Ho Hummingbird Cake

I fucked up and I’m pissed off. Today I tried to get back into dessert making for the restaurant. I made a Hummingbird Cake but about twenty minutes after I’d placed it in the oven I realised I had forgotten to add the sugar. I rather hopelessly opened the oven door to see how baked it was. Surely I could stir in the missing ingredient. No? Okay.

I was so annoyed. The waste of it gets to me. I mean there’s still no guarantee there’s going to be a market and profit for these desserts. I’m gambling away my limited funds.

The other thing that annoys me about this mistake is I was debating with myself whether or not I should add some cinnamon or some other spice to give it a bit more kick. I was sure my mum put it in her Hummingbird Cakes. When I compared recipes I discovered this was true.

I’m going to try one more time. But I’m going to use her recipe. They were very similar, bar the cinnamon, and I happened to notice the amounts of sugar weren’t exactly the same, though still very close.

I think to cut down some of my stress I will only make things I’ve made or eaten before. It’s just safer.

Now I’m left with a Hummingbird Cake to eat that I wasn’t really in the mood for. It’s my Granny’s birthday on Wednesday. I was thinking I could try to palm some off on her. I’ll try it first. See if it’s okay. I mean compared to the Hazelnut Brownies I tried to make last time for the restaurant this cake at least rose and looks normal. Mind you at this point in time it’s still uncut and untried. (Well you can see for yourself. That’s if I’ve mastered the technology). In an attempt to prevent further waste I will hold off icing the whole cake until I’ve tried a sample.

Because I am truly evil I did consider taking the cake in regardless. I don’t imagine them selling it anyway.