Almond Chiffon with Peanut Butter Whipped Ganache, decorated by Birthday Girl herself.

More cake view.

Aliya, surrounded by cousins.

What a hectic Sunday!

I know this was late since better late than never, I thought. I wanted to have a small do for Aliya’s grand 12th year birthday and called my parents, Mak and Abah and my siblings and a bunch of nieces and nephews. 13 of them grandchildren for my parents, counting mine.

Anyway. I said I’d bake a cake and make lasagne. Mak will bring lunch stuff and I’d cooked rice. And Mak came with buckets of food. From pecals to pisang to goreng and laukspauks. And I supplied rice. Well, I always always feel so inferior to her cooking, so we always get her to cook whenever she comes to the house. I know I know. *hangs head in shame*

So, we blew candles. 3 times and we hugged and we ate.

And Aliya turned 12! Yippee! Now I wish MrGart could take some time off and get her to get her formal first identity card. A cornerstone of adulthood.

Sigh! *feeling happy and restless all in the same line*