Hummingbird Cake

I made a cake for Whitney's birthday. The beautiful Whitney is turning 28 tomorrow and she deserves a cake. I'm not actually sending her the cake because her birthday is only one day away, she lives far from me, cakes don't do well in the mail, and she eats well and won't appreciate cake in her diet. Still, we will celebrate for her here in Tucson.

I made a hummingbird cake from my new favorite cookbook, Back to the Table.The basic premise of the cookbook is that we should all slow down a little bit and eat together more often. Especially in our little family of two, we sometimes have to remind ourselves that dinner is important time together and we should eat at the table. This cookbook has a slightly southern flair and is full of delicious recipes. I like the hummingbird cake recipe because it makes a kick ass cake, but also because it is sort of rough and simple. You don't use a mixer, so you can really make this one with someone else in the kitchen and still hear eachother's conversation. We haven't tried it yet, but when we do, we will think of Whitney and sing to her birthday.

Hummingbird

I've been walking to work lately and I really enjoy it. It's been great exercise and I like spending the time alone in the mornings. I see a lot of really pretty things on my walk, but this morning might take the cake. Here is a hummingbird sitting in her nest. How about that! Can you see her? She's right in the middle of the picture peeking out of a teeny round nest.
I spend a lot of time griping about Tucson, but I guess it really is ok sometimes.