Practice

We're constantly telling our kids about the value of practice.  You don't get good at anything unless you do it repeatedly.  A couple months into this cake challenge and I'm reminded of the truth of that.  I used to avoid making a cake if it required creaming butter and eggs - too much work - but after just a few cakes made that way, it already doesn't seem like such a big deal.  And I promised a co-worker in Phoenix part of the Orange Cornmeal cake, but on the eve of driving up, there wasn't much cake left.  In a few minutes I had mixed another one up.  It's a good lesson to be reminded of.