Eating the Hinomaru
To be precise, I’m now eating a cake shaped and colored like the Hinomaru (日の丸), which is the name for the national flag of the State of Japan (calling the flag the Hinomaru is like calling the American flag ‘Stars and Stripes’).
The white portion’s white chocolate icing, and the red not-quite circle is the same thing just colored with food coloring. The color’s a little off, but hey, it still looks like what it’s supposed to look. The cake itself comprises two layers of normal butter cake with a layer of chocolate sandwiched in the middle. It’s a little too sweet, but it still tastes gorgeous.
That for three reasons. 1. Because the cake itself is good to start with (by any measure). 2. Because effort was put into making the cake in a way that suits me very well. 3. Because the person who made the cake for me is a very important friend and comrade. ^^
Thank you, dear! I hope I can return the favor sometime (though I honestly can’t do cakes; I might try something else though). And hope I’ll see you in Tokyo in 2011!