I find that I always get the cake I want when I bake it for myself! I have done this since I became an adult many years ago and do not begrudge the fact that I have to bake my own birthday cake because I know that my special cake will be my current favorite. Over the years, they have ranged from white cake with chocolate frosting to chocolate angel food to coconut cake. Today is not my birthday, but I plan to make the Original Cake Pan Cake with a few high altitude adjustments later today. That is the cake that my husband's mother always made for his birthday (although she called it Wacky Cake)--she even sent a boxful of the ingredients to my brother-in-law for his birthday when he was stationed on a ship off the shores of Viet Nam in the late 1960's. The ship's cook made it for him!

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