cake days continued

Another day of baking cakes. Bonheur!  Chocolate cheesecake brownies, hazelnut brownies, rhubarb cake, ginger cake, chocolate muffins.  The strangest thing I find is having the feeling that things are going perfectly, on schedule, under control. Suddenly in a moment you realize there is no hope for your creation because you've slightly overcooked it - can happen in a heartbeat!  Pure potential into disaster. The brownie has turned into a cake. And you allow it to cool, settle into itself and you realize that it might indeed be nearly perfect. Crumbly on top and thick, rich and moist underneath. Hmmm is there a secret to cake baking or is a strange combination of accident and good fortune?