Anniversay Wine and Cake

So about that special bottle of wine. Drew's grandfather, Lou Marengo, on his mom's side was from Italy and he was an amazing man. He knew a lot about wine and he particularly loved Barolo wines from the northern Italian region of Piedmont. A few years back, Drew's mom found a Barolo wine produced by Marco Marengo, which was pretty cool, and she bought a couple bottles for Drew and his brother. We decided to save our bottle for our first anniversary, and this Sunday we finally got to enjoy the amazing wine.


We loved it. It was full bodied with hints of berries, florals, and cedar, and had a tannic finish. It was very special to enjoy that wine together, remembering Grandpa, and our recent travels to Italy.

And on that one year old cake...it was delicious! We wrapped it up perfectly, because it tasted fresh, moist and fluffy, just like it was made yesterday.


If you're wrapping up a cake to freeze for a year, here's what we did: freeze the cake in a tupperware overnight until it is completely frozen. Take it out of the freezer and wrap it tightly in saran wrap. Then put it back in a plastic tupperware and make sure it is very tightly sealed, and put it in the deep freezer. Then one year later remove from the tupperware and remove the saran wrap. Then put it in the refrigerator to defrost.


Perfection!