So.... as I mentioned in the video I was making this coffee cake for my grandpa (officially called PaPa). He recently had eye surgery so I wanted to go have some quality time and hangout. He's a man of habit so usually he eats the same thing for breakfast everyday. However, he also knows how much I like to experiment with food so he'll try just about anything I make. While this coffee cake wasn't too much of an adventure I did get him to try some other more diverse offerings. For dinner I made (per my mother's request) fish with mango and avocado salsa, a shrimp salad w/ avocado and a cilantro dressing, and rice. Unfortunately, there are no pictures of those things b/c I wasn't thinking ahead. Also I would like to admit I cheated on the rice because it is one of the things I can never seem to cook correctly. So I used minute rice... sad but true. I'm keepin' it real yo!

But that's all a bit of a tangent. Let's get back to the star of this post.... Brian's Super Secret Coffee Cake. Here's a photo diary of the process:



This marks the beginning of the process... all (or at least most) of the ingredients out and ready too mingle.






Here's what a bowl of butter and sugar looks like close up pre-creaming.









And the dry stuff... flour and baking powder.







In order to not over cream your butter and sugar some people give an estimated beating time of about 4-5min.... until the mix is "light and fluffy." I didn't take a picture of that but I did get one of after I'd added the eggs in.








First layer all set... now just add another and bring on the heat!

I'd say that's a mission accomplished!


* I cannot believe I got him to pose for this "candid" shot. What a grandpa does in the name of love. Thanks Papa!