A few months ago, my girlfriend and I were watching "The Great British Baking Show" (or "Bake Off" if you aren't American), and we saw probably their best episode yet... an all kawaii episode. If you don't know, the word "kawaii" literally translates from Japanese to the word for cute and refers to the Japanese baking style of making adorable anthropomorphic sweets. Enter one amazon search and a month or so of procrastinating and we finally decided to make our first cute cake. This exact recipe is from Rachel Fong's "Kawaii: Sweet world" page 35. A triple layered chocolate cake in the shape of my favorite food---sushi. Through training and watching my nutrition in the last two years or so, I have gotten a healthy respect for the art of baking and this was a fun adventure into more artsy bakes. I am still on a pretty strict diet now, but I will probably allow one slice. Luckily I have recruited 5 more mouths to help me get rid of the cake before I cave in and eat it all.
--2020-12-31