So this cake just makes me smile every time I think about it. It is like any good story. It involved great people. humor, and ingenuity to make the whole thing come together and make a special day for someone who brightens many people's days.
Like many people I have a group that I like to eat lunch with. They are a unique group of women and you would have no idea that we fit together so well. You might also be shocked at some of the conversations we have but that is another story entirely. This cake starts with the story of a flamingo. To celebrate birthdays we purchased a pair of the tackiest plastic pink flamingos we could find and placed them in the birthday person's yard each year to let the world know that something was up at their home. Over time the flamingos took on new colors and themes based on the person and their personality. This time the flamingos spent time in a barn and became John Deere Green. So I really should not have been shocked when I got a text message from, let's call her Amy with a photo that said, "Shhhhhh.....John Deere Green." So when we all started posting "It's John Deere Green" on this birthday girl's (let's call her Tanya) facebook page. If I remember correctly it took a day before she went outside her house and found the rather green flamingos with John Deere stickers on them in her front yard.
I tell you this rather silly story to set up the cake. When it came time for her birthday lunch, we of course needed a cake. If John Deere green is the theme, the only cake you can make (besides a flamingo) is a John Deere tractor. Thus, in a butter yellow cake we gave birth to a traditional John Deere green tractor. When it arrived she looked, looked again and busted out laughing saying it was the perfect cake for the occasion. I happen to know she shared but then hid what was left at the office to snack on. It took less than a week for her to polish off the cake and seemed to be in need of another one...good think I happen to know one is on the way! Stay tuned for a sweet ending to this addiction.
Like many people I have a group that I like to eat lunch with. They are a unique group of women and you would have no idea that we fit together so well. You might also be shocked at some of the conversations we have but that is another story entirely. This cake starts with the story of a flamingo. To celebrate birthdays we purchased a pair of the tackiest plastic pink flamingos we could find and placed them in the birthday person's yard each year to let the world know that something was up at their home. Over time the flamingos took on new colors and themes based on the person and their personality. This time the flamingos spent time in a barn and became John Deere Green. So I really should not have been shocked when I got a text message from, let's call her Amy with a photo that said, "Shhhhhh.....John Deere Green." So when we all started posting "It's John Deere Green" on this birthday girl's (let's call her Tanya) facebook page. If I remember correctly it took a day before she went outside her house and found the rather green flamingos with John Deere stickers on them in her front yard.
I tell you this rather silly story to set up the cake. When it came time for her birthday lunch, we of course needed a cake. If John Deere green is the theme, the only cake you can make (besides a flamingo) is a John Deere tractor. Thus, in a butter yellow cake we gave birth to a traditional John Deere green tractor. When it arrived she looked, looked again and busted out laughing saying it was the perfect cake for the occasion. I happen to know she shared but then hid what was left at the office to snack on. It took less than a week for her to polish off the cake and seemed to be in need of another one...good think I happen to know one is on the way! Stay tuned for a sweet ending to this addiction.
No comments:
Post a Comment