I think everyone is tired of winter rearing its ugly head. Though I certainly enjoy any cold weather I can get, I do appreciate the brief spring that we have in Texas before summer arrives in full force. The thing I’m longing for most of all right now isn’t warmer temperatures, but spring and summer produce! I figured a good way to celebrate the return of warmer weather was with a summer-inspired tea cake of sorts. I’m sharing these over on Vegan Housewives this week so click here for the recipe.
dessert
Cardamom Chocolate Cake With Rose Cashew Cream & Rose Sugar
I’m another year older and I can’t help but sit here and wonder where the time has gone. It doesn’t seem right to be celebrating my 28th birthday already. Time is one thing I will never understand and never be able to beat.
I decided to go the mini route this year and make a small 3-inch tiered cake. In years past I’m always left with a bunch of cake, which seems awesome at first, but then it quickly becomes a bad idea when I’m justifying to myself why it’s okay to eat it for breakfast. Plus, I can never eat it fast enough before it starts to dry out. So, mini cake = problem solved.
I originally was going to take only a couple of photos so I could get back to more important birthday activities like watching Wes Anderson movies, looking through a new baking book, and sipping hot tea. But, I took about a million so I’ll let them take it from here…
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