My friend Autumn threw together this gorgeous, fresh, bright and beautiful strawberry cake at an overall delicious dinner party this weekend.
I, the baptized Catholic with an insatiable sweet tooth, decided to participate in Lent this year by not eating sweets (as in candies, chocolate, cookies, cupcakes, shortcakes, pies, tarts, torts, scones, donuts, ice creams, custards, mousses, puddings or any other traditional "dessert" item. Did I mention no cookies?)
YEP.
It's been tough.
Not "stranded in the desert for 40 days and 40 nights tough," but tough enough for a sugar monger like myself.
Especially when people put absolutely delicious crap like this in front of you.
Needless to say, I took lots of pictures.
And linking up to Sweet Shot Tuesday, because I LOVE puns and I didn't give those up for Lent.
4 comments:
Oh yes!! Incredible...I can taste it now♥
Oh I feel for you! I really do. The cake looks scrumptious... maybe she can make one for you after Lent?
I really like the detail in the whipped cream.
Clare! I always gave up sweets for Lent too, I'm feeling ya. (Yeah, I used past tense. ;)
I hope I'm not making it worse, but you do realize that you can take Sunday off from your Lenten fast, right?
My wife gave up sweets for Lent as well, which means that by default so have I - except for Sundays - so I understand the frustration.
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