Angel Food Cake with Marshmallow Flowers

(aka the Easiest Cake Decorating Style In The World)

1 prepared Angel Food Cake, completely cooled
1 recipe Snow White Frosting
mini coloured marshmallows

My basic rule of cake decorating is this: before frosting the cake, put little strips of waxed paper around the bottom, to cover the cake plate. This enables you to slop the frosting all over the place without worrying about keeping the cake plate clean. When you're done frosting, just slide the pieces of waxed paper out, give them to your children to lick, and presto! the cake plate is clean and tidy.

Step One: Brush all crumbs from the cake, and frost generously.



Step Two: Using clean scissors, cut a handful of mini marshmallows in half. Place the cut halves onto the cake to form 5-petal flowers, pinching the ends slightly as you place them.


Step Three: Slip the waxed paper out from underneath the cake. See how clean the cake plate looks? Awe your friends and family with this trick.

Step Four: Admire your cake for a few moments. Take some photos to show on your blog.


Step Five: Carefully pack up the finished cake in the cool early-80's Tupperware Cake Taker you got from your mom when your sister was living in an apartment and unable to store large Tupperware items. (Score!) Take the cake to Home Group and present it, with a flourish, to your friends.

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As a side note, may I draw your attention to the first of the tickers at the bottom of this page? We have been in the adoption process for over a year now. Imagine that!

• Check out the "Look How Far We've Come" list on the sidebar
• See "Twenty Simple Steps to Intercountry Adoption" for our timeline.

If you just cannot bring yourself to spend more time poking around The Blethering Place, I can tell you that we are two and a half months in (see second ticker) to an approximately 24-month wait for our referral. The time is passing pretty quickly, though I admit that it's a bit difficult.