March of Desserts: The Photo Blog

Recently, several people have encouraged me to post another food/photo blog after the sucess of my dinner themed one a few months ago. I was game, especially as I had my eye set on a culinary hat trick, as it were.

For my mom's birthday present, I was attempting a triple desert to cap our Sunday brunch, and I thought that it would be the perfect opportunity to work on my food presentation and photography skills.

Unfortunately, (while delicious) the vanilla bean short bread and the rhubarb syllabub came out looking enemic in the photos, and I never could get just the right angle on the molten lava babycakes.

You can tell the booze was kicking in, here.

This one is a bit better.

But to be totally honest, there was no doubt that the Red Velvet Cake would be the star of the day, and those pics came out splendidly. So here we go:

I think this graphic is pretty self explanatory... every one knows that cakes love frosting, but what happens when they collide...

at top speed?

A whole lotta lovin' that's what.

The Finished Product.

(it really wasn't that lopsided... it was the angle, I swear!)

The Big Reveal.

The End!

Thanks to Camilla for pointing me to that great recipe, my family for being patient with me banging around the kitchen forever, and most of all, Stacy for continuing to ask me for pictures, because I would have given up long ago otherwise. :)

hmmm...

I just realized that I have been writing two totally different novels, one a Gilmore-Girlsesque romcom, and the other a slightly pretentious, Alain de Botton inspired character study. After giving the matter some thought, I've decided to axe the romcom, because I just don't think I can keep that energy up.

However, this means that I am very, very behind as I head into Week 2, and my NaNoWriMo guide assures me that this will be the hardest of all the weeks. I can't wait!

As of writing this, I have consumed two gallons of coffee, three gallons of chai, and one half of a stale baguette. I feel like a writer already!

Stay tuned for an exciting excerpt!

P.S. I just heard that this is also the National Blog Post Month, in which you are supposed to post in your blog every day. Since I have already failed at this task, I will be able focus all my creative energies on what will undoubtedly be my masterpiece, and save that challenge for next year.

So it's November...

And that means it's National Novel Writing Month. This year I will take up the challenge along with 60,000 other ambitious people and attempt to actually finish a story. And not any story, but one approximately 50,000 words long.

Frightening thought, since as a sports writer I had to strain to get to just 2,000. What have I done!

Anway, my NaNoWriMo kit tells me that creating this blog will be a good tool to keep on track, as all my loved ones are now required to check in and harrass me about my progress. Over the next four weeks I will post tantalizing snippets and (I'm sure) lots and lots exciting details about the process.

Any and all feedback will be welcomed and appreciated. Thanks in advance to everyone.