cake

This summer, I missed out on four weddings back home.  Knowing that, I think it is no coincidence that the following opportunity presented itself last week.  

Two weeks ago, Missy, the (Assistant/Interim) OR Supervisor, suggested we do something for the upcoming departure Melanie and Michel, two of our OR nurses.  Mel is from New Zealand, Michel from Germany; they met on board a few years ago, dated, got engaged, and will be getting married this coming January.  With both of them leaving this past Thursday, we decided to make them a wedding cake.  I was skeptical at first, given our limited resources on board, but Missy already had ideas for making a tiered cake, so I happily went along with her plan.  We made the cakes last Sunday, assembled it Monday, and presented it Tuesday.  It was a ton of fun to do and both Mel and Michel were very surprised.  

Missy and I in the crew galley, with the finished product.

There she is.  Two tiers of white vanilla cake, with raspberry filling and meringue buttercream icing.  The heart on the top is also raspberry filling. 

Mel and Michel.  We wheeled the cake in during our daily morning OR meeting.  Everyone was surprised.

Hmmmm.