Monday, April 30, 2012

More Cakes. Less Taxes.

Another tax season is in the bag. Tax Day proper got started off right: with a waffle from Portland's finest food cart, the Gaufre Gourmet:


It was a very special, and very welcome, hand delivery, further solidifying their awesomeness. Accounting needs more waffles.

To celebrate the end of extended cubicle dwelling, I had an inspiration to create some tax-themed cakes. I wanted to re-create tax forms, but with cake, thereby making them more enjoyable than regular tax forms, so I bought some food-safe decorating felt tip pens and went to town:

The first cake was a 1099-MISC almond cake with a chocolate ganache filling:


The second was a Form 4868 cardamom apple cake with a pistachio cream filing:


The cakes were a hit with my equally delirious coworkers. The almond chocolate cake was devoured much more rapidly, which was okay by me as I got to take home the leftover cardamom apple, my favorite between the two.

Hopefully this will be a nice jumpstart as we move into "Baking Season" aka the months of May through December.

--Isaac.