Today was beautiful. Everything about it was beautiful.
I woke up at 7. Ate some fruit and yogurt. Got coffee and some cantaloup at Panera with my parents and headed to church. Today was the first time I've been to church in a long while (I need to change this). I went to my grandparents and spent the afternoon eating good foods and playing golf (or trying).
A cake was requested to be made by me from my grandmother, so bake a cake, I did.
I used this recipe by the Bakers Daughter.
It was perfect.
Except, I need to share with you a tip (incase you plan to make this cake).
let the dang thing cool in the pan.
I failed to leave it in the pan long enough and my first layer fell into two pieces. I was... mortified. Luckily, mom's are smart and wonderful and all knowing and...... she fixed it.
I just stood there, looking at it in complete aw. I walked away and when I came back, it was some-what together again on a nice place, with the other layer cooling on the rack in one perfect piece.
The pushed together layer was the bottom layer.. because my mom is amazing.
In addition to the Lemon Raspberry Cake, I baked some inside-out-carrot-cake-cookies, at the request of my father.
Everything was delicious. For lunch, I filled up on bean salad, vegetables, fruit, and a small portion of 3 desserts. When I said I filled up on, I mean I ate until I was content. On holidays like today when we have a gathering at my grandparents, I usually tend to over-indulge. Today, I avoided that and I'm feeling really good right about now. I could have done without the jellybeans, but.... it's Easter. Maybe it was a necessity. Maybe... it wasn't.
I woke up to a huge array of candy and some beautiful (deep purple) flowers. When I say huge array, I mean.... I'm almost certain it would take me at least (realistically speaking) 1.5 years to finish this on my own.
Good thing my dad loves candy. I wouldn't be surprised if the stash was clean in two weeks.
My grandparents live right across a field, so we headed home about five. I walked some left over cake to the neighbors and spent some time with Candy, looking around her garden (which is ridiculously beautiful. I want a peach tree).
I was just feeling the need for some green so I plated up some spinach, three spears of asparagus, and some salsa. I'm drinking coffee and watching the Lord Of the Rings. I ... am happy.
I wish days like this happened more often. Though, if they did, I'm not sure they'd be so desirable.
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