How to make a birthday cake! _ iJustine
Making My Own Birthday Cake: A Story of Trial and Error
I decided to make my own birthday cake this year, thinking it would be a fun and unique way to celebrate. I headed to the kitchen, excited to get started, but things quickly took a turn for the worse. First, I sprayed the cake with too much spray, leaving it looking greasy and sticky all over the place. "I always get in trouble when I do this," I joked with my friend, who was helping me decorate the cake.
To fix the problem, we had to start from scratch, trying again with a new batch of batter. This time, I made sure to use just the right amount of spray, but things didn't go smoothly from there either. The icing looked gross and smelled strongly of strawberry flavoring, which was not what I was going for. "I don't even like that icing," my friend said, eyeing it skeptically.
Despite the setbacks, we decided to press on, hoping that the cake would turn out okay in the end. We threw the box away with the bad icing and started again with a new batch of frosting. This time, things were looking up - or so I thought. As we waited for the cake to bake, my friend told me about her own birthday celebrations from past years, including the year she accidentally ordered the wrong type of icing.
When the timer went off, we took the cake out of the oven and let it cool. As we waited, my friend reminded me that I had scheduled a voice reminder for 30 minutes earlier to check on the cake, just in case it got overcooked. "Alexa remind me of 30 minutes to check the cake or it's going to burn," she said with a laugh.
Finally, the moment of truth arrived - we sliced into the cake and took our first bites. To my surprise, it was actually pretty good! The flavors were rich and delicious, and the texture was perfect. "It tastes okay," I said, not entirely convinced. But as we continued to eat, I began to realize that maybe this cake wasn't so bad after all.
As we worked on decorating the cake, my friend couldn't help but tease me about the state of our creation. "This is literally the worst color scheme I've ever seen," she said, laughing. I have to admit, it was a bit... unusual. But hey, at least it was unique!
Despite the mishaps and missteps, we managed to come up with a solution - or rather, an excuse. We told each other that Jenna wasn't going to be on duty for any more spraying, and that the cake was intended to be a "paw print" cake (which was actually just a random design). It may not have been the prettiest cake in the world, but it was definitely memorable.
As we wrapped up the celebration and saved the cake for Jenna's actual birthday, I couldn't help but reflect on the experience. Making my own birthday cake had been a wild ride, full of twists and turns. But in the end, it was about more than just the physical act of cooking - it was about sharing a moment with friends, laughing together, and making memories that would last a lifetime.
The final product may not have looked like much, but it was clear to everyone involved that this cake had been made with love and care. And who knows? Maybe next year's birthday cake will be even better.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys how's it going it's Jenna's birthday so in celebration of her birthday I said Jenna let's make you a birthday cake usually I'm a fan of having a cake as like the final product but I'll participate in making the cake as well we're going to make you a birthday cake but this is a very special birthday cake we love our dog basically more than anything so I got you this nice little paw print that's pretty and because I know you like raspberry cream filling Oh shoot that's okay I actually hate raspberry cream I call you was strawberry cake huh at least it's not banana cake it's okay I like strawberry can we put real strawberries on top of it we can do whatever you want it's your birthday just kidding why would we put fruit on top of that let's keep this baby what color icing do you want jeez did Funfetti puke I want orange they had a sale so I guess we've decided with a straw flippery slippy so I guess we're making a strawberry cake with orange Funfetti icing okay cool when I was 10 I wanted my mom to paint my room orange and she said Jenna are you sure and I said yes and she was like are you sure and I was like No And then we painted our my room yellow instead we painted mine dark blue because I wanted it to be black and she definitely said no listen to your parents cuz they're usually right they're usually right and like I was like no I want it all right let's bake this up what we need oh I got to preheat preheat the of it's this is red that's Orange it's going to be the same color is the cake I suggested not that color but I guess I should listen to your elders like I said huh okay let's get three eggs have you guys ever made a cake before have I ever made a cake here before I've made a lot of cakes do we do egg whites no okay I don't think so oh this smells delicious here shaking an egg here shaking an egg know what I do my face off the bowl smelling it you think I'd know how to make this by now maybe they're all different NOP all same half cup Oil we're making our cake together it's your birth I mean your cake you back off woman I mean I wanted to eat a cake so I said Jenna hey girl wait wait wait what you did one and a half no I didn't half I know we whisk it up baby whisk it whisk it good whisk that cake mix just like you should would you like to spray the Pan um make sure you spray it over the sink so it doesn't get too greasy all over this all over this place and I always get in trouble and someone Falls and slips and falls on the floor oh this smells so good look it Spritz are spritzer spritzer PR I got strawberry strawberry cake mix up my nose I like that was too much no it's okay did you get the sides real nice okay good I think it's it's mixed do you think it's mixed no there's still chunks in it no those are those are strawberries are you just messing with me cuz I'm well there are chunks there are chunks but okay let's do it making my own birthday cake making my own birthday cake it's your birthday and you know you want to eat eat cake I think this is right to go into the oven now the icing one what that icing looks gross I know I don't even it's so orange how many minutes do I put it in here I I threw the Box away a shoot well guess what we've got other boxes 30 minutes 30 minutes right we'll see you guys back here in 30 minutes Alexa remind me of 30 minutes to check the cake or it's going to burn 30 minutes to check the C groom's going to harm added to your to-do what Alexa remind me on August 27th to buy Jenna the most expensive thing on Amazon August 27th to buy John the most expensive thing on Amazon added to your to-do list yeah she's drunk John Alexa never reminded me about the cake so it was kind of like a moment and I keep to your okay now you now now you want to talk to me now you come out long story short I think it's a little over done I took a nap Jenna shot three videos that's what happened today let's see what we got ready oh oh God oh God everything oh this is not going to fit on here just shove it on the counter no it looks like a flower ow I want this cake you didn't put enough did you oh God I'm dizzy okay we're going to fix this when you use too much spray then it tastes like crap oh God oh God we can work with this we can work with this well let me tell you what Jenna's not going to be on duty for any more spraying did you remember what I said oh did you get the sides from oh yes okay good did you make sure you got the sides I don't know I thought I sprayed the man do you get the sides real nice oh yeah okay good let's see what it tastes like tastes good strawberries I also got you wow I also got you candles thank you cuz I was like oh God I made a pizza cake today we'll get you a better one for your actual more thing can you imagine if you showed up like we went to dinner and you showed up with this as my birthday cake I feel really bad I'd be like man they must hate me like this is so bad like I can't believe that uh it was my fault I thought I sprayed the pan but I didn't want to put too much cuz then the cake gets disgusting only one it's the olive oil one that wasn't olive oil mm-m oh we don't buy that anymore all right this looks nice M oh no is there you look good happy birthday to Jen when's the last time you blew out candles probably last year okay I actually thought this was going to look like I really wanted to make it a cute paw print for your birthday and this looks this is honestly this is garbage this is absolute trash all right go for it cuz it's starting to oh God they're starting to wax is starting to drip oh boy baby happy birthday to Jenna like this is I can't believe how bad this turned out it also got too over overcooked so let me get you a nice Fork I'm pretty sure I've had this cake in different variations hundreds of times who makes her own birthday cake I don't ever want this W it's crunchy I even like sprinkles you don't like sprinkles mm- oh well it tastes okay this inside is good you know it's what's it's what's in the heart that counts it's the Sal that matter counts H I hate sprinkles I got a cavity all guys make sure you check out Jenna's channel it's me Jenna e it's her birthday go wish her a happy birthday I'm going to wrap this up and save it for your real birthday uh-uh on the 27th oh yeah cool thanks guys thanks for joining me with this this cake I'm sorry about it that's all right I'm clearly still eating it tastes pretty good all right bye it's a good color scheme good color this is like the worst color scheme I've ever seen in my life color are you guys my legs don't work he said yeshey guys how's it going it's Jenna's birthday so in celebration of her birthday I said Jenna let's make you a birthday cake usually I'm a fan of having a cake as like the final product but I'll participate in making the cake as well we're going to make you a birthday cake but this is a very special birthday cake we love our dog basically more than anything so I got you this nice little paw print that's pretty and because I know you like raspberry cream filling Oh shoot that's okay I actually hate raspberry cream I call you was strawberry cake huh at least it's not banana cake it's okay I like strawberry can we put real strawberries on top of it we can do whatever you want it's your birthday just kidding why would we put fruit on top of that let's keep this baby what color icing do you want jeez did Funfetti puke I want orange they had a sale so I guess we've decided with a straw flippery slippy so I guess we're making a strawberry cake with orange Funfetti icing okay cool when I was 10 I wanted my mom to paint my room orange and she said Jenna are you sure and I said yes and she was like are you sure and I was like No And then we painted our my room yellow instead we painted mine dark blue because I wanted it to be black and she definitely said no listen to your parents cuz they're usually right they're usually right and like I was like no I want it all right let's bake this up what we need oh I got to preheat preheat the of it's this is red that's Orange it's going to be the same color is the cake I suggested not that color but I guess I should listen to your elders like I said huh okay let's get three eggs have you guys ever made a cake before have I ever made a cake here before I've made a lot of cakes do we do egg whites no okay I don't think so oh this smells delicious here shaking an egg here shaking an egg know what I do my face off the bowl smelling it you think I'd know how to make this by now maybe they're all different NOP all same half cup Oil we're making our cake together it's your birth I mean your cake you back off woman I mean I wanted to eat a cake so I said Jenna hey girl wait wait wait what you did one and a half no I didn't half I know we whisk it up baby whisk it whisk it good whisk that cake mix just like you should would you like to spray the Pan um make sure you spray it over the sink so it doesn't get too greasy all over this all over this place and I always get in trouble and someone Falls and slips and falls on the floor oh this smells so good look it Spritz are spritzer spritzer PR I got strawberry strawberry cake mix up my nose I like that was too much no it's okay did you get the sides real nice okay good I think it's it's mixed do you think it's mixed no there's still chunks in it no those are those are strawberries are you just messing with me cuz I'm well there are chunks there are chunks but okay let's do it making my own birthday cake making my own birthday cake it's your birthday and you know you want to eat eat cake I think this is right to go into the oven now the icing one what that icing looks gross I know I don't even it's so orange how many minutes do I put it in here I I threw the Box away a shoot well guess what we've got other boxes 30 minutes 30 minutes right we'll see you guys back here in 30 minutes Alexa remind me of 30 minutes to check the cake or it's going to burn 30 minutes to check the C groom's going to harm added to your to-do what Alexa remind me on August 27th to buy Jenna the most expensive thing on Amazon August 27th to buy John the most expensive thing on Amazon added to your to-do list yeah she's drunk John Alexa never reminded me about the cake so it was kind of like a moment and I keep to your okay now you now now you want to talk to me now you come out long story short I think it's a little over done I took a nap Jenna shot three videos that's what happened today let's see what we got ready oh oh God oh God everything oh this is not going to fit on here just shove it on the counter no it looks like a flower ow I want this cake you didn't put enough did you oh God I'm dizzy okay we're going to fix this when you use too much spray then it tastes like crap oh God oh God we can work with this we can work with this well let me tell you what Jenna's not going to be on duty for any more spraying did you remember what I said oh did you get the sides from oh yes okay good did you make sure you got the sides I don't know I thought I sprayed the man do you get the sides real nice oh yeah okay good let's see what it tastes like tastes good strawberries I also got you wow I also got you candles thank you cuz I was like oh God I made a pizza cake today we'll get you a better one for your actual more thing can you imagine if you showed up like we went to dinner and you showed up with this as my birthday cake I feel really bad I'd be like man they must hate me like this is so bad like I can't believe that uh it was my fault I thought I sprayed the pan but I didn't want to put too much cuz then the cake gets disgusting only one it's the olive oil one that wasn't olive oil mm-m oh we don't buy that anymore all right this looks nice M oh no is there you look good happy birthday to Jen when's the last time you blew out candles probably last year okay I actually thought this was going to look like I really wanted to make it a cute paw print for your birthday and this looks this is honestly this is garbage this is absolute trash all right go for it cuz it's starting to oh God they're starting to wax is starting to drip oh boy baby happy birthday to Jenna like this is I can't believe how bad this turned out it also got too over overcooked so let me get you a nice Fork I'm pretty sure I've had this cake in different variations hundreds of times who makes her own birthday cake I don't ever want this W it's crunchy I even like sprinkles you don't like sprinkles mm- oh well it tastes okay this inside is good you know it's what's it's what's in the heart that counts it's the Sal that matter counts H I hate sprinkles I got a cavity all guys make sure you check out Jenna's channel it's me Jenna e it's her birthday go wish her a happy birthday I'm going to wrap this up and save it for your real birthday uh-uh on the 27th oh yeah cool thanks guys thanks for joining me with this this cake I'm sorry about it that's all right I'm clearly still eating it tastes pretty good all right bye it's a good color scheme good color this is like the worst color scheme I've ever seen in my life color are you guys my legs don't work he said yes\n"