Day 16

Today, I served as my churches Delegate for Nazarene Mission International. It was wonderful to hear a message from a Global Mission President from Jamaica, she was such an elegant speaker. When I came home today, I was rejuvenated from her message and in very good spirits while I created my White Spice Pound Cake. This recipe calls for cinnamon, cloves and eggs white (to lower cholesterol)... now the kitchen smells like Christmas Cookies!! Not what I was expecting but not that bad either. I never have enjoyed cloves or cinnamon but I know others really do so this may be better as a fathers day cake ;)

While this was baking my husband prepared our music for tomorrows service and I decided to take a peek at my up coming cakes. I am not sure if I should have because I have to make Brandied Cherries (Which I can jar for gifts in the future), a buttercream that calls for glucose (does anyone know where I can find this at or what it looks like?) and the one thing I have been fearing the most....Fondant.  I have heard some pretty dramatic stories about making this from scratch. Did you know that  it is recommended to only wear white when making this from scratch because even one fleck of lint can completely alter the color of the fondant?! On a positive side, once you have made the fondant you can store it indefinitely.

 After tasting the cake, my only dislike is the cloves, I dont like the texture of biting into a stem type spice. However, I am sure that is a preference to the spice so other might like it. I think the last two cakes far surpass this one as far as taste goes.