We celebrated Asher's birthday in school two days early since his birthday fell on a Sunday. Got some small party favours for his classmates which he happily shared out one-by-one, then had a simple cake cutting session at their tea time.
I ordered an agar-agar cake because some of his classmates can't take dairy. With a regular cake, they'd miss out on the fun. Thought the cake was really cute and I was a little bit afraid that Asher may not want to cut it. He sometimes gets upset when something gets cut up or broken, and he will keep asking for it to be put back together, even though sometimes it's utterly impossible, e.g., if you broke a cookie in half, or already sliced a fruit...how do you put it back together? A new cookie will not do. That broken cookie must be put back together. Having had several run-ins with this idiosyncracy, which hits at the most unexpected times, I really was a little concerned that it'd surface in school.
BUT
Thank goodness that wasn't the case at all. In fact, he acted completely different from what I expected. He happily slashed away at poor Cookie Monster! Hacking and slashing and cutting! I had to stop him after a while to make sure we could actually cut the cake into proper pieces to give out. I guess the feeling of cutting agar-agar can be quite interesting - firm yet soft, smooth, and not messy at all. And after cutting, the line seems to disappear somewhat.
Anyway, the cake was yummy. Not the mushy type of agar-agar. It was firm with a slight crunch. And very fragrant too. Will definitely order from this lady again :)
Slashing away
After everyone had their (second, third, and even fourth!) serving of cake, Asher asked to cut Cookie Monster again. I relented and let him have a go, which resulted in Cookie Monster's very injured eye. My friend commented that it looked like Cookie Monster got into a gang fight!
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