Sometimes, for no reason whatsoever, we just need to bake a cake. These times are rare (I can count on one hand the total times we have ever baked a cake at our house—ever—including birthdays). But these times, while rare, do exist. Desperate times call for desperate measures. And this time we captured some of it in photos – living proof that it happened. A totally random cake event.
Kyle and Owen made the cake, and frosted it, with only a little assistance from me. There is not much they love more than my good old trusty Kitchenaid Mixer. It was vanilla cake with butter-cream frosting (their choice). We put the beautiful finished cake on the kitchen counter and saved it for dessert. I thought we’d just slice it and eat it with fresh berries. But no, K & O had other plans. It turned into a major event. They insisted on candles for the cake. In case it isn’t obvious: there is no birthday, anniversary, or holiday of any kind going on here. Just cake. Which, I guess, when you have it as rarely as we do, is a major holiday in and of itself. Deserving of candles. Multi-color candles, each color chosen specifically for each member of the family (I have a whole stash of random birthday cake candles; leftovers from birthdays past; and they just loved going through them and picking out the random candles for each of us). They chose pink for Meera, of course. Meera decided she needed to sport her shades for this event. The glare of the candles’ fire and all. ?! Anyway, it was randomness all around—Braydon and I could barely contain our total amusement at the sheer randomness of it all. But the bambinos – all three of them – took it totally seriously. Sometimes, for no reason whatsoever, we just need to bake a cake.
p.s. A totally random fact about the totally random cake event~~ The cake was a huge hit that night. And then the next day the bambinos each had some more. After that it sat on the counter untouched until we finally threw it out… that’s the funniest part of all: they don’t even really like cake! But it sure is fun!
Hi,
Love the shades due to the candles’ flame glare! I concur wholeheartedly -random cake can resolve a whole host of things and is definitely a sweet (in all senses of the word!) mood-enhancer!
– Kate
Amen to that! I was overwhelmed by Oli’s 18th this year so went the storebought cake, (half of which is still sitting in our fridge) but he made me promise to make him a homemade cake at some point this year, mummy-cake is so much more than flour butter and eggs, even now hes an adult!
Merra is a riot with her glasses and the boys just look so proud!
How cool would it be if they ended up dating someday? What a sweet memory of their first kiss in the tree!
Dear JBL (whoever you are): Obviously you don’t read our blog very closely—- FYI: Owen and Meera are sister and brother. They will not “end up dating someday.” So not cool.
Heather