Yesterday was the girl’s half birthday. She was very excited and told everyone we saw. The secret ingredient for my favorite chocolate cake recipe was in our CSA box this week, so we decided to bake a “half birthday” cake. The girl did most of the work!

(In retrospect, the egg wasn’t my best decision…a huge mess followed this moment…it was really funny and the girl understands the mechanics of eggs now!)

“Is it ok to use the whole bag of chocolate chips? I hope so because I just did.”

The batter looked yummy, so when the girl asked if she could taste it, I said sure!

I had no idea this is what she had in mind:

(Don’t worry…we won’t share this cake…though I’m sure the oven killed any germs)
Our secret ingredient!

Once the cake was in the oven, clean up was a breeze!

It’s a yummy cake!