adventures in the kitchen of Conchi

so today, Kimberly and I tried to bake a cake for Conchi (Kim's host mom). We knew it wouldnt be exactly the same, but little did we know how different the process would be. It all started with the hunt for the right ingredients. They dont sell very many varieties of cake mix here. We grabbed the one that looked the most like what we might find at home. They didnt have sour cream so we substituted with yougur azucar. we also couldnt find vanilla concentrate, so we hoped the "azcuar" in the yougur would make up for it. we purchased spanish chocolate chips as well. Conchi had the rest. After a very comical lunch with Conchi, we set out to bake the cake! We kind of guestamated the measurements and popped it in the oven. We soon realized that the top of the cake was cooking WAY too fast. we decided to move it down a level in the oven and almost dropped the glass pan because the oven shelves arent stationary. after some maneuvering we moved the pan down, hoping the liquid center would cook before the top turned black. Eventually we just had to take it out and hope for the best. Conchi wont be getting the greatest representation of our culinary arts, to say the least! 

From a distance the cake doesnt look bad, and, after tasting it we realized it wasnt terrible. it had a lemony taste that we didnt expect (we guess the mix must have been lemon flavored). the only real mishap was that all of the chocolate chips sank to the bottom and formed a chocolate layer.