Parchment's for sissies. . . the recipe has you coat the pan with 2 tablespoons butter--and you really need to layer it on thick for it to work. But it does. You can test the cake for doneness with a toothpick. It needs to be almost the consistency of a bar when it's finished baking so it holds together when you cut it and handle it.

Time for some baking tonight. Spritz, I think. And snickerdoodles. I have bread rising now and about a half of a turkey left from our party last night. When the kids finally get here in another hour or so we'll have a late night feast of hot turkey sandwiches. Mmmmmmm!

SRS