Made a cake for my parents, to welcome them home. Made this cake specifically for two reasons, 1. They love pistachios and 2. This cake is adapted from a recipe from the 70s and is, for reasons that ar ent entirely clear to me, called a Watergate Cake and that seemed seasonably appropriate as a belated Arrestivus cake. This cake took forever and is the first time I've made a complicated finished cake in a real long time (like, I don't even know how long). Usually when I'm depressed I don't bake and baking is often a sign I'm turning a corner, so here's hoping

















