Such a cake!

It is done, and resembles the front wall of a lightly caramel-colored glacier. I only hope it doesn't start calving.
Such a gorgeous day, too. My mother got her walk before noon, and now hours later, post-cake baking and assembling, I am heading to the climbing gym for a little work out with another friend, one I haven't seen much of since she got back from her usual summer in Europe. I hope it is safe to leave the cake with my mother...she sure did like that taste of frosting I gave her...
We had such fun today, working out, meeting at Portalis, a wine joint in the Ballard neighborhood.
Came home, fired up the birthday cake and lit into it. It's an amazingly delicious cake, tall and light.