The holiday baking gene
Posted by Vero on February 12th, 2009. Filed under: baking.I think I have it.
Do you remember in elementary and middle school, those kids whose moms would bake cupcakes for Hallowe’en, Valentine’s Day, Easter, and whatever other holiday was deemed important in your community (or by the kid in question’s mom)? Well my mom was one of those moms. For me it just wasn’t Hallowe’en in elementary school unless the whole class sat together in a circle on the classroom floor in their costumes made of aluminum paper-covered boxes or bought at K-Mart and ate a huge container of crafty cupcakes that my my mom had brought in. Then all my classmates would come up to me and say how good of a baker my mom was and how lucky I was.
For me, it all started in grade 12 when I decided that I was going to bake and decorate sugar cookies as Xmas presents to my high school friends. From that day on, time (like last Xmas when there was just no time for my sugar cookie-making ritual), money (I was pretty broke at certain points of my university career) and oven access (all I had was a toaster oven in residence in 2002) permitting, I’ve always baked cookies and made cupcakes for special occasions. I don’t know why I do it. To me it’s not really an option – it’s just kind of what I do. Although I’m starting to think that it’s something I caught from my mom.
So as I finish up this blog post because my Valentine’s Day 2009 cupcakes should be about cooled enough to frost and decorate by now, I will leave you with some pictures of some of my creations for the past few years. Here’s to hoping that one of your coworkers has the holiday baking gene too! Happy Valentine’s Day!
