Let Us Eat Cake

This is not a post about Marie Antoinette or the French Revolution. Rather it's an homage to one of the joys of life, cake. I like pie and cookies, and enjoy ice cream a lot, too, but my favorite dessert is cake. I like layer cake with gooey frosting. In the last six months I've made an effort to eat in a much more healthy manner, but when a perfect piece of cake is placed in front of me, I succumb without regret.

 I celebrated wedding festivities with dear, dear friends in Brooklyn this weekend. There was a small and absolutely lovely luncheon on Saturday and a larger and equally festive reception on Sunday. At the luncheon on Saturday I resisted these magnificent banana walnut cinnamon buns...

Warm, yummy and dripping glaze. It was difficult to stop after one taste...Very difficult!

 

But when the cake arrived  thanks to One Girl Cookies -- a beautiful white cake with buttercream frosting, I didn't resist a bite. It was rich and a perfect piece of cake worth every single delicious calorie. I thought of taking a photo when there were about three bites left, which doesn't make for a very attractive picture.  I'm not sure if a wedding cake can be shipped, but I did note that the wonderful cookies can be ordered. They are as good as any I've ever had.

 

But I'm drifting off topic. We're here to talk cake and not cookies, no matter how good they may be. This is my ode to cake. My weekend cake saga continued with a dark, equally rich chocolate cake on Sunday. I skipped bread, chicken wings and an enticing array of appetizers because I knew there would be cake. Again, this slice of cake was worth every calorie.

 

That was my weekend, friends. Laughter, hugs, friends that are family and lots of love. But the icing on the cake was cake. I couldn't ask for more. 

 

Are there other cake eaters in Buttercupland, or are you more devoted to cookies, ice cream or pie?

 

As ever, thanks for visiting. Wishes for a great week and let us eat cake!