On many of the blogs I’ve been reading lately authors talk about the many situations they are going through, how trying these are and how incredibly stressed their lives have become  – myself included.   We each have our particular way letting off steam: knitting, writing, crafting, reading, participating in one or several fandom activities…

Life is hard and complicated enough without others judging how one chooses to let off steam.  I think that when we live and let live, we don’t have the need to criticize, judge, or condemn others. Each of us is dealing with our own set of situations – some severe, some not so much yet all are struggles for each of us individually.  So why not let others live their own lives and we live ours in the best way we know how.

In the meantime, let’s enjoy this lovely cake, perhaps with a side of chocolate ice cream!  When in doubt, chocolate is always the answer!

Cake baked this afternoon in honor of Ancient Armitage

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Chocolate Ganache Glazed Bundt Cake: Lots of cocoa powder with a dash of friendship and sprinkled with love

And of course this post would not be complete without a gratuitous Richard Armitage cap

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9 responses to “Every Party Needs Cake”

  1. Servetus Avatar
    Servetus

    Beautiful cap, beautiful cake, beautiful sentiment! Mwah!

    1. lamaruca Avatar

      Mwah back! 😉

  2. crystalchandlyre Avatar

    It’s difficult to know which image was foremost in your mind to post – both are delicious. Did you toss coin?

    I see a theme today.

  3. crystalchandlyre Avatar

    How I missed that you made the cake for the occasion I just don’t know. And, yes, please, I’ll have a slice. Next time I’ll make us some coffee.

    1. lamaruca Avatar

      I would be delighted to serve you a slice…I’ll have my coffee black, no sugar, please! It would be so lovely to have you ladies over for coffee/tea/wine and chat endlessly about the many virtues of our Mr. Armitage… 😉

      1. crystalchandlyre Avatar

        Yes, but the problem with that is that we’d never leave. 🙂

        Here you go, let’s reflect on that on the patio – http://tinyurl.com/mwftcyl

      2. lamaruca Avatar

        What, never leave?! Awesome! Hard to say “No” to ongoing banter with intelligent, articulate, charming ladies whom understand my fascination with RA….I’d welcome it!

  4. obscura Avatar

    Yummy…cake and the cap! It must be the season for reflection of this nature…I hadn’t checked into my reader for a couple of days :). Thanks for the cake – next time I throw a party, it’ll be a potluck!

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