bake a cake

I’ve made cookies, brownies, and cupcakes before, but never a cake. I don’t even own a cake pan. So I’d have to buy one. At some point, if I get really good at making cakes, I’d like to tackle Italian cheesecake. But I’ve heard it’s difficult, so I’ll have to start with the basics.

This Thing is also important to me because at my school every year, there’s a baking competition between classes. I was going to enter this year but they sent out an e-mail saying it was for serious bakers – don’t just enter cookies (which is what I was going to make). I want to enter next year and I have an idea for a cake already, but first I need experience in baking cakes in general before I try to bring my own creation to the table.