Let them (by which I mean us) eat cake
By Never teh BrideWhen you spend a goodly part of the morning perusing fantastic cakes, you tend to want cake for breakfast. Now can you guess why I’m sitting here drinking coffee and eating cake? When I came back from my somewhat extended visit to the gym with two generous slices of cake in tow, The Beard was skeptical. Until, that is, I reminded him that the giant muffins and pastries many people consume each morning are nothing more than fat, sugar, and carbs. In other words, cake.
To ensure that I’m not the only one hankering for cake, here are two gorgeous specimens from two wonderful bakeries, Dream of Cake and Bake Me a Cake Pastry Shop.
On an entirely different topic, Wade of Rockett Science sent me a link to Marry Our Daughter, an uber creepy site that, for all its lack of seriousness, makes me glad that I live in a society that lets me choose my own mate. UPDATE: For those curious, Marry Our Daughter turns out to be a site intended to draw attention to inconsistencies in state marriage laws. The New York Times wrote an article about the rather wide-reaching hoax (think radio appearances), which was perpetrated by sci-fi author John Ordover.
September 12th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
That site just….(shudders) ick. Skeevy in the extreme.
Those cakes, however, are so pretty and (no doubt) so yummy!
As for me, I’ll need to sit down with my cookbooks today, because I’m going to bake myself a birthday cake tomorrow. Yay! I’m thinking banana with a bittersweet chocolate/sour cream ganache.
September 12th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Whooo! Happy birthday!
September 12th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
By “lack of seriousness” I was sure you meant that site was a parody. But, no, it seems to be 100% irony-free. I was curious how much it would cost to Sign Up My Daughter, but the script appears to be broken, so maybe it wasn’t a successful financial model. But my favorite “little girl” on offer is definitely Courtney P., who looks a lot more like 9 than the world-weary 13 years she claims. She reminds me of the leukemia girl in “Traveling Pants.”
September 12th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
I was unsure myself, Blake, until I read the ‘testamonials,’ like this one from Mrs. James P.:
“Our 15 year old daughter Mary wasn’t very popular and did nothing but mope around the house bringing everybody down, so we decided to marry her off through your site. Now our house is a lot cheerier and we love our new swimming pool and Jaccuzi! We’ve told our youngest that when she turns 15 we’re going to marry her off too!”
Here is Snopes’ take on the site. And here is the real deal, from NYT.
September 12th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
OMG, I missed that one. Kewl.
I feel so much better now. I really do.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:09 am
Well, I have to say I love those cakes. They are gorgeous. And yes, muffins are just cake without frosting!
September 13th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
MMM….
Those cakes, especially the left, are gorgeous.