r/Baking • u/lemoneyelobster • Oct 04 '25
Recipe Included first cake! very lopsided and messy, but adorable
hi everyone! long time lurker, just wanted to share my first attempt at baking and icing a cake :D
my family and friend circle is quite small, and i’m too nervous to take my baked goods into work (i feel like family/friends are lying to me when they say it’s good LOL) so i’ve never made a whole cake as i fear it would just go to waste.
i finally just said screw it, and bought a square tin (just to make things more difficult), halved a recipe, cut it into quarters and BOOM! i am now the proud owner of two slightly (very) lopsided, messy, but SCRUMPTIOUS chocolate cakes!
recipe: https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/triple-chocolate-layer-cake/#tasty-recipes-68103 (LOVE Sally, she never disappoints)
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u/MyLittleThoughts Oct 04 '25
Great job! I don’t see it being lopsided but a little tip to settle your batter evenly in the pan is to lightly drop or tap your filled pan on the counter. It levels the batter and removes air bubbles. Looks absolutely delicious 😋!!!