First Cake FAIL :-O

Well, I decided for my final cake for my cake decorating course 1 I would attempt to make a cake from scratch.  I went to Publix and bought all the stuff I needed (including special cake flour) and had my recipe I found on pinterest printed and ready to go.  I was so excited!

I decided to also use another idea from pinterest which was to make a zebra stripe cake - that was super simple! 

Well, I followed the instructions, the batter was delicious, and got the cake in the pan.  I then put it in the oven at 325 for an hour. 

Looks cool hey?

After an hour, I checked it, and it was not done... not even close.  I then monitered it every 5 or so minutes (I didn't want it to burn!) until it appeared to be ok (I stuck a knife in, and nothing came out on it...)  It looked a bit special, but hey, it would be covered in frosting, so it didn't matter. 

Then I took it out of the pan and put it on the cooling rack.  This is what happened:



IT COMPLETELY FELL APART!!!!!!!!

So this is what my first attempt at a "made from scratch" cake now looks like.  I will later this week or next attempt to turn it into cake balls using another recipe I found on pinterest which requires crumbled up cake.  And if that doesn't work... well... at least I got to try 2 recipes, right?

So I honestly don't know what went wrong with this cake.  Not sure if I baked it too long (but it wasn't burnt...) or too short (but it wasn't raw....) or if the recipe just wasn't good.  All I know is that I am not using that recipe again! ;)

Check back later for my re-do cake using a tweaked mix recipe that I have used for all my cakes since starting cake class! (Don't worry... it turned out!)