Cakewalk, Day Twenty-Eight:
Welcome to DAY TWENTY-EIGHT of my August Cakewalk, where I’m celebrating the release of my latest romantic comedy, “The Icing on the Cake.” There’s a very special young woman in my life named McKinsey. I’ve known her since she was five years old. She’s grown and married now and has a little boy named Oliver. Late last summer she found out she was expecting again. In December she contacted me to make a gender reveal cake. What a fun day that was! McKinsey went for her ultrasound (along with her husband) but wouldn’t let the tech give them the results. Instead, the tech called me, (the cake baker!), on the phone and said, “It’s a boy!”
Wow! Can you imagine being the first to know? I was terrified I would slip up and let McKinsey know before showing up at the restaurant that night with the cake. I baked, baked, baked, adding the appropriate blue gel/coloring to the white cake batter. The cake came together just fine. I decorated it very simply with a “?” made of Jordan almonds.
When I got to the restaurant, everyone was a nervous wreck! The whole family was there (about 15 people or so). We ate our meal, but everyone kept staring at that cake! Finally the big moment came. McKinsey and her hubby took a knife and sliced into the cake until the saw the color BLUE! At that point, the news was out! What a celebration!
There are plenty of celebration moments in “The Icing on the Cake,” too. Scarlet celebrates the opening of her new bakery on The Strand in Galveston. She also celebrates her first appearance on television. One of her favorite celebrations takes place at her BFF’s wedding. And then, of course, she celebrates falling in love with Armando, who offers her the biggest celebration of them all–the chance to begin a happily ever after together.
What celebrations have you enjoyed this year? If you could bake a cake to celebrate what would it look like? Let’s talk about it!
