more than roses,

more than smooches,

more than chocolates,

even more than drumsticks painted with little red hearts by your high school boyfriend,

valentine's day is about one thing:

almond cake.

sorry, mushy people.

{kidding about the drumsticks though, they were awesome}

since before i could eat,

my family has been making this cake every year for valentine's day.

and so that is what i did today.

and despite the fact that my closet-sized kitchen lacks a kitchen aid,

{a.k.a. means to whip egg whites sans manual labor},

it came out just as i remembered it when i was a wee one...

when the other awesome thing about this day was collecting candy and little power rangers cards from all of my classmates.

i hope you all had wonderful valentine's days!

xoxo

yeh