Hurry and drink your salad: dessert's gonna be great!

One of the pros of having a photography hobbyist for a husband is that you can get a great photo of anything, any time you like. One of the drawbacks is that he has a day job, and it may take months for him to resize and edit the photo before he allows it to be published. I had the post written shortly after the birthday, which was in February. And now I can finally post it. Hope it was worth the wait.

Daltonboy had a birthday. He asked me to make him a chocolate cake. No problem.

I came up with this:


I never compliment myself, but those in attendance praised the cake for its beauty and tastiness.

He also asked for Jell-o salad (as part of the dinner, of course). First of all, eww, but it was his birthday. Secondly, I have never been successful at the Jell-o "salad." I attribute this to the fact that I was not brought up in Utah (Jell-o capitol of the world), nor was I raised as a member of the LDS church. Those people are born with innate abilities relating to Jell-o products. I was not, due to simple genetics and conversion to the Church as a teenager, when Jell-o talents are already (ahem!) firmly set.

The irony is that I easily whipped up a chocolate mousse cake with a ganache topping, tra-la-la, but couldn't make what most people consider to be the simplest dessert in the world. I do not include a photo of my "salad" attempt here. It was not what one might call "solid."