When we moved from Eagle River, Alaska to Orem, Utah, the high elevation made all my cakes fall. The elevation here is 4,774 feet (1,455 meters).

I asked women in our ward about it, and to my surprise, everyone I asked told me they made their cakes from a box mix.

So I went into a professional cake making shop and asked them. To my astonishment, they told me that they make cakes from a box mix as well.

So, after some trial and error, (and boy were all those errors a trial!), I think I’ve found a way to make it work.

Below is the Black Forrest Gateaux Cake I made this evening, which is I believe a German cake. It is a chocolate cake with with cream and black cherry filling between its layers.

Happy Easter.

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Here is a fun song by two of our good friends, Mikey and Brett Christensen. They are friends of our from Alaska (of course) who are living in Provo as well while they attend BYU.