...and I made a lemon cake! For my grandpa's (PaPa's) birthday. As you probably know by now I loves my family...and we bond a lot through food. So to celebrate my PaPa's 87th birthday he hung out, had some fancy aged cheddar cheese (not Kraft brand=fancy) and cake. Previously my PaPa had expressed some interest in a lemon cake recipe I had in a magazine. He doesn't own a zester so he wasn't about to buy one. I thought... I own a zester and I can't imagine what I'd be able to afford to buy him so I'll make that cake. At least that way I know he'd get some use out of my gift. It's at times like this (when I need to buy a gift for my PaPa) that I think back to that Cosby show episode where Cliff wants better Fathers' Day Gifts... And I feel bad for all the tie/cufflink combos I've bought my loving gramps. So without further mumbo jumbo here's the video:



I got a bit ahead of myself once I started the crumb coat. In an attempt to make the best use of dwindling time I took a break to the store to buy other appetizer stuff while the crumb coat set. Then I forgot to take a process pick of the just crumb coated cake. So there's only the final view for you all. If nothing else this picture tells me I need to take one of those Wilton frosting 101 courses... I even bought myself a new off-set/angles spatula. Making those nice even lines when frosting a cake is hard!