Friday, January 28, 2011

What's for Dessert?

So we're eating healthier around here, G & I, and we've instituted a new plan.  We eat healthy Sunday-Friday and Saturday is Free Day.  Saturday we can eat anything we want in whatever quantity we want.  We've just started this in the new year and I can already report that Saturdays are a whole new brand of happiness for me.

Tomorrow is Free Day and I woke up immediately daydreaming about what will be on the menu tomorrow.

I'm not a huge sweet eater.  I never order dessert except on a birthday or an anniversary.  (I'll save the tales of my addiction to salty crunchiness for another day.)

On Free Day, though, I save room for dessert.  It's no holds barred.  It's guilt-free.  It's bliss.

Tomorrow evening, our friends, P & J, are coming over for games and dessert.  I'll ask them to bring something chocolate-y and I'm going to make something to share.  I've felt the urge to bake this week so I'm going to take advantage of that on Free Day.

But what shall I make?

Cookies?  A cake?  A crumble?  Ooh...a crostata.  A free-form pie.  That's more for summery fruits though.  And I feel a bit more ambitious than that.

After perusing my usual foodie sites, I've decided to make this:

White Layer Cake with Lemon Curd Filling

Thank you, Martha Stewart.

Photos to follow!

1 comment:

Melanie Nield said...

This is AWESOME Kim! I never knew you did this! VERY impressive! I LOVE to cook as well - always wanted to be a chef since I was 8 years old - just doesn't fit into "family" working nights and weekends to get started. Not a big sweet fan myself - so your comment about salt and crunch - totally made me laugh - it is SO me!! :) How do I read this regularly? I've never been a blogger - but will be with this!