Happy Nativity of Mary!

I went for the chocolate and almond cake after all.

Man, I'm a bad photographer.  But you can blame my sneaky little children's fingers for the smears of icing around the edge of the plate.  I told them they couldn't touch the cake, but they interpreted that to mean they could touch the plate and any icing that might be on it.

We have a chocolate-almond butter cake with chocolate buttercream-yogurt frosting --- really I think I should call it chocolate butter-yogurt frosting, it hasn't any cream --  a little red decorator's sugar, a little coconut, a little melted chocolate and a few blanched almonds.

I will provide a recipe if we decide it is tasty!  And I will try a Tres Leches cake next time we have a Marian feast, I think, because I thought that was just a great idea (and I've never made one and would like to try.)

P. S.  I never did manage to make dinner.  Leftover night!  (plus cake.)

Comments

[Tabitha]

That looks so yummy! We can't do almonds, but I wish I could. Tres Leches is a big favorite around here--so easy and so yummy! Great for Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego feasts.

I'm a slacker in the middle of the week because of ballet and such, so we're going to have popcorn to celebrate Mary's birthday (white, purity, right?).

Enjoy!

[Margaret in Minnesota]

Your cake is lovely, smeary kid fingers & all.

We had chocolate molten lava cakes (that's we call 'em around here) because you told us we need to be eating chocolate cake, not white, and we do whatever you tell us.