundt cake safety tips I culled from:

http://www.baking911.com/cakes_bundt.htm

All the best,

Andy