We made it home a little after noon yesterday. You wouldn't think that a 4-day trip would require much stuff, but it took several trips to the truck to bring everything inside - clothes, shoes, road snacks. We stopped at Dollar General on the way home to get cream cheese and orange soda for the orange crush cake for Granddaughter #2's birthday party, which happens today.
By mid-afternoon, I'd made the cake layers. The recipe is simple: 1 box of white cake mix, and one 12 oz. can of orange soda. After the cakes baked and cooled, to boost the orange flavor, I poked holes in them and spooned un-set orange jello over them, then froze them. The jello might have been a mistake; I worry that the cake will crumble when we cut it. If it does, I guess we'll dip it into bowls and eat it with a spoon.
While the layers cooled, I pondered how to decorate the cake. Since #2 is on the volleyball team this year, The Husband suggested a volleyball theme. There was gum paste left over from #3's gymnastics cake. I rolled out a hunk of it, cut out a circle with my biscuit cutter, and painted black hexagons on it with food coloring. It'll have to do.
Late yesterday afternoon, we went to watch #2 play volleyball - pre-season practice games. I noticed during the game that the volleyballs had stripes, not hexagons. Hopefully, #2 won't mind the old-school volleyball on her cake.
When we got home from the volleyball game, I stirred up the frosting and spread it on the cake. I still have to write her name and "Happy Birthday" on the cake. I'm kinda worried about this part. Last night I traced one of the cake pans on a piece of paper and practiced writing the words with a pencil to get an idea of how much room I'll have. I'll need to make a little more frosting for the lettering. It might need to be a tad thinner than normal frosting so the letters will flow. It would be great if I knew what I'm doing.
Although I enjoyed the trip, I'm glad to be home. This morning, I got up, took my coffee out to the porch, and enjoyed listening to the birds waking up, as I do every morning. Two hours later, when I heard The Husband stirring, I went inside, cleaned up the kitchen, and started sauteing mushrooms, scallions, peppers, and ham for omelets. When it was time for the eggs, I turned the job over to The Husband, who can manage to get an omelet out of the pan without wrecking it. (My omelets turn out basically like scrambled eggs with stuff in them.)
Boy, that omelet was good!
This afternoon, after the birthday party, I need to go up to the community garden to pick peas. I also need to do some yardwork. Thankfully, the weather has cooled off some (it was even a little chilly on the porch this morning).
Or maybe I'll relax this afternoon and do that other stuff tomorrow.
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