and i’m sorry i didn’t say it sooner. well, i did call randy at least three times today to wish him a happy birthday.
but i didn’t sing.
i should have sang. except he probably would have gotten tired of the singing. not that i don’t have a LOVELY voice or anything.
i’ve spent a good portion of the day deeply involved in a little bit of a german chocolate cake fiasco. his mom always bakes him one for his b’day, but she has been sick and has had all kinds of chaos in her life, including a partner in the ICU with all kinds of heart problems.
so i thought i’d make the cake. how hard could it be? first, i put in two sticks of butter and started whipping it then realized i was only supposed to put in one and a half sticks, and so i had to scoop it out and measure it but when you whip it it increases in volume. so the cake looks…kind of flat. too much butter, i’m thinking. but hopefully it’ll taste good; how bad could too much butter be? everybody loves butter.
and then there’s the frosting. sounded easy – mix some sugar and butter and stuff in a saucepan, let it bubble, add coconut and nuts. and refrigerate it. i did all this but it didn’t look right, it was still very thin. so i added some powdered sugar. and then more powdered sugar and then more and more and MORE and more coconut and it called for one and 1/3 cups of coconut but i ended up using the entire bag, which was FIVE cups of coconut.
it’s kind of thick now. too make up for the cake that is a little thin. it’s all going to be PLENTY SUGARY, that’s all i have to say.
ok for now,
grace.