Cake | Simmer Till Done

1-Year Blog Birthday: New Old House, Simmered Till Done

Posted in birthdays, blogging, cake and cupcakes, new old house on Sep 7th, 2008

One whole year? As in photos and recipes and 260 posts about nothing, fluffy as frosting? Impossible.

And Many Krispie Returns

Posted in birthdays, cake and cupcakes, recipes on May 25th, 2008

We celebrated Josie’s birthday at her 6th grade class graduation party – a big BBQ by the lake with loads of wet, hyped and hungry 12-year olds. I’d bring the cake, but I didn’t want a fussy, frosted thing. Sandy kids would be swimming – too busy for forks and plates – so the best [...]

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Cake Pancake

Posted in cake and cupcakes on Mar 8th, 2008

Our daughter is at a friend’s birthday party tonight, and I was asked to make the cake. I have made untold numbers of birthday cakes – many under pressure, but most with pleasure. I wield my longest blue-handled knife (“Bluey” – thanks, Josie) to layer a big fresh-baked cake. I love the sound of whipping [...]

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Kitchen Rises to First Occasion

Posted in Holiday on Jan 1st, 2008

Yesterday, for the first time, I asked my new kitchen to work very hard for me. I asked it to think like a bakery kitchen, and to hand me everything I needed fast, like a good sous chef. I asked it not to mind if I stirred things up… …and to look the other way [...]

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