Carnival Chocolate Cake

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If you are a parent and you have a toddler, you may have come across with the book I Spy: A Book of Picture Riddles. And the chances are you may have been amazed how interactive this book could be with your kid. Even though this book is primarily pictures that require to be solve by finding the items needed, there is a lot of brain power being used. A very clever way to visually engage your kids. However, the depth of the pictures can be quite deceiving. It’s striking how they hide things in plain sight but make it impossible to find. My son and I would come back to the book day after day to find that damn ball of yarn.

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Chocolate Devil’s Food Cake with Ganache Frosting

Over the Easter holiday, we attended four dinners. Two of them was hosted by us, and we brought dessert for the other two. So, yes, a lot of cooking, baking, cleaning, organizing…but at the same time a lot of catching up, laughing and of course feeling happy and fulfilled. That crazy amount of work was totally worth it.

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Surprise Easter Bunny Cake

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Surprise! Your kid cracks a Kinder Egg, sees the toy inside, eats the egg, plays the toy a little, and you secretly throw another junk away.

This might not be your story. But it happens a lot in our house. Tiny things from goodie bags, toys from McDonalds, stationeries, stickers, scrape papers, marbles…and oh their favourite, ROCKS! You have no idea how many times I have to clear the gallons of rocks inside the pockets of my kids’ pants before putting them in the washing machine! Why do people have to spend so much on toys? Just get your kids rocks!

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