Two isn't so terrible

My baby girl turned two years old today. It is a beautiful thing, my dear internet friends. Without a doubt, her birth was one of the best things to EVER happen to me. I love her to pieces.

Porgie has such a fun little personality. She says, "let's go," whenever anyone walks near a pair of shoes. She says, "I love you," periodically - it melts my heart every time. When it is time for bed, she walks around the house saying, "bye bye," to all of her toys.
Porgie has a vivid imagination. She will scribble on a sheet of paper and declare that it is a "butterfly" or a "turtle." She often acts like she is eating cookies, and will even offer mama & dada a bite of her imaginary cookies.
Porgie loves baby Izzy. She will always give him hugs and kisses, but she often tries to share her sippy cup with him too. A few days ago, I found her trying to feed him her baby doll's bottle. My head exploded from all the cuteness.

My baby girl is two.

Test cake

Once again, I want to make Porgie a birthday cake from scratch. Due to Izzy's allergies, I am currently eating a vegan diet. This means that I am not eating eggs or diary. This makes baking a cake fairly difficult. In the cake recipe, I substituted milk with rice milk, and I substituted eggs with applesauce.

Look at the lovely cake I baked...

It sinks in toward the center in this picture, but it looked perfect in the pan. I swear! When I was moving the cake from the pan to the plate, the bottom of the cake stuck to the pan. I accidentally ripped the center of the cake out while I was trying to extract it from the pan. Oops!

The recipe for the icing called for margarine. But our margarine has soy in it. Since I can't eat soy, I thought it would be a really great idea to substitute the margarine with canola oil. Not a good plan...
The icing was very runny, which resulted in this...



So, this year's test cake was much better than last year's test cake, but still not perfect. Any suggestions on the icing thing? Remember I can't eat soy, eggs, dairy, peanuts, or lime.

WRONG

No one guessed correctly! You silly bloggers. I think that most of you made the assumption that because Izzy was eating something, it had to be food.

I walked into the living room and saw this...


In between his chubby legs, I saw this...


And in his chubby hand, I found this...


Since no one guessed correctly, I made an executive decision. I am declaring Cat the winner, because she was REALLY close. She guessed sidewalk chalk. So, Congratulations Cat. I am going to start crocheting your gift tonight!