Pound cake

I'm at home for the next week and a half and wanted to try out my culinary skills. I've been cooking with shades on at the orientation center for the last three months and wanted to see what it was like to cook AND see. It was pretty easy, but not as easy as I thought cooking without shades would be.

We got a new mixer so I looked at the recipes that came with the manual to see if any of the recipes tripped my trigger. I really wanted to try out the new mixer. Well, the double chocolate pound cake looked pretty damn delectable.

The recipe called for a lot of the good stuff that bakers use. Flour. Now that's taking my cooking to new heights. Sugar. I didn't mix up the flour and sugar, nor did I toss the flour into the garbage can. Baking powder, milk, REAL butter and few other ingredients that raised the carb count for each slice of cake.

I cooked the cake on Wednesday and added a drizzle of chocolate glaze Thursday morning. The verdict: well, I'd give it a B. I thought it would be a bit more moist. The flavor is excellent though and I won't have much trouble getting rid of the cake to friends and family. A scoop of ice cream would be a fine addition to the cake.

The mixer worked great and I would be negligent if I didn't mention that my wife helped me most of the way. Comments like, "You don't have throw the ingredients into the bowl, just let them drip." Or, "How did cocoa powder get into the utensil drawer?" Really, Chris was a big help and I don't think the cake would have turned out as good as it did without her help. More later.