The Amateur Chefs

On the very last day of the school term, Amanda Mandaskii had come over to her best friend's, Molly Moore, house. The next day was going to be Natasha's birthday. Natasha was Molly's younger sister. They decided to bake a birthday cake for her.

After what seemed like half an hour of looking though recipes, Molly and Amanda finally decided to bake Donna Hay's Four Tier Chocolate Cake with a twist of vanilla ice cream to top off the cake as Natasha had a very sweet tooth and adored vanilla. "My sister is going to love this!" Molly exclaimed. After weighing and adding all the ingredients together in the mixing bowl, Molly went to fetch the cake mixer. The sound of the cake mixing was deafening. The area became terribly messy as well. Before they could continue baking, they had to clean the mess up first.

Molly tilted the bowl slightly into the direction of the cake tin and Amanda slowly scraped the mix off it some of the mix was left int the bowl so they gently scraped it and licked it off their fingers. "Delicious!" Amanda loved it. Molly was more careful than Amanda so she put the cake tin into the oven and set it for two hours.

While waiting for the cake to be baked, both of them raced upstairs to play computer games and gossip. When the timer rang, Amanda and Molly ran downstairs in the twinkling of an eye. Heading to the kitchen, they could smell its aroma. When Molly took out the cake, both stared at the bolt from the blue. "Well, that didn't go very well, did it?" Molly asked. Both agreed. Their cake turned out to be smaller than expected and was not levelled. "Oh well," Amanda sighed.

Although the cake did not look inviting. it tasted quite good. It was an unforgettable and learning experience of which the two amateur chefs will laugh at when they recall the good old memory.