Life's been kind of hectic since graduation. I've been working more hours at the Mall. Not full time or anything but I find myself exhausted when I come home, or especially exhausted even before I have to leave for work. I usually only work 6 hours straight which might be the problem, no break, but then I feel like a baby who can't hack the work straight through. I had to work 9 hours straight a few weeks ago and I just couldn't hack it. It may be because I'm standing constantly and not really walking around a lot. I walk in a very small area a majority of the time.
But this week, I wanted to put that pain aside. I wanted to do something special for my mom for her birthday. Ever since I started playing sports in high school, I've pretty much been on the go. I've put my family second at times to do things while I was younger like go out with friends or boyfriends or work. I even forgot about plans mom had made a couple weekends ago and told one of my co-workers I'd take her shift. So to make it up to my mom I wasn't going to forget her birthday.
So for starters, I made reservations at this quaint Tea Restaurant complete with you choosing your own china cup and saucer, eating off mix matched china plates, enjoying your meal with real silverware and sipping fantastic loose-leaf tea strained through an adorable little strainer that catches the tea leaves while it's poured from china tea pots. A dear family friend came with us, too. It was a fun time.
But during the week I wanted to make a spiffy cake for mom.
I'm slightly hooked on, well more like addicted to, a show on TLC called "Cake Boss." On one episode, Buddy Valastro replicates the top tear of the wedding cake at he and his wife's wedding for their 8th anniversary. He made a checkerboard cake by cutting circles out of both chocolate and vanilla cakes and then mixing them in alternate patterns.
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| It may have been easier just to bake it the way the kit told me too, haha. |
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| But it was pretty easy to alternate the different layers. |
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| I'm not a pro, so I went through a bunch of frosting and it totally was not perfect... |
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| But It came out really cute anyway. I made marshmellow fondant to put around the cake and to cover the rice crispy tea cup and saucer. |
Which in turn gave me this:
The checkerboard look was completely unexpected and Mam and our family Friend were completely surprised!
I couldn't think of a more fun birthday for my mom. They'll be over tonight for some bbqing and cards :)
