Green Cake for Hearts Day

February 14, 2005 | Category:

Before coming down with my 3rd sinus infection in about a month, we did get some celebrating done. I've never been a big Valentine's Day fan, but once there is a kid in the house, every holiday becomes a big deal.

So yesterday while my mom was still here, Bear and his doting (and I do mean doting, in the best way) Grandmother made lots of green Valentines together. We had a special dinner (a roast) and dressed the table in red and pink and white and ate on the good china.

After dinner, we made a cake. The only thing I can bake that won't poison you. Really. I can make Fettucini Alfredo, from scratch, and it will make you purr. I can whip up a steak with potatoes Diane and a blue cheese salad that would get me a job at a steakhouse.

But I can not bake. My Tollhouse cookies are doorstops. My fudge is nauseating.

The one thing I can do is yellow cake. Usually Jiffy, but in a pinch from scratch - which is how we did it last night. Bear wanted it to be Blue for Valentine's Day, but blue food coloring + yellow batter = green cake.

That's OK, Mom. Colors are hard. You can practice, he told me.

Shockingly, even with chocolate frosting, it didn't suck. I'll take a picture of what's left (Bear really likes it) if I can stay awake long enough.

I woke up this morning thinking: Well, I'm sick. CD's got class tonight. The list of things that has to get done over the next 2 weeks is scaring me stiff. But at least we made a decent green cake for Heart's Day. That's one thing I got going for me, right?

I was wrong.

I had two things going for me. Because last night, Danny Darwin's wife left a comment on a post that is near to my heart. One of of the few that I managed to bring over from Blogspot. And I can't begin to express how that made me feel inside.

Anyway, Happy Heart's Day to everyone. I hope you get as nice a surprise as I did!

P.S. I stripped out her personal information to protect her privacy.

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