I decided to make a Banana Bundt cake for Carrie’s birthday. I found a recipe, and based on umpteen years of baking, decided to substitute a bit. When the cake came out of the oven, my thought was that I did not know how it tasted, but it was very pretty. I cooled it briefly in the pan and then inverted it onto the rack to cool it completely. It kept getting smaller. I picked up the rack, and the cake was dribbling out. Pretty on top, but it hadn’t baked.

Next recipe, without substitutions.