This year I made two cakes for John's birthday . One American, one European. One familiar, one exotic. One birthday standard, one special occasion worthy. Both labor intensive though and both definitely made all from scratch. First, The Best Birthday Cake . Taken, of course, from Smitten Kitchen. This was a lovely vanilla cake with chocolate frosting and cute nonpareil adornments. This seemed...
This is a BBC Good Food recipe, with my own minor modification - a layer of marzipan.
For the topping: 50g softened butter 50g brown sugar 7 pineapples rings (keep...risotto with sweetcorn and cheese in, which we had with mange tout, but I make risotto all the time, editing it according to what I have to hand, so it doesn't quite count for blog purposes, I think
...cake for the party. One of the prevalent memes on Mefi is "You people will overthink a plate of beans". So...I'm making a cake that is a plate of beans. Hee. At least that's the goal. So far, the cakes have come out of the oven, the frostings have all been made in mefi colors, now I just need to make the marzipan beans, ice the cake, add the decorative touches, and it should be really cool. Assuming...
...skills I have, I learned by taking some Wilton Method courses at a local cake shop in the early-to-mid-'90s, with the primary goal of one day making for my then-tiny children cute future birthday cakes. And that has, in fact, been how it's turned out : camillofan is still more-or-less the go-to girl for party cakes for family, with occasional commissions from friends and neighbors, as well. Of...
"Placentae in Formis Personarum Transformers " "Transformer Cakes!" That's right: http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2009/07/sunday-sweets-transformers.html Wow, those are excellent!
...there don't seem to be very happy that they're there, i would totally go back. :) +_+_+ in other news, not necessarily notable firsts... marshall and i met with a bakery to look at wedding cakes. we sat down with the bakery manager and she went over what we were looking for in our cake. we also got to try 8 of their cake flavors. we went with the one i originally wanted: white chiffon with...
10:29pm: So! I've sent my CV and cover letter off for that Librarian job at the nearby school, I'm not sure if it'll be recieved in time or if I'll even get a call back, still fingers crossed. Work was... Hunger Comfort Hygiene Energy Fun Social Bladder Room Library Job Reach for the laser with Antic's Sims-ulator !
...in NY with Margaret Braun and in Atlanta, GA with Nicholas Lodge. He has been baking since childhood and professionally for 7 years. Joshua worked at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC as well as Cakes By Jay in Glen Cove, NY. Mostly noted for his piping skills, he also hand paints cakes and creates hand made sugar flowers. His eye for design and construction sets him apart from other cake designers...
...reek of BBQ fumes after that! At 12 midnight, we brought out Lin's Bday cake..... Which is a Tomato cake! Courtesy of Wiz and Justina and their insufferable baker who prolly gagged over our weird cakes flavours. The thing is, Lin is a one and truly ketchup monster who can easily polish off 1 whole bottle of ketchup in 1 steamboat sitting, so yeah...... *cue in Delicious Tomato song* Blurry...
