It was a baking kind of day.
The rain was falling steadily outside, large rain drops splashed against the windows, and the girls were playing unusually well together in the next room.
While the butter softened and eggs came to room temperature I sifted flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
I took out the mixer and began to cream the butter and sugar. Hearing the sound of the mixer, suddenly two little girls were winding themselves around my legs peering up at the counter to see what was going on. The beaters jumped and sugar spilled out to the counter. I showed them how to lick their finger and dip it into the sugar.
Two sets of fingers dipped furiously.
I tried out this recipe for caramel cake from Lottie + Doof that had been growing dusty sitting in my bookmarks for way too long.
The cake turned out beautifully: moist inside with a lovely crust. Instead of using the caramel the original recipe calls for, I reduced apple cider to a caramel and poured that over the cake.
It was delicious.
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