Novel Baking: The Book Cake!
Edible fiction One of the few things I enjoy more than baking is reading - especially a good, old-fashioned book. Fiction, nonfiction, tomes, novellas... stories of all kinds are welcome on my bookcases. So, when I found a baking pan in the shape of an open book, I simply could not resist. Book armor (+42) My test run with the new pan began with an already hungry audience, so I decided to go the quick route of boxed cake mix. I also decided to sweeten the deal by making a few modifications. Going bananas! Taking a simple yellow cake box mix, I followed all the directions as listed, but added to the concoction two ripe bananas and... Chocolate makes everything better. ...Chocolate chips! This way, instead of having a run of the mill boxed cake, you have a delicious semi-homemade banana chocolate chip cake. Yum! This story isn't even half baked. After mixing everything thoroughly, I poured the batter into the book pan and set it to bake, again follo