February 28, 2015

Sweet 88!

I'm in Fort Morgan this weekend to help my mom celebrate her 88th birthday! For the special occasion, I decided to dust off my mixer and bake her Esthers's Marmalade Cake.  There is a book series by Jan Karon that was popular a few years ago - the first book being At Home in Mitford. Mom and I read them all and every book mentions Esther's Marmalade cake so I decided that I should make it. I have mentioned before that baking is not one of my strong points and this cake illustrated this. Instead of a cake it looked more like a volcano science fair project. However, when I piled on the marmalade and the frosting, it was presentable ...from a certain angle. Luckily it tasted good and if you didn't have diabetes before you had a piece, you certainly did afterwards - it was that sweet! To make the evening even sweeter tonight, my nephew Toby, wife Abby, and brother in law, Randy helped celebrate. Happy Birthday (Tuesday) mom!