June 1, 2008
Engineering a quick cooling rack
Yesterday I baked a cake from scratch (no lie) and as I was pulling the pans out of the oven, I realized I didn’t have a cooling rack. Now, I understand it’s not the most elegant solution, but with 8 cans of soup and an old wire storage system you have lying around (like this one from Target), you too can clean and assemble your way to quick-fix baking goodness.
As a tip, I recommend first turning the cake out onto the wire before you assemble the rack. I didn’t have a cake disaster, but I could easily imagine such a thing happening.
And the cake was delicious to boot, even though it came out a little dry. Turns out a stick of butter and four cups (!) of Confectioner’s Sugar with a little cream and vanilla extract will make a mighty good frosting.
Mm, engineering solutions in the kitchen.
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