Hello! Welcome to COTL, a discussion place for BIPOC. Posted the first 3 Wednesdays of the month
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It was my birthday over the weekend. It was okay 🤷🏾♀️. Not the worst (last year), but I didn’t realise nobody got me a full legit Birthday cake 🥲. My mum gave me 200 quid, so I suppose I haven’t really got anything to complain about, but I dunno… My self-esteem is pretty damn low these days, so the exchange of money instead of care & effort (considering how depressed I’ve been)… wasn’t the best 😅.
On the positive side, I did get to have a slice of Tres Leches cake at a Venezuelan restaurant which was very nice. Though I regret that nobody (including myself) helped me get one of my all time favourite deserts/pastries/breads: Ube Pandesal (as featured). Pandesal is a Filipino bread roll (that’s like a less sweet-tasting donut – a plus in my book), which if you’re lucky can be filled with all sorts of things, including Dulce de leche 🤤. I’m obsessed.
Prompt: what’s your favourite desert/pastry/bread?
Oh… also this happened:
Feel free to go off post & discuss whatever you like. Have a nice day.