This Monday takes the cake.
Literally.
I planned to start this week out by meeting my friend Ashley at Starbucks. Little did I expect her and her parents to step out of the car and hand me a big white box with a beautiful leather-bound book inside.
An edible book.
Yes, folks, that is a Les Miserables CAKE. I devoured Victor Hugo’s famous work my senior year of high school, and it’s been one of my favorite books ever since, but I never expected to literally be able to EAT it.
Ashley and her mom Angie are amazing cake artisans (you can check out some of their other jaw-dropping creations here). Look at the incredible details!
Doesn’t the icing really look like leather? How cool is that?
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And possibly my favorite detail: a big-eyed bookworm creeping around the corner 🙂
It even has my name on the spine! Thank you, Ashley and Angie, for kicking my week off to a great start.
So, did anybody else find a surprise planted in their Monday? Or want to come over for some cake?
Alina Sayre, Author 
The cake looks wonderful! What a great surprise. I once was a French major and read part of Les Miserables in French. But I’ve enjoyed the play many times a whole lot more. 🙂
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Wow, you read the book in its original French? I considered learning the language JUST for that reason. But I decided the English translation was so good that it wouldn’t be worth it 🙂 I love the musical too!
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Wow! This might make even Victor Hugo jealous!! 😀 Beautiful work Ashley and Angie!For me, this Monday after Resurrection Sunday is in itself a wonderful gift! Sometimes I forget, and simply ‘expect’ Monday to just show up after Sunday, but really, we don’t ‘earn’ or ‘deserve’ a Monday… TODAY is a wonderful gift from a loving God! Alina, you just happened to get some icing on your cake!!
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Good point: Monday doesn’t HAVE to come after Sunday. It’s a gift that it does 🙂 Cake is kind of a reminder of that!
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How cool! I love the little book worm too!
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I know, isn’t he cute? I want to name him Freddy or something.
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That’s really beautiful. I bet it tasted as good as it looked! (if you could stand cutting into it)
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Yep, that was the hard part. It was almost too pretty to eat…almost.
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Wow! What an amazing treat! Such great friends you have. An edible book is the PERFECT way to start off a week in my opinion. 🙂
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I know, I’m so thankful for my buddies! Including you guys 🙂
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Now that was a thoughtful gift–perfect for a writer/reader. The worm was perfect!
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Isn’t the little wormy cute? He’s probably my favorite touch 😛
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I hope I’m not too late. If you can send your address and when would be a good time for us to sit down and eat that cake . . . I agree with all the others: amazing friends, amazing cake, amazing way to start the week. 🙂
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Hear, hear! Hop on a plane out to California and I’ll make you a nice cup of coffee to go with it 🙂
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Oh that cake looks good! Can you freeze a piece for me to eat when I next come to California? Lots of hugs!
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Too late! We’ll have to make some of my chocolate-espresso magic cake next time you come instead 🙂
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