I was recently asked to make a birthday cake and bring it to a friend’s party. Of course this is a great honor. Of course I wanted to do a bang up job.

But I did think to myself, have you ever seen SippitySup? Cakes are not my thing! I am not saying I can’t make a cake when push comes to shove, but it’s not what I'd would call a strong point.

Though, I did make a simple and rustic strawberry cake a few months back, and an even simpler Italian-style corn meal cake with fresh berries even more recently. I was rather proud of these cakes. These are Sups! kind of cakes. Flavorful with out being too sweet or too fancy. Layers and ganache are beautiful and, of course, delicious– but they probably make a heck of a mess in the kitchen. Nope, I am not into messes!

I get stress dreams just thinking about the kind of work that must go into some of the comely confectionary creations I have seen cascading across the pages of so many of the talented geniuses in this big, wide blog world.