Dear Jaime,

Summertime,

and the living is not always easy. I have been everywhere but by the oven,
The culmination of personal tragedies and more than a few disappointments, not to mention an earthquake and a hurricane all in one week (thankfully mild in my part of the world), have left me, well, sleepy in brain, body, and heart. Thankfully, I am slowly waking up. Cooler weather is coming as is my favorite time of year: Fall and Winter. I'm looking forward to resuming my love with the oven.

I miss my mixer, Stella. I miss unsalted butter, sugar, and flour. I miss cake.

I do not miss dishes.

Here's a few things that I have been doing to pass the time (with pictures!):

Cake Thursday on Monday: July 11

Ice Box Cake!

The invite:

Dear Lissette,

Recipe: Vanilla Caramel Cake from Cake Thursday on Monday, June 6

Cake Thursday on Monday: June 20

Vegan Chocolate Cake with Fluffy Vegan Strawberry-Rhubarb Frosting.

Dreamy Cake Video

Check out this lovely video by the husband/wife team, Tiger in a Jar

"There is something beautiful about the baking process. The way flour feels in your hands or the sound of eggs cracking on the edge of a bowl. Baking is a gathering of interesting materials, a mixed medium art piece of sorts, that ends in a cake instead of a canvas."

Spotted on TheKitchn

The Art of Cake: Jessica Reed (Me !)

Posted yesterday at Six Word Story Everyday

The Art of Cake: Corine Viney

"Corine Viney exhibits her cake shop made out of cake at the Edinburgh College of Art degree show."

(Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

As seen on Jezebel
Also here

Cake Thursday on Monday: June 6

The invite:

The cake:

Picture of Cake(s)

A sweet slice of walnut loaf cake and three honey-rich Madelines from Mille-Feuille in Greenwich Village.