Chocolate Stout Cake

Last week we celebrated my beer-loving, hard working, and oh so 

appreciated husband's birthday.  So, naturally I made him a 10 pound 

beast of a cake and shared it with both of our families and eight friends.  

That's a lot of cake.

As much as I would love to tell you that I stuck to my dairy-free diet 

and made a cake from scratch, I can't.  I made cake from a box.  

Similar to this one.

Had I have had more time or a husband who doesn't love 

box cake I would make the one I found on Blogging Over Thyme.  

Next time I'm definitely going to make this one! 

Yum!

Also, cheers to all the moms out there!  

This would be a great cake to celebrate with!

{photos & styling by me}

what. a. month.

This month is shaping up to be awesome!

This week I have a good friend's wedding that I have been 

helping plan and I cannot wait to see it all come together.  

I'm also working on a baby shower for one of my best friends 

who happens to be moving home this week from the Caribbean!  

With so many things to look forward to I'll be limiting 

my posts in the month of May (bear with me)!

However,  I do have one of my favorite posts to date 

going up on Friday! Stop by soon - 

you don't want to miss this chocolatey treat :)

{Pink Peonies}