Cake Crash

As a college kid, I know that Hallmark holidays can get expensive. For instance, Mothers' Day is crazy for me because in addition to a mother and two grandmothers I have a step-mother and a plethora of aunts- all of whom have taken part in raising me. When you have that many women to honor (with almost as many men to think of on Fathers' Day in a few weeks), it makes sense to do it en masse. I don't want to sound cheap, but I think holidays are more about spirit and family than knick-knack gifties. So, I felt that a tea party would be the perfect event to show all of my "mothers" how great they are.

I suppose not all women are into that sort of thing, but we are a tea-drinking, scone-eating family. We got out the good tea pots, fluffy hats, and clotted cream. We had almost as much fun setting up as we did at the party itself.

No Mother's Day tea is complete without a delicious-looking cake, right?
I made a two-layer yellow cake with lemon glaze. Unwisely, I decided that whipped cream would be a good filler between layers. Not so. The top layer slid off of the bottom layer and crashed a little. We caught it before it hit the floor, but the "after" was somewhat less impressive than the "before." It tasted fine though.

Mmm.