day 974 - a piece of cake

chocolate mousse cake, in particular, is one i would never, ever turn down. see the texture here? what you see is what you eat. lovin' it!

day 586 - birthday!

today, little darren turns seven. i told him the story about how, on the day he was born, i visited him briefly in the hospital but had to leave right away, his big brother at the back of the van and i was driving like mad because i wanted to get back home and watch the finale of canadian idol.

he was surprised with the cake. he liked the idea of ice cream cones with ice cream scoops decorating his chocolate-chip-cookie-dough ice cream cake from baskin robins. i, of course, had been wanting to order this beautiful cake for ages but just couldn't find the reason. he had his official birthday cake (on us, his father's side) the next day.

day 104 - flowers for erica

the decor roses were made of sugar and lard for the ube (taro) cake; the cake we transported from toronto to carol stream in illinois; the cake we transported in the red PT cruiser, but not after we got a full and complete multiple inspection at the US border. damn that red car, first time i saw i knew it was trouble. but the cake was sooooo good!!!

day 84 - thirty-three (33) candles all in a row

..or all around the cake. this cake is a combination first communion for my grandson derrick and 33rd birthday for his father frederick. so this is how a cake looks like with 33 candles in them. i tell you, the the boys had a hard time blowing those candles for their father. it'll be harder, i guess, for a 90-year old to be blowing cake candles....

day 44 - igor the monkey

there's a new dessert in town. if you go to union station, they're giving these for free. but i was told it wasn't good. the packaging looks good and effective, and the monkey looks like someone from the simpsons, eh?