treasure: cake

i had a lovely blog-free weekend; in fact, tried to stay off the internet nearly altogether to enjoy some dad time and some letter-writing time.

today is monday and i'm thinking quite a lot about cake. it's my friend ellie's birthday today and i'm going over there for birthday soup and birthday cake. and i haven't done any baking in a long time. i think this week i'm going to make a cake.

i think it's going to be this cake:

Coconut Flour Chocolate Cake

there are many cakes i want to try; i'm also quite interested in the premise of these little cakes:

Chocolate Stout cupcakes with Whiskey-spiked Buttercream

or even this tasty (and sweet) looking cake:

Condensed Milk Cake

i've never written a baking blog before. perhaps i'll try it this week. or maybe i'll just make the cake and tell you how good it is. maybe i'll even invite you round to have a slice if you're in the area.

in conclusion, cake.

day 23. something you crave for alot.

right now, i would quite like to watch 24 hours of gossip girl, uninterrupted. somehow awake the whole time.

a lot of the time i crave glasses of cold milk.

also sometimes all i want is more sleep.

treasure: mountains, mountains, oh mountains!

i have fallen in lust and in love with the rockies. they are all i have been looking at and thinking about for the last 5 days, i have fallen damned hard.

i think i need to be near mountains always. ones with snow on. how can i ever go home now i know how much i love the mountains?

and riding in winter. mmm. is it bad to wish it was winter again, when summer has really only just kicked in? i feel like everything is just one big wait for winter. i am such a winter person. riding and apres and warm headwear (give me another winter in canada and i'll be calling a beanie a toque). powder powder powder.

i send a prayer to the snow gods: give me another good powder season.

then i think i might do a year of double winters. it's getting serious.

basically, this has the makings of a long-term relationship.