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Oct. 23rd, 2006
Wedding Cake
Oct. 23rd, 2006 03:08 pmOne of the folks at the office has a daughter who got married over the weekend, and she was kind enough to bring in some of the leftover cake. As a person with a deep and powerful appreciation of cake in all its varied forms (except Twinkies), I was delighted. And lo, the cake was tasty, but was not what I was expecting.
When I hear 'wedding cake', I have a particular picture in my head, a Platonic ideal of wedding cake. It is white, and dense, cool on the tongue and flavored with vanilla and almond. The icing is stiffer than your standard garden variety icing, and possibly also almond flavored, but not strongly. That is wedding cake. This was regular everyday cake that had been done up in a fancy shape.
And now, I have a craving for wedding-cake cake. Could some of you get married soon* so I could have some? :p
* - No, in fact, my vast bitterness about people getting married does not extend to hate for the cake. One cannot be bitter about cake. Unless they run out of cake before you get there. Then you can.
When I hear 'wedding cake', I have a particular picture in my head, a Platonic ideal of wedding cake. It is white, and dense, cool on the tongue and flavored with vanilla and almond. The icing is stiffer than your standard garden variety icing, and possibly also almond flavored, but not strongly. That is wedding cake. This was regular everyday cake that had been done up in a fancy shape.
And now, I have a craving for wedding-cake cake. Could some of you get married soon* so I could have some? :p
* - No, in fact, my vast bitterness about people getting married does not extend to hate for the cake. One cannot be bitter about cake. Unless they run out of cake before you get there. Then you can.
Wedding Cake
Oct. 23rd, 2006 03:08 pmOne of the folks at the office has a daughter who got married over the weekend, and she was kind enough to bring in some of the leftover cake. As a person with a deep and powerful appreciation of cake in all its varied forms (except Twinkies), I was delighted. And lo, the cake was tasty, but was not what I was expecting.
When I hear 'wedding cake', I have a particular picture in my head, a Platonic ideal of wedding cake. It is white, and dense, cool on the tongue and flavored with vanilla and almond. The icing is stiffer than your standard garden variety icing, and possibly also almond flavored, but not strongly. That is wedding cake. This was regular everyday cake that had been done up in a fancy shape.
And now, I have a craving for wedding-cake cake. Could some of you get married soon* so I could have some? :p
* - No, in fact, my vast bitterness about people getting married does not extend to hate for the cake. One cannot be bitter about cake. Unless they run out of cake before you get there. Then you can.
When I hear 'wedding cake', I have a particular picture in my head, a Platonic ideal of wedding cake. It is white, and dense, cool on the tongue and flavored with vanilla and almond. The icing is stiffer than your standard garden variety icing, and possibly also almond flavored, but not strongly. That is wedding cake. This was regular everyday cake that had been done up in a fancy shape.
And now, I have a craving for wedding-cake cake. Could some of you get married soon* so I could have some? :p
* - No, in fact, my vast bitterness about people getting married does not extend to hate for the cake. One cannot be bitter about cake. Unless they run out of cake before you get there. Then you can.