. . . OR . . . THE CAKE THAT REFUSED TO BE MADE 19, 23 & 24 JULY 2022
This recipe from the PREPPY KITCHEN looked so good, and I had several pounds of strawberries, so off I went on another adventure. On 19 July, I did the strawberry reduction, something new for me . . .
I stored it in the fridge, as it took almost 45 minutes to "reduce", and I didn't feel like baking anything, as I had just made BERRY COBBLER. 21 JULY Allrightythen . . . time to bake the cake. Brought the butter, the egg whites and the strawberry reduction to room temperature. Reached for the backup bag of sugar . . . OOPS. IT'S NOT A BAG OF SUGAR, IT'S A BAG OF FLOUR! I was so ticked off at myself for not keeping correct inventory, I put everything back into the fridge, even tho Neal offered to go to the store. No, I told him, It's late at night; I'll just go to Walgreens tomorrow morning (it's located at the entrance to Tarpon Woods); it was MY fault for not having put it on the shopping list. 22 JULY THIS BECOMES THE MOST EXPENSIVE CAKE IN [MY] HISTORY

NAILED IT! THE CAKE MAKING BEGINS [AND ENDS BADLY] HERE