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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Photo of the Week: Pot O’ Gold Cake
We’ve had some trying times at our house recently: Hubby was “downsized” last week (I have always hated that term, except when used in reference to a successful bariatric surgery).
Our two older children — ages 13 and 10 — are old enough to realize the challenges this will present for our family, while the youngest — at age 3 — will likely roll along blissfully unawares. (Thank God for small favors!)
Anyway, this is supposed to be “Wordless Wednesday,” so let’s get to the point: We all desperately needed a distraction this weekend, and what better way to put a smile on someone’s face than a big hunk of cake!
Maybe I’ve been watching too many late-night repeats of “Amazing Wedding Cakes” or the ultracool “Ace of Cakes” (I even got my son hooked on that show, but shh! he’d die of embarrassment if I told you), but I wasn’t going to be satisfied presenting the fam with just any old layer cake.
I did a sketch, searched high and low for gold-foil chocolate coins (I finally found them at Sweetwater Sweets at Town & Country shopping center in Kettering), and improvised a rainbow out of Airheads from Dollar Tree.
The whole family got involved: Son No. 1 mixed the colored icing; daughter helped ice and sprinkled on the colored sugar; son No. 2 helped lick the beaters.
And — ta-da! — this is what we gave to Hubby: a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. We were so proud of our creation, and it was yummy too.
If we pull together like we did while making our St. Patrick’s Day “masterpiece,” and we remember to savor the simple pleasures of spending time as a family, we’ll enjoy more treasure than we could ever wish for.
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