![mlk cake](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4288470674_14e335597b.jpg)
Jevan and I met on January 15th, 2005 that weekend, and every anniversary since, has fallen on the Martin Luther King Jr holiday. The first weekend we baked a cake together together (we got domestic very quickly.) Love and lust drunk we decided to make it black & white swirled, with red/pink frosting in the middle, to symbolize harmony and the insides we all share.
This is our fifth year together, and fifth cake.
![gleefully icing cake](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4282835466_691600879f.jpg)
The first year
We either didn't take pictures of the second year, or they're on some hard drives I need to hook up and transfer pictures from.
![mlk cake 2008](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2323/2214068861_244404f48a.jpg)
Year the third
![mlk cake 2008](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2417/2214069017_2a9d0bf220.jpg)
The best so far.
![MLK cake 2009](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3455/3213585386_60e31d7945.jpg)
The fourth, in which I learned a valuable decorating lesson.
I'm just a tad bitchy and judgmental about cupcakes (aren't they so 2006/2007?) BUT, I woke up from a dream, knowing how I could get the design for this years' cake right, and if it involves cupcakes--so be it.
![The Idea: mlk cake 2010 draft](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2683/4282902840_5902911304.jpg)
I woke up Sunday morning thinking of this and rushed to draw it before my mind blanked. Now to see how we can execute it.
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![mlk cakes](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2789/4288474202_b08d71a91c.jpg)
Not the worst, but I learned several more important lessons in decoration, the first of which is marzipan is a bitch to work with.
I hope everyone had a fantastic MLK Day, and remembered "don't be a dick" not to anyone, not if they look different and not if they think different; "don't be a dick" is an imperative.
Recipe to follow.
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