I have spent about a year or so avoiding buying Hannah an Easybake Oven. I have too many memories of gooey gross tasting food "baked" under a tiny light bulb. I have a very vivid memory of my niece baking a brownie, dropping it on the floor as she ran across the room and then offering it to me and Matthew (Bobby's cousin). I sincerely hope we didn't eat that brownie but I can't remember if we did or not.
I had pretty much convinced Hannah that it is so much better to bake an actual cake or cookies. And I mean home made cakes and cookies. I let the kids help so they always have fun when we bake. But as we were leaving church Sunday morning a sweet girl from the youth group approached me and said she had something for the kids in her moms car. She had already given the kids a dollhouse and lots of other fun toys so I agreed. Then she pulls out the Easybake Oven. It was hers when she was a little girl and she wanted to give it to someone who would love it and enjoy it like she did. Seriously?!! Hannah was beyond thrilled.
That afternoon my sister called and Hannah told her about the oven so my sister immediately goes out and buys a cake mix for her. Geez.
So yesterday afternoon we set out to make this cake. Just go ahead and get it over with I tell myself. It was a double layer cake -one layer of strawberry and one layer of red velvet. Then there are two layers of frosting -strawberry and vanilla. The picture on the box looked pretty and delicious so I hoped ours would at least be delicious. Hannah mixed and baked the red velvet then Sammy mixed and baked the strawberry. Then they mixed up the frosting while the cakes cooled. I put it all together and they threw the sprinkles on top when I finished.
Then we got out the spoons and gave it a taste. To my surprise it wasn't awful. It's certainly not the delectable treats we whip up now and then but it didn't taste like dirt either. The kids loved it. They ate all but one bite -which they saved for Bobby (per my suggestion.) Wasn't that sweet of them?
That being said, hopefully it'll be a while before we easy bake again!
