I love cake!
I love cake, cupcakes, anything cake-like. I’m not sure where this love comes from or why it makes me happy but it really does.
I guess you could look back in time and say perhaps it comes from birthday celebrations and a bunch of people smiling and clapping at me when I blew out my candles and then had free reign on my cake.
However, I think those warm feelings would have been diminished after the year my mom invited the playground bully to sit next to me and have a slice. I’m still upset that he was able to sit there and participate in the deliciousness that was mine, especially after he just tried to lock me in the bathroom.
I like cake when I’m happy, when I’m depressed, when it’s to celebrate anything and to celebrate nothing. I’m actually bummed at weddings when they forgo the wedding cake for something lame like plated desserts or a dessert buffet of things other than cake.
I have a dream of opening a store that just sells slices of wedding cake. Don’t you think you should be able to get wedding cake at a time other than when you are at a wedding? Maybe that’s just me.
My DVR is filled with TV shows that are about making and decorating cakes. They do the most amazing themes, colors and layers. I find myself at 1am watching them struggle to put the final touches on a Jeep cake, or a 6 ft pink and gold cake. I always want them to tell us what the cake ended up costing and what it tasted like. I need that closure.
I also love to make cakes. I can make them from a box or “from scratch”. If I make them from a box I usually go with the yellow mix with chocolate frosting. If I want to make it “from Scratch” I reach for “The Cake Mix Doctor“
Recently I found this cool glass cake stand that will showcase your beautiful new dessert very nicely. I envision a fabulous pastel pink triple layer cake in there. However, mine do not look like the ones on the cake shows. Instead my cakes have 3 cans of sloppy icing on it…similar to what a car looks like buried in 6 inches of snow.
The effect is the same though. Apparently, on consumption of cake I bounce around like a child with some sort of hyperactivity enjoying my sugar high and accompanying endorphin rush. Mark recently asked me if there such a thing as a diabetic cake with no sugar added.
I do recognize that sometimes (very rarely) it might not be an ideal time for cake. For instance, if you have no time, no inclination or no room on your waistline. When that time comes you can find some small comfort and perhaps get a similar effect by purchasing a cake flavored candle.
This candle and a glass of wine might make you feel just as satiated. This candle and 3 glasses of wine might make you think you actually ate cake!
