Full disclosure of today’s [friday] kitchen excitement will be seen on Sunday. Along with answering Vibram questions! Today was non-stop but so much fun!

So, my top secret project I had going on today was….baking a cake for Laura’s surprise bday dinner, that her awesome husband planned. He asked me to make a cake and said to get creative. I love a challenge :) And aaaaanything for my Laura!

I had to fuel my morning, so I brought hot oats back into my life and it felt oh.so.good. hehe. I only think it had been 3 or 4 days since my last bowl but it felt like forever ;)

the mix: oats + vanilla hempmilk [LOVE] + water + egg whites + cinnamon + chia seeds

the toppings: bob’s red mill coconut granola [they just sent this to me and i’m in love with it already] + fresh ground pb + jelly + coconut

CAKE TIME

I hadn’t baked in awhile so I was really excited! I tried to think of flavor combinations all morning before I went out to the store. Here are some of the ingredients. I’ll give the full run-down with recipes and flavors on Sunday ;)

I will tell you that it was a FOUR layer cake with 2 different flavors and a unique buttercream frosting! I have the best buttercream frosting recipe, so stay tuned for that!

Just for Laura, I decided I shouldn’t be scared of my stand mixer anymore. It twas’ amazing!!! I loved that my arm didn’t fall off from creaming butter + sugar for 5min.

instant.love.

A girl’s gotta eat…LUNCH!

apple + almond butter
Stonyfield Chocolate Oikos [reallllly good, not too sweet]
Sunshine gardenburg with a little cheese + ketchup

Then I baked cake #2 and got going on the frosting. I popped the frosting in the fridge and went on a run! I did another successful 2.75m in the Vibrams and it felt great. Pretty excited that my feet aren’t hurting!

Shower ---> Decorate

omg. what happened?