I wound up working a strange schedule this past weekend, due to some things that came up, so I ended up having half of Monday off. It’s thrown me off a little–what day is it? how many weeks have their been?–but I also took the opportunity to get some things done!

Things like washing the fabric mountain of doom. (Large Cat provided for scale.) I swear, it did not look this big when I took it down to the wash, but by the time I took it out of the dryer, it had morphed into some sort of looming mountian of future craft projects. Also, I should probably move onto the ironing stage at some point.

But then…I baked! I made a delicious Raspberry Buttermilk Cake from Smitten Kitchen for a potluck I was headed to that night.

Then while I was at it, I made a second one, plus a Lemon Yogurt Blueberry Cake, also from Smitten Kitchen, to take into work. Sadly, I did not get a chance to snap a photo before I took this in, and it was devoured before I had a chance.

This was all that was left of the raspberry cake. It turned out really fantastic, and was super quick and easy. In fact, I’m planning on making another one tonight, as I’m having a friend over for dinner and indoctrination into the wonderful world of Battlestar, Galactica.

Because you know what? There’s nothing that cheers up  a week like cake.