Artist Date: Guiltless Chocolate Cake and Tea

This Lenten season, my sacrifice is to cut down on carbs, pastries and fried food. But for my artist date, I just had to break it for one day. This afternoon I found chocolate cake in the fridge and I decided to treat my inner artist. As a kid, my ultimate favorite snack and dessert was chocolate cake with white icing, made by my yaya. Sometimes she would make it especially for me when I requested it. This particular cake was made by my sister-in-law, and although it wasn't exactly the same, it was pretty close to the original. The sponge cake was very moist, but it had a tinge of orange zest. I dislike orange-flavored chocolate. Or fruit-flavored anything. But it was really good and my sweet-deprived IA loved it to bits. I even scraped my plate after to gather the leftover icing. 

The tea was for my grown-up self. I guess its warmth and antioxidants made me feel less guilty about consuming so many calories. But to be honest, it was unnecessary. I'm not one to beat myself up for my occasional indulgence.