“This is ridiculous.”

“Do you want to make Lily a birthday cake, or not?”

“If it’s going to turn out like I think it is, not!”

James Potter was tearing out his hair. Baking a cake the muggle way should not have been nearly as difficult as it was proving. He’d wanted to surprise Lily, and make up for the things he had said about Snivellus earlier (even if he did still loathe him). Remus had suggested a birthday cake, which had sounded like a good idea until Sirius had gotten involved, and the first cake had… Well, exploded.