in fact, it has quite the presence.
oh my goodness, i had no idea what i was getting myself into. not because it was troublesome, or was a lot of work. i mean, it was some work, there were quite a few steps. no. once assembled, and not even completely assembled, this cake is massive in its own right.
like, i almost think it could be a small continent or something if it were any bigger.
seriously, though, i cant wait to eat it tomorrow and commence the most intense sugar coma i've ever had. which, aside from the wegman's ultimate chocolate cake coma about two weeks ago, will be the second ever. is it wrong that i am super excited for this?
yes, yes. maybe my photos are not the fanciest. i work with what i have...which is a tiny apartment kitchen with one overhead light. sometimes there is enough light from my tiny windows to take a fancy picture with the outdoors.
see what i mean?? now picture standing next to it, in front of it, whatever. i am pretty sure it is taller than the diameter of the cake its self (which, coincidentally, is an 8" round cake). i am still trying to determine if i made the mousse wrong. the peanut butter mousse i usually make for the cupcakes and stuff, is usually really creamy and fluffy, and spreadable. this came out more like a paste. i could have molded it into shapes if i wanted. it tastes delicious. maybe it needs to be the thicker consistency for the type of cake this is? i have no idea. i am not going to complain.
gaze upon the glory of heaven and hell. you know you want to touch it. with your mouth.
devils food cake. angel food cake. that peanut butter filling (calling it filling now since i don't really think it's a mousse). dark chocolate ganache. holy crap. i might die tomorrow.
happy birthday to me, and to my dad. this one is for you!
aside from attempted death by chocolate (etc), i am celebrating my own personal fat kid day by going to the cheesecake factory. yes, it is excessive. that will probably top the whole day off. the end. no more blogging for me because sugar is going to consume me.
in my defense, i think i deserve it once a year.
in other news, on monday i had to bring my son to the vet. he has been all squinty for the past few days in his left eye. they seem to think he may have allergies, since this happened around the same time of the year a couple years ago. i have the meds for him in case it gets worse, or if i need them in the future.
he is the best. i was worried that he would bite the doctor since he is so touchy with everyone else, but he didn't. he got me once because i was holding him while she checked him out, but he was nervous, so it happens. aside from him being squinty, he is actually pretty healthy! a little fat, but he can't really fly so that is understandable. (he is out all the time, but since his stroke, he can't do too much moving around. he can't grip too well, or flap for that matter.)
regardless, i am glad he is doing well, even if he is still squinty. i just have to keep an eye on him for now.
sigh. well last but not least, i will leave you with this recipe for lemon blueberry bread . i made mine a little different, i added some red and black raspberries, and topped it with a quick cream cheese icing.
it came out kind of pretty. i like the colors of everything. the raspberries kind of had a bunch of seeds in them, and it threw me off a bit when i tried a piece, but otherwise it was pretty good. nice and squishy. the icing is not too sweet, but just enough to counter the tart of the fruits. breakfast!
i can't wait to make blueberry muffins. i don't know if i said that or not in the last post. i still have a small army of strawberry muffins in my freezer that i have started eating, but i think aside from chocolate chip muffins, blueberry are one of my top favorites. with the brown sugar streusel to top them off? hell yes. and to think i found a donut variation of said muffins?! i will have the best breakfast for weeks. the blueberries make it okay. maybe i'll use some whole wheat flour or coconut oil. i actually have some greek yogurt to use in stuff too. power breakfast!! wooo!
so for now, i will leave you with that. i would like to start making this a bi-weekly and consistent thing, since i have absolutely none of that going on right now. i am thinking sundays and wednesdays, since those are the easiest days to not go to bed late....even though that's what i end up doing anyway, like right now. 11:49pm? yep. i should go to bed, i have to pay bills early tomorrow before i go do anything fun. you can't escape bills even on your birthday. thanks for reading! ☺
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