Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> Jill wrote:
>
>> Okay, Christmas/Chanukah/Hannukah/Kwanzaa is almost over. We still
>> have to get through Hogmanay (happy new year!). After that there
>> isn't anything to really celebrate, unless you count Valentines
>> Day... For that, bake two round cakes... cut one in half and wrap
>> it around the other round cake to form a heart. Frost it. Put some
>> halved strawberries on the top. Say "I love you" and you're done.
>>
>> Now, we're up to Easter.
>
> WHAT???
>
> You forgot Chinese New Year, Mardi Gras, Martin Luther King's
> Birthday, Groundhog Day, President's Day, St. Patrick's Day, and the
> Ides of March. And with a bit more effort, I'm sure I could find at
> least half-a-dozen more reasons to celebrate between Christmas and
> Easter.
>
Gosh, how could I forget all of that? Although I tend to feel guilty for
living near Memphis when MLK's birthday comes around.

> By the way, the Valentine's Day cake is a helluva lot easier if you
> bake one eight-inch round cake and one eight-inch SQUARE cake. Then
> cut the round cake in half and put the halves against adjacent edges
> of the square cake.
>
> Bob

You're right about the square cake, of course. I just don't have a square
cake pan

Jill