Real-time Cake Making

Well I'm going to try something a little different. I have the laptop plugged into the stove outlet, sitting on the counter-top, and I have just done the dishes. The scene is set: I am going to bake a cake. The other day on facebook, my friend Jane K mentioned that she was baking herself a cake for her birthday, a chocolate cake with pink peppermint frosting that is. Since it's my friend Ursula K's birthday tomorrow, I felt inspired to copy-cat Jane of the velvety contralto. 

Ah! the Chineese food has just arrived. Off to fortify and prepare...