Mmm...cake

A few weekends ago, one of my writer friends, Arkansas Cyndi, threw a little get-together at her place so that all her writer friends' husbands could meet her husband. And so the female half of that equation could sit around and jaw. Fabulous! She then proceeded to surprise me with an ice cream cake in celebration of my sale to Samhain of my book, All Fired up. Wasn't that amazingly nice? Of course, being that I'm really trying to stick to my diet, I didn't actually eat any. I know, a lot of you are probably thinking what a big doody head I am, but Cyndi didn't seem to mind. And trust me, plenty of that cake got eaten even without my maw in action. That didn't stop me from posing with the cake. Sheesh. I am such a ham (dork/goofball/insert whatever name works for you). From the excessive expression on my face, you'd think I was snuggling up to a new car.All in all, it was one of the nicest writing-related experiences I've had. How about you? What's one of your favorite writing-related experiences?

Thursday and I Need Cake

Isn't that a pretty cake? So simple. SO not Christmas-y or Thanksgiving-y.

Refreshing, sweet-tart lemon cake. Perfect for a Thursday when all you want to do is write, but you have errands to run because it's becoming that time of the year when the days turn into one hectic list of things to do after another.

So I've chosen to talk about cake instead. What's your favorite kind of cake?

Caturday!

Today's Caturday combines two of my favorite things: cats and cake. If it only included shoes, we'd have a trifecta. Enjoy!

Cats & Cake

Eva requested more cats, so more cats it is. I am proud to say that I've made my first lolcat! And I've also finally figured out what my cat, Sam, is trying to say to me. I have critique partners for that, thank you very much. Brat.

Here's the four-layer chocolate banana cake I made for our recent family gathering. I so love chocolate ganache! It's dark and decadent and delicious. Mmmm... Anyway, I also love making cakes and I was pretty happy with the way this one turned out.