I bake a couple times a year and generally it is boxed stuff.
A couple weeks ago my partner and I baked a Lane Cake from scratch (with the Bourbon) and it was a lot of work. Saw the recipe in an article about "To Kill a Mockingbird" and it sounded good. Didn't have a double boiler so we improvised. Had to make the frosting twice as the first batch didn't set up well.
The cake is a hearty cake and I wasn't sure I liked it at first but it really grew on me.