Taste of Kiev In Montana - Livingston, Montana

The perfect ending to 

a sisters surprise birthday visit: Kiev cake, made from scratch. (Please note that "from scratch" has nothing to do with me, but rather features the baking talents of the lovely Irina, which talents have exacerbated my cake snobbery.) The first forkfuls provoked utter awed silence at the dinner table - a rare feat in our family! 

Tomorrow, we savour delights of the visual variety in a jaunt down to Yellowstone Park. Stay tuned!

Cake, Missoula, Montana

Understandably, the bidding was fierce for this dessert auction item from the always-delightful Bernice‘s Bakery, resulting in a generous contribution to Dress For Success Missoula - talk about a win-win situation! (And the flavour was some combination of Red Wine Cake and Buttercream Frosting....)

For your amusement, a few inspiring cake quotes, because I couldn’t decide on just one:

When someone asks if you'd like cake or pie, why not say you want cake and pie? - Lisa Loeb

I am not strict vegan, because I'm a hedonist pig. If I see a big chocolate cake that is made with eggs, I'll have it. - Grace Slick

I don't exactly know what it means to be ready. A cake when the oven timer goes off? Am I fully baked, or only half-baked? - Jessica Savitch 

The real me now may not be thin but she's got the cake and, if she likes, can eat it too. - Arabella Weir

Stories aren't the icing on the cake; they are the cake! - Peter Guber