{"id":2768,"date":"2012-03-27T17:37:56","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T21:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/?p=2768"},"modified":"2012-03-28T19:49:45","modified_gmt":"2012-03-28T23:49:45","slug":"pistachio-birthday-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/pistachio-birthday-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistachio Birthday Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"L<\/span>ast Sunday was the Husband’s BIRTHDAY!! So I baked him a cake, at the very last minute.<\/p>\n

Allow me to back up for a second.<\/p>\n

I have never been a full-fledged baker before. The baking pans in my pantry are pretty scarce and I’ve never thought of baking a two-tier cake before. I’ve always tried to minimize the size of cake I choose to bake when its feeding only the two of us, so a tiered cake was always out of the picture.<\/p>\n

Or perhaps the idea of “frosting” intimidates the heck out of me?<\/p>\n

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So I drove to the store to pick out another cake pan, assuming the one I had at home was a 9inch pan.<\/p>\n

Wrong.<\/p>\n

I had a 10 inch pan waiting for me as soon as I rushed home to bake the birthday boy a cake. Never assume my friends, never.<\/p>\n

And never ever procrastinate.<\/p>\n

Did I just use another huge word?<\/p>\n

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Anyhoo, crisis was averted by making one whole cake using the 9 inch pan, and halving cake was the best option at that time.<\/p>\n

Or at least I thought it was.<\/p>\n

After completely slathering the cake with frosting, I took a step back and realized something was off-putting. The top tier was not\u00a0leveled. It was slightly puffed and definitely needed a slice to level.<\/p>\n

Argh!!!<\/p>\n

The Husband definitely heard some swearing in between and knew I had my stress levels through the roof!!!<\/p>\n

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He came to the rescue, took one look at the cake and smiled. That smile definitely got me thinking about imperfection. There’s nothing wrong with a lop-sided cake. The flavors were spot on and I wish I had it leveled but that day was not about how perfect the cake needs to be.<\/p>\n

That day was about the Husband & celebrating his life. Our life \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I love you so much.<\/p>\n

Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other never forgets them<\/em><\/span>\u00a0—\u00a0Ogden Nash<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Lesson # 127 & note to myself: Get 6 inch cake pans that would feed our\u00a0dietary\u00a0needs (2 servings). Nothing more nothing less.<\/p>\n

Happy Birthday to the love of my life \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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