Easter, Earthquakes and Red Velvet Cake!

This is the second posting I have done on my cousin. She is jumping up and down as we speak.

My cousin Mireya is pretty sweet. She's adorable and loves to cook. I have yet to really try any of her cooking, I have in her defense, tried many of her baked goods which are pretty amazing.

For Easter we went to my sister's house in Santee(ugh). The whole family was there. Minus some cousins and nieces. Everyone brought something. Beverages, candy, food and desserts. Yummy. Sadly I only took pictures of the desserts because...well, they were amazing! We gathered 'round and watched soccer and talked away about family memories and wishes and dreams. It was a pleasant time. Now, it was time to eat. Everything was set out.

Some of the food we had:

My bro-in-law's mother was there and she brought enpanadas(Argetinian style). They were SO good. I ate quite a few. They had beef, veggies and hard boiled egg w/ a flour crust. We brought ham and ensalada russa(Russian Salad). The Russian salad is basically a type of potato salad with pickled beets, boiled carrots, tomatoes, and boiled eggs. My Abuelita brought sateed zuchinne, and Arroz Con Pollo...not like my mom's but rice is rice for me. Dessert time! My cousin made a red velvet cake from scratch. Yes from scratch! She is that awesome! One of the best red velvet cakes I have had yet. So, yummy and melty and the frosting is just amazing in your mouth. Buttery light goodness. She has painstakingly perfected this recipe for over a year now and I really think she's got it. Side note: She also makes these red velvet balls dipped in white chocolate that are really really good and is probably my favorite dessert she does. My oldest sister Emilia bought this really good coconut flan. It was one of the best I have ever had as well. Coconut and flan? Who knew??

As we ate away and drank our fair share...the Earth decides to have an earthquake. So much shaking I almost threw up from all the food I just pigged out on. Man, was that scary but didn't stop us from getting seconds and thirds. Good times in California.

I forgot to mention other things we had, there was some grilled chicken and steak. So much food!

So, Easter came to an end and it was kinda sad not being able to spend Easter with some kids around. I really wanted to paint some eggs. Oh well. Hope you all didn't get too scared with all the shaking. We do live in one of the best places to have an earthquake FYI. Wish I had some red velvet balls dipped in white chocolate *HINT HINT* Pup!