We’ve had delicious chicken birria tacos, and passed around a plate of sweet potato fries with avocado aioli dip.
But now we must have dessert — something that is moist, chocolaty, and (mostly) idiot-proof.
Sure, you could bake that plate of cookies, but why not wow them instead with a from-scratch Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake.
If cooking is art — a forgiving canvas that permits unlimited creativity, then baking is chemistry — meticulous, rule-bound precision is the order of the day. The difference between catastrophe and epiphany can be less than a teaspoon.