It Was Bound To Happen

I bake a lot of cakes. There have been some mishaps but that usually happens in the decorating phase.  Tonight it finally happened during baking.  Let me clue you in on my baking methodology.  Rule 1. Be attentive.  Rule 2. Half way through baking, switch the pans around in the oven (typically there are hot spots in our ovens which cause items not to bake/cook equally).  Rule 3. Place the baked cakes on racks to cool. Tonight, was a mess up in all 3 phases.  The result:  Burnt cake which really smells bad.  Here's what happened. ..OH..by the way, if you are looking [...]