The First Time I Ever Burn A Cake

Sometimes, making an alteration to a recipe just doesn't work out. Usually, I don't post those on my blogs, but I thought that I ought to be honest with this project, since some of you are probably doing the same things. First, my disclaimer with this particular recipe: It's the third I've made from this particular cookbook (Bob's Red Mill Baking Book) and it's my third failed recipe alteration from it. Now, I don't usually have this big of a problem with recipes from a single cookbook, so it might not be just my alterations.

That said, I used low-fat yogurt instead of butter for the fat in this recipe upon the advice of a poster in a recipe bulletin board. That's the last time I'm going to make that mistake. Now, substituting oil for butter changes the type of fat (and virtually eliminates saturated fat), but doesn't cut the entire fat numbers as much. However, now that I've learned the secret of using bean puree, I might just rework this one again.

I did capture my process on film, so for your enjoyment, it's included below.