A Late Bastille Day Celebration

I apologize for the lack of posts in the past few days, my summer is at an unusual standstill right now. But I'm back with some proof of my tasty creations!

So the 14th, as well as being Loreto's birthday, was Bastille Day! Now if you are not familiar with Bastille Day, it's the French independence day, therefore it's very much so like our 4th of July. Here is some help from my pal Wikipedia:

Bastille Day is the French national holiday, celebrated on 14 July each year. In France, it is called Fête Nationale ("National Celebration") in official parlance, or more commonly quatorze juillet ("14 July"). It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille fortress-prison was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern French nation, and of the reconciliation of all the French inside the constitutional monarchy which preceded the First Republic, during the French Revolution.


Anyways, it wasn't until 5:30 in the afternoon that I realized it was Bastille Day, and I totally forgot to make something. I wasn't the only one though, for I reminded my mom that it was Bastille Day was today and she appeared to have forgotten as well. Not fit for a French woman! I was quite disappointed with my forgetfulness, so I decided to bake little cupcakes with a homemade whipped cream frosting and topped off with fresh fruit last night. A nice, healthy, light, summery cake! And it came out pretty amazing! The cake was spongy and moist while the cream was not too sweet.


And coincidentally, my family got a package from my grandparents in France yesterday, and I opened it to find French coffee beans and candies galore! I felt so awful getting nice sweets, but they were pretty tasty. I must say, French candy surpasses American sweets by miles. Well, I suppose French anything is better really. *teehee*


How lovely can a Bastille Day celebration be (although belated) even when being across the pond from France! Cakes fit for Marie Antoinette's lavish dinner parties in the summertime with little French carnaval candies to enjoy...all I needed as well were some fireworks sparkling in the sky by the Eiffel Tower.