Cake!

"Mommy can we go on a cake date today?". That is a question that I hear probably 5 days a week. You see, there is this fantastic little dessert restaurant that we really love to go to down in Little Italy that makes the most wonderfully decedent explode in your mouth with flavor cakes. Scones. Oh man the scones. Buttery, flakey, just the right amount of sweetness. I wish I could eat their scones every day and not gain a pound. OK, now I want one. Anyway, Extraordinary Desserts. Amazing place. When I was pregnant with Teigue we went there every Friday. Extraordinary Desserts is the reason that I gained 60 pounds during that pregnancy. Well, I stopped remembering at 60. Why do I keep on going off on a tangent? Cake Place. Focus.

Well, basically we love the desserts. The problem with the desserts is that they are loaded with sugar (not so good for a little lady) and you have to basically be loaded to dine there as a family of 4- one piece of cake is $11. But man, is it worth it. Chocolate, berry sauce, butter...

Brady and I could take the pleading no more so we promised them a date. Then we did something else that day (just as fun as exciting, but most likely not as full of sugar). Another promised date. Another promise broken. This went on for a couple of weeks. Finally the pleading became so annoying and intense that we got in the car and headed on down. Rainbows and unicorns shot out from the back seat the kids were so excited. Giddy. Amped up. Coo coo. Without having a bite of sugar. We were in trouble.

We arrived to Mecca and the little fireballs were on Cloud Nine with excitement. Stella was singing and dancing. At one point she said that she couldn't get her hips to stop moving she was so happy. Teigue was rolling around on the banquette. My children were possessed with the Power of Sugar Yet to Come. Then these arrived. 

Teigue ordered a lemon tart with fresh fruit. Stella ordered a chocolate cake with pretty swirls. She could have cared less about what was in it, she just wanted the swirls and rose petals. They ate and ate and ate. Brady and I waited for the explosion. Thankfully they seemed to have gotten 95% of their energy out in the anticipation of the dessert so they were relatively good after they finished. Well, as good as two kids that just ate a plate of sugar can be. I think their energy level was at 250% before the first bite.

But we still took them to the park to get that other 5% out. We are not new at this.