The Cakes

This is really for my benefit. So, in case you have not heard, I like to bake. Particularly, I like to bake for other people. And I've also decided to name the cakes I have baked after the people I've baked them for (and in retrospect, I really wished I took pictures of each of these should I ever start a Cake recipe book). Instead, we'll just have to settle for descriptive words and back stories.

The "Kit" Kat Cake
Milk chocolate cake covered in milk chocolate frosting with a layer of wafer sandwiched with more frosting. This cake was made for Katharine Foster's birthday/my Appetizer Party but unfortunately this happened right after she turned vegan.

The Jill Cake
Chocolate cake topped with vanilla frosting and drizzled with chocolate. This one was for Miss Symington's last day at Red Rover. Many (if not, most) people were laid off due to the discontinuation of the show Get Ed (which I actually enjoyed). So I wouldn't exactly call this a celebratory cake, but it made Jill happy nonetheless.

The Emma Cake
White chocolate cake with white chocolate frosting garnished with rainbow sprinkles and trimmed with whipped cream. This cake was made for "Emma Appreciation Day" which turned into a genocide of our department (thanks to the burritos and not the cake). Emma is, by definition, a sultry minx.

The Evan Cake
Moist chocolate cake with rich vanilla frosting with a layer of crushed Oreos in the middle. Decorated with Oreo crumbs, whipped cream and Hershey Kisses. In my opinion the best cake turn-out... so far. And admittedly, I had wanted to have Batman on it because that seemed to be a running theme with the Evan presents I've given him (okay, there were 2 others but this could've been 3!)

The Nadia Cake
Same recipe for chocolate cake as with the Evan Cake (that's right, it was that good) but with milk chocolate frosting with creamy caramel sauce nuzzled between the layers of cake and the same caramel sauce drizzled on top. This cake was for a going away party for Nadia who decided to go back to school in Thunder Bay.

The Darko Cake
You'd think this cake should be dark chocolate. But no, it's rich yellow cake with caramel frosting and garnished with milk chocolate frosting and Hershey Kisses. This was for Darko's birthday who also shared it with Jonathan Soja... but this cake is not named for him as he's afraid of his own birthday celebrations and cake.

**UPDATE**

The Patty Cake
Oh the clever name! Whipped cream and strawberries nuzzled between two layers of fluffy white cake and covered with vanilla frosting garnished with strawberry slices was a compliment gift to the Firemen 2007 calendar I gave Patty for her birthday. The idea to use strawberries for her cake came when back in June for my birthday, Evan and Patty made me a chocolate cake with strawberries that Patty was so adamant on putting on the cake. Little did they know I'm actually not a huge fan of strawberries and she clearly is. Suffice to say, she enjoyed it.

The Andree Cake
Decadant yellow cake with chocolate frosting was the cake for this mother-to-be. I had actually made this cake for her birthday but when the day came, I plum forgot it on my kitchen counter. It was only in the morning as I was at my desk and thinking about the healthy frosting breakfast I had that I remembered about the cake. So we ended up having it the next day - no birthday song required.

Paris Hilton on her music

"I like, cry, when I listen to it, it's so good."

When Our Bodies Finally Go...

I've got a cupboard with cans of food,
filtered water, and pictures of you
and I'm not coming out until this is all over.
And I'm looking through the glass
Where the light bends at the cracks
And I'm screaming at the top of my lungs
Pretending the echoes belong to someone
Someone I used to know

And we become silhouettes
when our bodies finally go
ba ba ba ba

I wanted to walk through the empty streets
And feel something constant under my feet,
But all the news reports recommended that I stay indoors
Because the air outside will make
Our cells divide at an alarming rate
Until our shells simply cannot hold
All our insides in,
And that's when we'll explode
(And it won't be a pretty sight)

And we'll become silhouettes
when our bodies finally go
ba ba ba ba

-- "We Will Become Silhouettes" by The Postal Service