I do not know how many of you have actually baked a cake but it can actually be more complicated than you think. DL cannot go into the store and pick a cake mix, he is baking this from scratch. In this situation, he had fresh (young) ingredients that had the makings of a very delicious cake. It was just about all mixed and ready to put in the oven but one of the key ingredients unexpectedly spoiled and could not be used. By this time the store was closed and there were no decent ingredients were available so he just had to make do with what he had in the pantry. These ingredients were not nearly as delicious as the original ingredients but he hoped that it would not ruin the whole cake. DL was deeply disappointed but surprisingly, as the cake baked it began to smell delicious none the less. Unfortunately half way through the baking process, someone came stomping through the kitchen causing the cake to fall flat developing a gaping hole in the center of the cake. As the timer was about to go off it appeared that there was going to be some frosting for the cake, in fact DL could all but taste that frosting. Unfortunately that frosting did not belong to him and it was taken away at the last second and all he was left with was a cake which tasted better than could really be expected given all of the bad luck.
