One more “sweet” post

Don’t worry, this isn’t going to turn into a cake and cookie blog.

But I couldn’t bypass this special birthday cake I made.  Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim had her birthday on February 2nd, and we celebrated on the 4th.  I wanted to make something very special, something very good, organic, gluten free and all around good for you, yet so delicious people wouldn’t notice it was also healthy.

As we know, Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim likes healthy foods, including healthy cakes.  And I know already that she likes Shirely’s famous pound cake.

And while I just love plain poundcake, for a special birthday, you really should dress it up!

How do you like this creation?

Since Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim has been treating us to special outdoor morning training sessions, and had watch and meditate during sunrise, I wanted to somehow convey that idea.

I started out with two batches of gluten free pound cake.  One as the base – Grandmaster Kim points out that we have to have a strong base in everything we do, and cakes are no different.  I made 2 round cakes of different sizes, and splite each in half.  I filled it with a special concoction of cream cheese mixed with gluten free vanilla pudding, and put that on the bottom layer.  I put sliced fresh strawberries on top of that, and put some more of the filling over them.  Topped it with the cake layer and  put the cream cheese frosting on that as well.
Meanwhile, I made some gluten free carrot cupcakes in the shape of rose buds and lady bugs and butterflies.  I left those unfrosted so the shape would be obvious.

I decorated the whole thing with sliced strawberries, and put a carrot cake rose on top, and surrounded the cake with roses and lady bugs.  Ta-da!  And to refer back to those early morning sunrise training classes with Grandmaster Kim, as I mentioned above – this cake was meant to symbolize the sun, and it’s brilliant rays, after it came up over the mountains, to it’s full glory!

I am happy to report that Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim loved the cake, ate a nice sized piece, and that our Korean guests and family all enjoyed it – and not a crumb survived the night!