NYE shenanigans (appropriate pandemic restrictions in place)

[topaz119]

I always think I'm going to do Snowflake, but then January arrives and I can barely think. I do enjoy seeing all of your posts, though. Some of you, I've known for just a ridiculous amount of time, and others are new, but it's always pleasant to log in and see everyone.

(aka, I live in Georgia; I can barely stand to be anywhere online these days.)

So, I did bake the crazy Milk Bar cake -- it was my friend L's birthday and normally we celebrate it in Disney World, but that obvs wasn't happening this year. They're our bubble buddies -- L is high-risk so they don't go anywhere, like us, so we occasionally get together and try not to drink too much. We went up for NYE and they had made this D&D feast (L is the least fannish person I know, but her kids play (over Skype these days) with my kids and one of them ended up with a D&D cookbook and she is seriously bored, so she helped them make a ridiculous number of recipes.) And I brought the cake as a surprise (because up until 30 minutes before we had to leave, I still wasn't sure if it wasn't going to all fall apart. I was *giddy* as I peeled the acetate sleeves off the rounds and everything stayed together.)










Also, this was an insanely sweet/rich cake and I say that as someone who can eat multiple pieces of cake in one sitting. But that was a 6 inch diameter and we were cutting slivers and people were bailing out/sharing with each other.

Alsoalso, I had a fairly decent UberEats credit so I ended up with 4 pints of Jeni's delivered, which was about the most fun I've ever had with a food delivery service, highly recommend, will def do again.

The kids played board games; we found a jazzy Disney station on spotify to stand in for the Grand Floridian orchestra; none of the parental people made it to midnight but it was still a nice break in the stay-at-home-ness of it all.

Comments

[musesfool]

It sounds like a good time! I'm sad the pictures aren't showing up for me.

[topaz119]

:( They’re showing up when I look at the post, but when I look at the notification email from your comment, they’re not showing there. hmm

[topaz119]

Can I ask you to try again? My image permissions might not have saved properly before...

[musesfool]

Yes, I can see them now. Holy crap that is a lot of cake!

[topaz119]

It's saved by only being 6" rounds, but it really is a lot of cake.

[jenab]

It sounds like a good time and the cake looks delicious.

[topaz119]

It was very chill and relaxed and the cake turned out better than I'd even hoped. :)

[colls]

That's an impressive cake!

[topaz119]

Thank you; I was super excited that it turned out well!

[destina]

That cake looks AMAZEBALLS, I'm so glad it stayed together! :D. It sounds like a really nice evening, overall. Next best thing to Disney. <3

[topaz119]

I was SO EXCITED about the cake and how well it turned out! And NYE wasn't the Grand Floridian but it felt really nice to talk to people.

[lilacsigil]

That cake looks amazing! And so tall!

[topaz119]

Thank you! It was as tall as it was round (which was smaller than your standard layer cake but still.)

[rhoda_rants]

Wow, it's massive! Well done, you!

I haven't participated in Snowflake before this year, because it just looks overwhelming, but I figured I'd give it a try just to see what it was like. So far, it's pretty fun!

[topaz119]

Thank you! It was as tall as it was round so the proportions really make it look huge.

I'm enjoying reading everyone's Snowflake posts and am going to try to at least post a little more often.

[corvidology]

That's a really impressive cake! \o/

[topaz119]

Thank you!

[sperrywink]

That is one awesome looking cake!

[topaz119]

Thank you!

[turps]

That cake looks so good! But yes, I can imagine it would be very rich.

I'm glad you got that time with your friends.

[topaz119]

Thank you! And it was the layer of frosting, then a layer of the crunchies, then another layer of frosting between the actual cake layers (that had been further dowsed with vanilla milk) that really sent it over the top!