Update cake post to use figure shortcodes with centered captions

Convert all images in the Yule log post to use Hugo's figure shortcode,
which provides centered, italicized captions below each image. The
existing CSS styling already handles the visual presentation with
drop shadows and proper spacing.

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content/posts/2025-12-30-either-way-therell-be-cake/index.md

@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ title: Either Way, There'll Be Cake
 date: 2025-12-30T12:00:00-05:00
 draft: false
 description: A gluten-free Yule log for second Christmas, held together by willpower and ganache.
-excerpt: My kids asked for a Yule log cake with two days notice. I'd never made one. The cake split into sections when I unrolled it. I made it work anyway.
+preview: ""
 tags:
   - cooking
   - family
   - locallygrown
-lastmod: 2026-01-01T18:58:14.821Z
+lastmod: 2026-01-01T19:12:22.889Z
 ---
 
 My kids were home together this week for what we call "second Christmas"—the post-holiday stretch when everyone's schedules finally align. While planning the dinner menu, they made a request: a Yule log cake.
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ With less than two days before dinner and a full menu to prepare, I told them it
 
 I've baked their birthday cakes every single year, all their lives. They describe what they want and I try to make it happen. Some years are triumphs. Some years are laughable catastrophes that we still talk about. But every year there's cake. This felt like the same deal.
 
-![Fresh cranberries and rosemary sprigs coated in sugar, drying on parchment paper.](cranberries.jpg)
-*Sugared cranberries and rosemary, made the night before.*
+{{< figure src="cranberries.jpg" alt="Fresh cranberries and rosemary sprigs coated in sugar, drying on parchment paper." caption="Sugared cranberries and rosemary, made the night before." >}}
 
 I started with a box of King Arthur's gluten-free chocolate cake mix—no shame in a good shortcut—but I needed to turn it into something that could roll without shattering. The technique I borrowed from [Sally's Baking Addiction](https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/buche-de-noel-yule-log/) calls for separating eggs, whipping the whites to stiff peaks, and folding everything together for an airy sponge. I added two extra eggs beyond what the box called for and crossed my fingers.
 
@@ -30,23 +29,19 @@ Then I unrolled it.
 
 The cake had split into sections a few inches wide. It had decided to become a kit.
 
-![Unrolled chocolate cake split into several vertical sections, with whipped cream filling visible in the cracks.](disaster.jpg)
-*The kit.*
+{{< figure src="disaster.jpg" alt="Unrolled chocolate cake split into several vertical sections, with whipped cream filling visible in the cracks." caption="The kit." >}}
 
 I stood there for a moment, weighing my options. Then I decided to act like nothing was wrong. I spread the whipped cream filling over the pieces, rolled the whole thing back up as tightly as I could manage, wrapped the towel around the outside, and put it in the fridge overnight to think about what it had done.
 
-![Small meringue mushrooms with piped stems and caps, dusted with cocoa powder, standing on a silicone baking mat.](mushrooms.jpg)
-*Meringue mushrooms, dusted with cocoa.*
+{{< figure src="mushrooms.jpg" alt="Small meringue mushrooms with piped stems and caps, dusted with cocoa powder, standing on a silicone baking mat." caption="Meringue mushrooms, dusted with cocoa." >}}
 
 The next day, when it came time to cut the diagonal branch piece and assemble it on the board for ganache, the log barely held its shape. I worked fast. The ganache went on, I dragged a fork through it for bark texture, and suddenly it looked like an actual Yule log instead of a chocolate-flavored anxiety dream.
 
-![Chocolate yule log covered in ganache with fork-dragged bark texture, before decorations, showing the spiral of cake and cream at the cut end.](bark.jpg)
-*Bark texture achieved. Now it just needs a forest.*
+{{< figure src="bark.jpg" alt="Chocolate yule log covered in ganache with fork-dragged bark texture, before decorations, showing the spiral of cake and cream at the cut end." caption="Bark texture achieved. Now it just needs a forest." >}}
 
 The garnishes helped. I'd made sugared cranberries and rosemary the night before—just a simple syrup soak and a tumble in sugar, but they sparkle like little frozen gems. The meringue mushrooms took longer than expected (piping stems and caps separately, baking low and slow, gluing them together with melted chocolate) but they're the detail that makes the whole thing feel like a forest floor instead of just a frosted cake.
 
-![Close-up of decorated yule log with meringue mushrooms, sugared cranberries, and rosemary sprigs on chocolate ganache bark.](forest-floor.jpg)
-*The forest floor.*
+{{< figure src="forest-floor.jpg" alt="Close-up of decorated yule log with meringue mushrooms, sugared cranberries, and rosemary sprigs on chocolate ganache bark." caption="The forest floor." >}}
 
 When I brought it to the table, my kids lit up. It held together when sliced—somehow—and they said it reminded them of the Sylvan Falls version while being its own thing. The almond flour base from the market version was different, but this worked.
 
@@ -54,5 +49,4 @@ Linda still sells at another market these days, up in Northeast Georgia. Still u
 
 I'd make this again. Maybe it'll be a new tradition. Next time might be a perfect specimen, or I might have to pivot to calling it "a decaying log on the forest floor." Either way, there'll be cake.
 
-![Overhead view of completed yule log cake decorated with meringue mushrooms, sugared cranberries, and sugared rosemary on a wooden cutting board.](finished.jpg)
-*Second Christmas, 2025.*
+{{< figure src="finished.jpg" alt="Overhead view of completed yule log cake decorated with meringue mushrooms, sugared cranberries, and sugared rosemary on a wooden cutting board." caption="Second Christmas, 2025." >}}