I was anticipating just the perfect dessert for my birthday. I knew I wanted something chocolate - but what exactly I hadn't yet decided. I browsed Allrecipes for quite some time. I decided it would either be Banana Cake with Dark Chocolate Fudge Frosting or Chocolate Cheesecake. I could not decide, all day I went back and forth, but finally I decided it would be the Banana Cake. The problem arose when I didn't have over ripe bananas - they were ripe but not turning brown yet. I added to the problem by adding some berry jam to the recipe to help give it more flavor. I don't know what else went wrong but it was the worst cake I have ever made or eaten. It was basically hardened dough wrapped in Dark Chocolate Fudge Frosting.
Unfortunately, failure is inevitable when we step out to create something new. In fact during some seasons it may seem like we fail more than we succeed but all those failures create great building blocks (the layers of my Banana Cake would actually make great building blocks) for the creation of something wonderful.
I couldn't get the thought of a great tasting Banana Cake out of my head, so the next day I tried again. This time I had better ingredients and the result was most definitely a better cake. Happy Birthday to me!
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