Sunday, was hubby’s birthday. For some reason, I was thinking it was Monday and realized my mistake about an hour before he was due home. So I scurried to the pantry to see what, if any cake mixes there might be.
“A ha!” I found one of those Betty Crocker Complete Dessert mixes, of the Hot Fudge Cake variety. So I prepared it and waited for it to cool. It’s like a big brownie with gooey hot fudge filling, and more hot fudge drizzled on top. I found the birthday candles that were left over from my son’s party, and after making sure the cake was cool, I poked a few candles into the cake. My plan was to light the candles when I heard him pull into the driveway. So, I busy myself with cleaning up the kitchen while I wait.
I look over at the cake, and the candles are kind of leaning, so I straitened them up, and they lean some more. I plucked one of the candles out of the cake and :smack: :smack: :smack: the bottom half of the candle was completely gone! Just the wick was dangling there. I plucked the rest of them out, same thing. I guess the hot fudge filling was still hot.
If your husband is anything like mine, the only way to truly “ruin” a cake would be to soak it in battery acid, then roll it in cockroaches and rat droppings. And even then, my hubby would probably notice that there was one little edible part in the middle.
Cake candles are non-toxic. Just scrape (or dig out) the wax after it cools. The little bits left in the cake won’t cause any harm.
I’ve made some messes with cakes by trying to frost them before they’ve cooled sufficiently. The frosting melted into a glaze and spread out over the countertop. And, I’ve found that at certain point, no one really cares what a cake looks like. They’re for eating!
We ate it anyway. The wax had completely mixed with the filling. When it cooled, the filling was kind of chewy, but still good. But instead of a lighted birthday cake waiting for him, he got a cake with holes in it and me almost in tears…
