a piece of cake...

...or a whole cake but I had to get catchy with the title. Gotta grab y'alls attention from the start.

I know its friday and most people in my age demographic are being social and going out on the town but tonight I'm having some down time and I'm actually really excited about it. Tonight my crazy plans are to bake a cake and drink some wine.

Now, last night I decided to get a head start and go to the grocery store to pick up some items to bake the cake. No, it's not from a box. Do you really think I would post a blog about making something from a box? Absolutely not. This cake is going to be made from scratch, with love, and it is going to be amazing. I'm not just baking a cake because I'm a fatso and wanted something to binge on. I am actually baking it for my family whom I am visiting this weekend. This week was my Aunt's birthday and next week will be my grandmother's and mine (you haven't forgotten about my birthday have you??) so I figured I might as well bring a cake with me to the weekend celebration. Anyway, as I was going to get said ingredients I decided to call my parents. I would like to pause here and tell you about our convo...Let's be clear on this...1)they both knew I was going to visit the family to celebrate the trifecta of family birthdays this weekend. 2) they are both in the same room during each conversation with them. 3) they were serious. First I spoke to my dad explaining my trip for the weekend and told him that I was at publix getting ready to bake a cake and then I spoke to my mother explaining the same thing. I must ask, whatever happened to speakerphone?

Dad's response...

Dad: "You are baking a cake for your birthday?"

Me:"What? No? Why would I bake myself a cake? That's really sad and someone better do that for me. I'm making it to take to Clayton, duh."

Dad:"and who do you think is going to do that?"

Me: "um mom, obvi. i mean she isn't going to bake it but she is going to send me one, like a cookie cake, or something. she always does...except for last year because i was fat."

Dad: "do you even have enough friends there to help you eat it if she sent one?"

My mother's response...

Mom: "why are you at publix?"

Me: "I'm going to bake a cake tomorrow night so I need to get some ingredients."

Mom: "Oh, for your birthday?"

Me: "Are you guys joking?"

Mom: "Well I don't know...you like cake."

To be honest I don't even know where they were going with their thinking. 1) do you think i really would eat a whole cake by myself? 2) please tell me you know i have friends 3) you really think i would bake my own birthday cake? 4) seriously??

...And so my cake adventure starts. I will be making Bethenny's Not-So-Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Icing all from scratch. In case you aren't familiar with Bethenny she is an all-natural food chef so her recipe's are all from natural ingredients, obvi. Her idea is that you lose weight not by dieting but by changing what you are eating. I think it is the same thing but whatever she must know what she is talking about she has two books and millions but I digress. So, that is what I will be doing this friday night and I will be sure to have an amazing time so that I can blog about it again next week. I hope all of y'all have as fabulous a friday as I will be having tonight.

--love.whit--