Eat Dance Live

Happy Easter! Happy Easter to all those to whom it's relevant! I hope you all had a wonderful day of warmth, sunshine, family, Easter egg hunting, stuffing your face with chocolate post-Lent, or whatever you usually do today.     To celebrate the spring, a girl  kitchen date  was in order and baking ensued, the perfect cake was made for the lightness and elegance of springtime :)  Vegan and Gluten-Free Orange Cardamom Cake w/ Orange Pistachio Icing ...and yes, there was  a middle layer of frosting and blood orange jam.  Coconut Chocolate Pie w/ Spelt Crust And on a final baking note:  These are actually the best macaroons ever. I made a batch last night, and they are half gone... amazingly simple, and yet so delicious.

We are interrupting Man Wednesdays, for this special announcement: I can't believed I missed my blog's one year birthday five days ago! Mostly, I can't believe that on April 23rd, my humble little blog turned 1 . To celebrate my blog birthday, here's an absurdly non-raw cake I made for a friend's little girl in 2007. Yes, those are all cookies, and yes, I did use an organic hazelnut chocolate spread (aka. an organic version of Nutella) as mortar for my castle. P.S. It was filled with M&Ms. Happy Birthday , Eat Dance Live ! But like anyone on their birthday, this makes me think about what I have achieved or how far I've come since I began writing this blog. What was my intention when I started writing this blog? How much have I 'Eaten, Danced, and Lived' since April 23, 2009? Eat: I think anyone who reads this blog knows that I have done my share of amazing eating since last year, but I never would have imagined that within a few weeks of my st...