Spring is Really Here!

Spring is here for real!  The Spring Peepers are out in force singing their spring song and I found these gorgeous flowers in my hedge row this morning. To think that three weeks ago the State was in a standstill brought on by 3 consecutive blizzards. This week has been 75 degrees and sunny.  Everyone has cabin fever and are out in force just soaking up the rays.  I know this warm snap is a freak streak of weather and it will get cool again. I intend to enjoy it while I can.

Spring is Really Here!

Beautiful

These are very tiny wild flowers in our backyard.  While standing all you see is a white dot.  When you get down your your knees and look closely you see the white dot  is actually a flower.

First Signs of Spring

It was a beautiful sunny warm day today.  I found these beautiful flowers while doing yard work in our backyard. They are very tiny as you can see from the size of the clover leaf next to the flower.

How To Build a Birthday Cake

 

5 pounds of chocolate buttercream icing

 

Begin with your basic cake -I chose a yellow cake with chocolate marble

 

Level your cake by cutting off the rounded top

 

Ice the top of your base layer which will of course be the center of your cake

 

 Assemble the cake by topping with your second layer

 

Apply a layer of crumb coat icing to lock in the crumbs and give you a smooth base for decorating

 

The application of the crumb coat is complete - the cake never looks attractive at this  point

 

The start of the basketweave and decorating the cake

 

Basic Basketweave

 

 Basketweave complete -  now ready for the border

 

Piping the border around the edges

 

The finished product - ready for candles and a fork!