My first adventure in baking…

My first experience with baking began with my trusty “Easy Bake” Oven.  Cleverly designed to look like a microwave, only a 100 watt light bulb is the sole source of heat. Brilliant. My father was never a fan of cheaply designed plastic toys and scoffed, “why don’t you use the real oven?” His comment actually makes perfect sense now.  But back to my story, I made maybe half a dozen cakes with this light bulb powered oven.  When I was totally disenchanted with the art of baking in my teens, we sold my plastic oven at a garage sale. The funny part was, we sold it to a man who mistakenly thought it was actually a microwave. He was not amused, but his daughter was happy.  You’ll have to check out this link to get a laugh: http://smartcanucks.ca/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/easy-bake-oven.jpg