Baking Up a Storm

Posted by Jenn Greenleaf Feb 13, 2009

I’m getting ready to bake my son’s birthday cake and wrap up all of his birthday presents. He’ll be spending his birthday, which is Sunday, with his dad this year. I’m sure they’ll be giving him a cake, so I wish I could do something a bit different for him. I love how those cupcake towers look, and want one badly! I almost picked one up a couple of years ago, but it was really expensive.

Why haven’t I “bargain hunted” since then?

I’m the type who loves searching for a good deal. We have cupcake parties here quite often, so a tower wouldn’t be a frivolous purchase (in a couple of months, anyway – see, Is She Really Writing? to understand what I mean). Instead of a cupcake tower, I’m baking him what he requested – a vanilla cake with vanilla frosting that has been dusted with cinnamon. He asked this after our last cupcake party because; you guessed it, that is how I made those cupcakes. Hehe

So, I’m baking up a storm and wrapping gifts today. I didn’t want to wait until the last minute (we’re throwing him a tiny family party tonight), but life keeps getting in the way of these tasks. That’s okay, though, because I always manage to get everything done . . . despite the sweat on my brow and the hidden messes under my bed.