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Just thought I’d share that I started another blog today, with the help a my friend Afton who did the artwork.  If you are in the Oak Park area and want cake, let me know.

Baking Cake www.bakingcake.wordpress.com

I know this is true, but did you?  My experiences this week have reminded me of this fact.  Today I ate the best meal I have ever had in Indiana.   I’ve had family in Bloomington for years and we love to go out to eat.  This afternoon my father and I decided to try something different from our normal fare and went to Farm.

Both of us agree, this was the best food we’ve had in Bloomington, period.  Chef/Owner Daniel Orr uses local and organic products and produce to make a mean breakfast.  My dad ordered a grape, walnut and goat cheese omlette (I thought it sounded insane) and I ordered the Hoosier biscuits and gravy made with sausage and sweet peppers.  We ate everything on our plates and had to order another biscuit which was incredible.

I commented that I wished we could turn back the clock to when we first entered the restaurant so that I could order and eat the same thing again.   We had reservations at another restaurant tonight, but we’ll be returning to Farm.  T

racey Walker, the Regional Events manager was incredibly friendly and knowledgeable.  If you are in the Bloomington area, you MUST eat here.

This week I visited my parent’s in Southern Indiana for perhaps the most busy few days of the year.  Typically when I visit, we do a lot of lounging around the house, watching movies and playing video games.  This time it was a whirlwind of activities…enough for it’s own blog entry.  We stopped by local artist, Rosey Bolte of The Uncommon Gourd, who makes folk-painted gourds.

She told us that volunteers from the Indiana Raptor Center would shortly arrive  to release 3 young falcons back into the wild.  We decided to stick around for the show.  Here is a 4 minute video that captures the experience and features my father getting his finger bitten and me repeating the word “wow” over and over.  This rendition of saving a falcon was much more successful than my previous attempt.

So the sister’s wedding cake was difficult to make, but this one was a close second. While the idea of a W to place little marzipan animals on in a normal world would not have been difficult this is how I went wrong.
1. I waited too long to ice the cake,
2. I made the crumb coat too thick and thus used too much of the frosting, leaving me short handed on the frosting front, which I was deliberately trying NOT to do.
3. I dropped 1/2 of the W. It wasn’t a complete disaster because I had the W on a piece of cardboard I cut out to fit the cake perfectly, but it did sort of implode a bit.
4. I reviewed the “W” image on my iphone and it looked just like the cake I made, but the one from the real Webkinz page was not the same.
5. I barely had enough frosting to cover the cake. I had to scrape bits of frosting from the bowls to re do and touch up the frosted bits. I didn’t finish till 1:00. a.m.

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The party itself was a huge success. We had a webkinz word search for the kids to do, kinzcash for the kids with our 7 year old girl and our dog’s face, we had an old fashioned scavenger hunt around the neighborhood with plenty of parent volunteers to help out. It was a great day. I was in bed by 9:00 pm.
The girl had an amazing party. It was super fun.

Many of you probably haven’t seen a photo of it outside of my refrigerator. I am irritated by the imperfections, but pleased (sort of) with the outcome. My hope is to get another chance to show the skillzzzzz. Anyone in Oak Park getting married??

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