To my small gathering of followers, “I’m back”. To those of you who’s world has been turned upside down since March 13, 2020, raise your hand. Yes, mine is in the air as well. Since all the news is “doom and gloom” these days, I have a quick fix. From five o’clock to seven o’clock put your tread mill on extreme workout, grab an adult beverage and good book and listen to that bad boy run. Most of the time it will drown out CNN, Fox and ABC News.
Okay, German chocolate cake or for the cake aficionado G.C.C. Until recently I did not know my son loved G.C.C. as much as I do, must be a DNA thing. On a recent beach trip with the family my two daughters surprised us with a freshly baked G.C.C. I declare,” how thoughtful they would do this for me”. Also to my surprise, one of my granddaughters best friends admitted she to was a G.C.C. junkie. As the ” prize” was sitting in the cake plate, we hoovered over it like it was the Holy Grail. The three of us criticizing the cake hoping it would dissuade the other two on their share. ” The icing is to runny, one of the layers has a sad spot, it looks over baked”. There was a time my daughters threatened to duck tape the cake plate hoping the adult cake vultures would perch someplace else.
After dinner and some down time, the magic words were spoken, ” who wants cake”? I must admit on my part, I did show a lot of restraint not rushing the cake. Ladies and children first, then my son as I hummed ” The Eye Of the Tiger” ( from Rocky sequel 12 ), then me. (Here is a tip for the cake aficionado’s, be the last to cut your slice of cake. This way you can scrape the crumbs and icing left on the cake plate) After wonderful G.C.C with milk, me and my big mouth announced, ” G.C.C. is my favorite breakfast food”. Much to my dismay the other two G.C.C. vultures said the same thing, surprise surprise. The next day when I was about to leave, my two loving daughters had salvaged me two slices for the trip home. I think I heard one say, ” breakfast is on us”.
Be safe and keep the faith.
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