New Year And Cakes

Hi Guys!

I'm sorry I haven't blogged for such a long time. Apart from sucking at using technology, I've been busy trying to survive university, then when my school decided to close indefinitely, I was busy making my very first black forest cake. Yup! I made a black forest cake from scratch. Yes, it had whipped cream and cherries and it was dark! It was the best first black forest cake ever made! It was so good that my mum made me make the cake for Christmas. Okay, I forced her to buy me things so I could bake a black forest for Christmas. And everyone loved it! (PS My hand is up right now waiting for someone to high five it. As Barnie Stinson would say, Up top!)

Proof for all you doubters!

I didn't know how excited I was about baking until I found out I love cakes and pastries. I mean that I enjoy eating cake. My problem was I was- and still am- too broke most of the times to regularly enjoy a good piece of cake, because cake that is made well is a bit pricey in Nairobi. So I decided about a year or two ago to start baking so that I could feed my hunger for cakes and bakes. My first cake was a marble cake and since that first bake, I haven't stopped whipping things up.

I really do feel like I'm not making a lot of sense so I'll just say one more thing about baking then I'll leave. Baking to me is therapy. I'm not into group activities so I like that baking gives me alone time and I get to think about life and other dumb things I can say on this blog. I like that baking has steps and it can give me the assurance that sometimes structure does work. It makes me confident that at least I am good at one thing. 

The truth is, this post wasn't supposed to be about my cake or my love for baking. But I liked it so I went with the flow. The outcome was about 300 words of gibberish that I hope someone out there will appreciate.

I actually wrote to wish you guys a happy new year. I know, I'm like 3 days late but it's the thought that counts. I hope that you'll spend this year with the people you love and doing what you love, because that's all that matters.

Also as a new year's resolution, I think I'll bake more and maybe by the end of the year you'll be buying my cakes!

A happy new year to all of you. I hope you'll keep reading my blog. Oh, thank you for reading my blog in 2013. I am honoured to have readers on this blog. Happy and blessed 2014!