I am about to embark on an exciting pastry adventure. For a couple of years now, since seeing this post on Chocolate & Zucchini I’ve wanted to make a homemade Galette des Rois, or King’s Cake for the celebration of the Christian holiday Epiphany. I’m finally going to get to make this cake only this time I have to make five of them! But I’m still excited to do it.
This is the kind of thing I love about cooking: the excitement that comes before getting to create something special. My kitchen is ready. The floor is swept, dishes done, counters cleared. I’m ready to pull out the ingredients and go to work mixing and measuring and baking. Then there’s always that nervous moment when you don’t really know how it’s going to turn out until you taste it. But that comes later. For now, to the counter to start the creme d’amande! Of course, I’ll be continually interrupted by my two little ones, but that’s my wonderful life right now. In fact, what I should say is, the rearing of my two precious little lives will be interrupted by exciting bouts of the act of baking. 
A side note: before I begin the galette’s I intend to make this Hungarian soup for dinner. The German Graupensuppe I made the other day was so good, I’m sticking with the Europeans on soups during this chilly winter time. I’ll let you know how everything turns out!
And the moral of the story is ALWAYS ask Marla to make galettes des rois for your Epiphany party!