Grand prize winning cake....not

Why I can never make a decent looking cake I will never understand. I was craving cake big time today and thought that I could bake one for my monthly recipe column in the newspaper I write for.

Why does it never resemble the photo? I hate that! Maybe one day I will perfect the cake baking skills I desire, but for now I am at a loss.

Sheet cakes and rectangular cakes aren't hard. I am a natural at baking cheesecake. When it comes to making a layer cake I fail every time.

This is the cake I attempted to make off
of evilshenanigans.com 

Should you care about my cake making skills? Maybe not if you aren't attempting to bake one of my recipes or if I am not cooking for you. I guess I should realize that everyone has their skills.

My cakes don't taste bad. On the contrary, they taste pretty darn good if I do say so myself. However, they just don't look pretty.

This is how my cake looks. Of course I didn't go
to the effort of decorating, but the icing didn't
spread on smooth and the layers didn't come out
right. 

I guess we all have our own skills and I should just be happy with what I have. I am excellent at cooking (not baking), I sing well (unless you ask Reagan because he hates my classical training) and for the most part, I am an outgoing and friendly person.

Maybe we all should just accept that we can't be great at everything. Maybe my Achilles heel is baking. Or maybe I will be great at it by the time I am a great-grandmother, assuming I live that long.