Or should I say, Kickin' it up a notch? My lovely daughter wanted a mermaid cake and by gum I was determined to make it!! Thank you Cooks Illustrated for the Chocolate Cake recipe and Alice Waters for the Chocolate Buttercream under it all, but a great big ol' pat on the back to me for making the fondant from scratch and putting the whole thing together!!! Admittedly, it ain't perfect but you know what? For a first attempt, not too shabby! We were on a fondant mission yesterday, searching every store in town, which adds up to about 4. Zero to be found, when Ethan sensing my frustration states, "You want to buy her something? You need to make it! Making something, means it comes from your heart, you don't want to give someone something that isn't from your heart, do you???
" Aaahhh, the wisdom of a 7 year old. Maybe channeling my ocd on the cake will make up for the presents that I bought her and didn't whittle out of the tree in the back. I realize this is setting a new precedence for Birthday's around here, but I actually really enjoyed doing it so that's OK. Thank you Ethan for bring things back in perspective yet once again, we have 6 months to plan for yours big guy!
Or should I say, Kickin' it up a notch? My lovely daughter wanted a mermaid cake and by gum I was determined to make it!! Thank you Cooks Illustrated for the Chocolate Cake recipe and Alice Waters for the Chocolate Buttercream under it all, but a great big ol' pat on the back to me for making the fondant from scratch and putting the whole thing together!!! Admittedly, it ain't perfect but you know what? For a first attempt, not too shabby! We were on a fondant mission yesterday, searching every store in town, which adds up to about 4. Zero to be found, when Ethan sensing my frustration states, "You want to buy her something? You need to make it! Making something, means it comes from your heart, you don't want to give someone something that isn't from your heart, do you???
" Aaahhh, the wisdom of a 7 year old. Maybe channeling my ocd on the cake will make up for the presents that I bought her and didn't whittle out of the tree in the back. I realize this is setting a new precedence for Birthday's around here, but I actually really enjoyed doing it so that's OK. Thank you Ethan for bring things back in perspective yet once again, we have 6 months to plan for yours big guy!
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