Italian pistachio cake with roasted plum frosting
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For years, you could call me The Queen of Procrastination. Most people procrastinate doing things they dread like laundry, mailing bills, writing checks…you know, the boring stuff. BUT, I procrastinate doing the fun stuff, too. Waiting until the last minute to get ready to go to a party? ME. Waiting and waiting to put my new pretty flowers in water? ME. Putting off baking a cake that’s been on my to-do list for a long time? ME. My apartment is so clean when I have other stuff to do. One thing that’s helped me a lot in combatting procrastination is occupying my brain with something else. In the past few years, I’ve gotten really into listening to books on Audible. I’ve listened to all sorts of books! Recently, I listened to a book that was on my to-read list for years: Beautiful Ruins. The roasted plum frosting is maybe the most beautiful thing I’ve ever made. The color makes my eye balls bulge out and shape into hearts. It has everything I want in a summer read. It’s light, delicious, gossip-y; basically everything I want to read while laying on the beach. My biggest problem is that I never ended …
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