Lazy January

Here it is again.....January, the month the whole world goes on a diet. There are still birthdays (thank god!) though and we have had some interesting special orders this month. A "Fruit Basket Cake" which I never heard of before but am told is wildly popular in California. The cake consists of a buttermilk layer cake, pastry cream with layers of strawberries and bananas all iced in whipped cream. I have to say it inspired me with an idea for the future - I definitely want to come up with a banana pudding cake which would be divine for a summer bbq!

End of this week I have a vanilla European pound cake which will be layered with white chocolate lemon curd and fresh raspberry, one of my favorites! This will be decorated with yellow buttercream pink stripes and handmade sugar flowers. Lovely and delicious.

Meanwhile during the sleepy month of dieting I got to hear amazing stories from my mother in laws childhood today. She grew up in British Guyana and is Indian, never mind a good book I could listen to the spectacular stories of her youth for hours while sipping hot tea wrapped up in a warm sweater. I am trying to talk her into starting a blog as many people would enjoy them.