Eat Cake!

Most mornings I fight the urge to eat cake. And by cake I mean any baked pastry from any number of local coffee shops featuring tasty baked goods. Oh I know that this is not the way a grown woman should start her morning. It is so easy to shut down the logical, "I know about proper nutrition" part of my brain that wants me to eat a lean protien source such as eggs or yogurt. And most times I do. But then there are the mornings I need cake. 

I wonder - do thin girls eat cake for breakfast? Probably not. Or if they do they decide to run and burn that cake off. Maybe this is what sets me apart from those people. That I cannot say no to cake and might only run to catch a bus. 

I fancy myself as a bit of a baker. So many times in my brain this cake eating is research. And it kind of is. I like to see what others are baking and be inspired to try baking new things. I also love certain baked goods so much - like the Squash Bread that Macrina Bakery makes and sells though local coffee shops everywhere I go. That thick slab of bread, moist and tender with toasted walnuts. Really if I was musical I would write a song about it. 

This morning found me and Mr. Ramon getting coffee before work. We indulge in this treat a couple of times a week together. "Want to get coffee?" he asks. "Sure - where do you want to go?" We ponder the 4-5 options available near his work on Capitol Hill. This morning we chose Oddfellows. Mr. Ramon is a drip coffee guy and I am currently obsessed with iced coffee or iced americanos.

After much study of the bakery case I decided on French Toast Bundt Cake. This was real cake for breakfast this time. It smelled like butter and maple, all things french toast. It paired really well with my iced americano. It was moist and still warm from the oven. Yum!