Things have been so busy of late that it totally slipped my mind that August marked the one year anniversary of my blog. I am a little bit disappointed in myself that I didn't acknowledge this fact at the right time. However, I am so happy that I have kept up with the writing and the ramblings, which all started here. I hope to one day look back on all of these posts and remember the inspiration and events that fueled this creative project. It feels like forever since I have mentioned baking on here, but I bet it hasn't been as long as it seems. Last week marked a milestone birthday for my housemate (and resident photographer) Hillary so I was more than happy to bake her whatever flavoured cake she desired. Chocolate was the chosen poison and as such a recipe was found here to bake. I followed the recipe as written except I did not cut the cakes in half, as they did not rise enough to do so. I felt that if I tried to they might have broken when being put together into the layers. Nonetheless, it turned out well and I had fun with the decorating. You can never have too much chocolate when it comes to this type of cake so of course that is what I used for decoration.
It was a fun baking project and I had some help with the whole kitkat, twix, kitkat, smarties pattern because it surprisingly gets tricky to remember the order when you are actually doing it.
Hillary and I are co-workers too, but I managed to keep the finished product a surprise until the next day when it was her actual birthday. The cake was completed with a single lit candle and some Joshua Jackson bunting.
The story behind the bunting would require another post in itself, but lets just say Hillary was floating on cloud nine on her birthday eve courtesy of some Fringe filming witnessed in person. Of course, it wasn't the show that had this effect, it was the handsome lead actor.
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