Cake Decorating 101

After I became The Mommy, something strange happened. No, I'm not talking about peeing when I sneeze. I discovered that I actually like to cook! I've always enjoyed baking (this is my form of stress release - if Mr. MOTH comes home and finds cookies, he almost immediately asks me what's wrong), but now I also like to cook! It used to be that I would just cook so that I could eat but it's more than that now. I think I've transferred my scientific abilities to the cooking realm. I take a recipe and slowly make it mine. I make notes about all of the variables that I change (being careful to never change more than one at time - in true scientific nature).

However, this means that, until I feel a recipe has been perfected, it's never the same twice. This drives some people nuts, but I like the variety. Sometimes it's better. Sometimes not. But overall, I don't really care much about the presentation of the food. If it tastes good, it's a winner. If it doesn't look good, well, that's OK. That being said, I tried to make my mom a "fancy" birthday cake yesterday. The boys love to help me with baking and decorating, so technically I could blame the finished product on them. It's supposed to be a sand castle. The fact that I have to tell you what it's supposed to be before you actually see the picture should tell you the outcome. Oldest Boy said, "It doesn't exactly look like the one in the magazine..." But it was delicious!


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