I wanted to do something different for the kid’s Valentine’s Day party.  They absolutely love those conversation hearts…you know the ones? 100 percent sugar, right?
I thought I would color the cake with food coloring, maybe in a checkerboard of red and pink…but that didn’t seem quite right….And I also thought about doing a pink, purple, and red marble cake but that didn’t sound right either.

Seattle Chocolates recently sent me samples of their truffles to try.
I would have some excellent close up shots of the rich chocolaty shell and the creamy truffle inside but I ate them.  Seriously.
Chocolate and I have an agreement.  The agreement is that if I eat it as fast as possible it leaves no calories.
So far I have lived up to my part of the agreement.

So, I said that this cake was special.  It was baked in 1963 when I was three years old and, officially, it is the first cake I ever decorated.
My mom did not bake very much. Hardly at all. But for some reason, that Valentines Day, she decided to go all out. Maybe I asked if we could bake a cake for my dad, I don;t know.
I remember leaning over the table and watching her pipe the frosting on. And I remember being allowed to put some frosting on as well.  I remember her laughing and taking thing picture, and it …read more