According to the e-card website www.123greetings.com, November 26th is “cake day.” (There is also a “chocolate cake day” in January and “angel food cake day” in August.) However, unaware of this gross commercialization of cake, I have been celebrating my own Cake Day on May 2nd since 1998.
Sunday, May 2nd is the Seventh Annual Inter/National Cake Day. The two basic principles of Cake Day are as follows:
1. Bake something new! Life is about exploration!
2. Share what you’ve made with loved ones and strangers alike!
Cake Day is about discovery and spreading the joy that eating lots of processed sugar can bring, not about rigid principles or guilt (and should never be about e-cards). One year I was only able to eat store-made pecan pie, but that was okay because I was in the company of friends. Another year while attempting to make a Coca-Cola cake I blew up a Pyrex pan in the Well-Being House Kitchen. That was less okay, but I discovered how important it is to turn off the stovetop after you make the icing. (I also met some lovely neighbors when borrowing a broom.)
Cake Day should also never be about exclusion. Remember, vegans, people on low-carb diets, and those with wheat allergies all enjoy cake, so think creatively!
If you don’t have the time or resources to find a new recipe and bake a cake this Sunday, no worries. Just try to take a moment out of your day to sit down wherever you are and enjoy dessert with your friends. I’d invite you all over here but we’ve already broken two of our five kitchen chairs. So go splurge with your remaining points and enjoy!
(http://cake.allrecipes.com is a good resource for new ideas.)
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