Painting, Baking, Birthday
Well, I thought I did a great job spray painting this chest of drawers until I saw this photo. Ack. Back to the front yard with another can.
Sage really likes the carpet in his new room. I still need to address the broken windows and replace a couple of outlets. One of those will require an electrician, while the windows will certainly require a professional. Bye bye money.
Sky’s 18th birthday is tomorrow, and we celebrated yesterday. Last week, we had went to the music store, where I traded in an electric guitar and amp, threw in fifty bucks and got him a conga set. It turns out he’s pretty good at drumming.
When my folks were over yesterday, my mom gave Sky a photo album she had put together for him. She teared up when she gave it to him. There were pictures of her as a young mother and photos of my grandmother as well as photos of me when I was young. These are photos that even I don’t have. There were also quite a few of him as a young kiddo, all smiling! My parents simply adore Sky, and it really showed with that gift. I hope he realizes how much that gift meant. I think he does.
Here is the cake I made. He said he wanted cheesecake, or even better, tiramisu. Since I live in a town where marscapone cheese is impossible to find, I invented a recipe.
This turned out to be the best cake I’ve ever made, even if it isn’t the prettiest one. If you want to make it, it is very simple, and you can do it in ten minutes. Here’s what you do:
Buy a bakery angel food cake, Kahlua, a dark chocolate bar, sliced almonds and a tub of ready to eat cheesecake.
You probably already have some coffee on hand. Brew up a cup of really strong coffee, sweeten to taste, and throw in about half a cup of the Kahlua.
Slice the cake into three layers. Poke the top of the bottom two layers with a fork. Pour half the coffee mixture on each layer (or until it is about 1/4 saturated), then spread the cheesecake filling on top of that, like frosting. Layer the cake as usual, and then “frost” with the remaining cheesecake filling. Grate the chocolate on top and decorate with almonds.
This would probably be good with amaretto instead of the Kahlua, although Sky noted that it tasted like a White Russian. Of course, you could always leave out the liqueur altogether, especially since that was the most expensive part of the cake!
One thing, I could never have that cheesecake filling around in the refrigerator. It’s dangerous.
