layers of cake

[rinue]

Too much to do all the time and not enough (probably) signals about which ones are important. I have sat down at my computer to write the rest of the musical and instead I did a lot of magazine admin, paid all the bills, and replied to a close friend who is having a hard time in quarantine. Was this procrastination? Was it intelligent prioritization? I don't know.

Yesterday for mom's birthday I made her a yellow cake flavored with orange blossoms, with lavender and powdered sugar icing, with layers of pistachio cream and sugared strawberries and blackberries. Silver sprinkles on top. I wanted something very feminine and adult and whimsical, like if you stumbled into a tea party thrown by Victorian sorceresses.

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[sovay]

a yellow cake flavored with orange blossoms, with lavender and powdered sugar icing, with layers of pistachio cream and sugared strawberries and blackberries. Silver sprinkles on top.

It sounds delicious as well as visually spectacular. was it?

[sabotabby]

That sounds amazing.

[rinue]

It was pretty, although I suspect the yellow/red/green combo of the interior has a tendency to look savory in a way that's misleading. So many pasta plates and sandwiches that look like that. Which I guess is useful to know if I ever want to do a "trick" cake.

The frosting was a nice pinky purple to get around purple frosting's tendency (in my experience) to look a bit gray. I'm never entirely sure whether that's my eyes, though; I've noticed when I process photos I always shift them more magenta to make them look "right."