Sunset Cake

I do a lot of things on my porch now with the lovely weather.  I eat cake there too.  (smile)  I had just tucked Madelyn in for bed when the need for tea and cake arose.  I didn’t feel like whipping out all my baking artillery at 7:30 in the evening – so I whipped up this instead.  This single-serving cake is made in the microwave (all bakers can cheat every now-and-then) and takes all of five minutes to prepare.

Lemon cake mix starts the recipe with the addition of water and a drizzle of Apple-Dip.  Now, just because I neglected the armed forces didn’t mean I’d deny being artsy-fartsy.  If you’ve read my former baking blog at all I’m sure this reads familiar.

I remembered my chopped pineapple in the fridge, diced a few chunks and plopped them in the batter unceremoniously.  When I looked out my kitchen window the sunset was orange so I swirled in some red and yellow food coloring.  Made sense to me.  Sunset Cake is meant for sunset wherever you are- we were made for beautiful sunsets as well.

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