Step 3. Turn On the Juice and See What Shakes Loose.

Time now to preheat your oven! Set your oven/stove/flamethrower to 350ºF and wait around for it to fire up for about 15 minutes, depending on how fast you cooking device can conjure its flame. Of course you can do this while mixing your ingredients together to save time; but if you're like me and have a one-track mind and plenty of time to kill, sit back and chill for a minute... or you could pray to the gods to bestow your oven with fire...just so long as it heats up.

Preheating!

Now once heated, lovingly place the cake batter into the warm embrace of your very hot oven. Once in, you must again play the waiting game- this time for about 30 minutes, or until the surface of the cake springs back when lightly touched.

Docking.