It was a long, busy week. That ended up revolving around food and drinks for the most part. A coworker had her last day with the company, so we had a send-off for her. I made cupcakes in her honour. A couple days later we celebrated The Boy’s birthday with tacos. And I made more cupcakes. This was fine by me because I love baking them!
Both recipes were (just a little… okay a lot) boozy. The first were margarita-flavoured with some tequila, a lot of lime and little salt. The second was my interpretation of a Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte, aka Black Forest cake — the German version in which both the cherries and cake are typically soaked in a cherry liqueur. Or maybe it was just one or the other. I ended up doing both because I forgot. I may have also soaked the cherries for a little too long because they ended up being really strong. Like, vodka gummy bear kinda strong. Not that it stopped anyone from eating them!
-C
Black Forest cupcakes for the birthday boy. With lots of cherry liquer.I halved the icing recipe and somehow I STILL had way too much. I don’t know why but this happens to me all the time when baking. I use the same amount of ingredients but sometimes I end up with way more than I did the last time I made it…. (Fact: even if you make too much, whipped icing will never go to waste because it goes with pretty much anything. Pancakes, cookies, ice cream, hot chocolate, jello, on a spoon…)The Boy loves Mexican food (and really, who doesn’t?). So we went to one of his favourite places in Kensington Market for bday lunch.The Boy had been wanting an iPod he could take to the gym. So I went to the Apple store and bought one in space gray, because, space! Now he can workout without getting his phone sweaty 😉While at the store I might have also picked up a little gift for myself. I didn’t mean to, but I’d been looking for a case for a while now and then I found this cute striped Kate Spade one. It even looks a bit like a present.Went out for brunch with a friend that was in town. Finally, something healthy in my system after a week of a little too much indulgence!
