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Happy Birthday…to me!

July 15, 2008 at 1:29 pm | Posted in Friends are friends forever!, It Cakes the Take | 1 Comment

Just wanted to show all of you in Blogland the birthday cake that my Food Editor, Betty Terry, made for me for my birthday. It’s a strawberry shortcake–with a few twists. The cake layers, for one, are HUGE and they are made of equal parts flour and corn meal. It’s like a sweet cornbread, and it’s so good. The fresh strawberries are glazed in, get this, balsamic vinegar. The fresh whipped cream on top wasn’t too shabby either. I’d love to give you the recipe, but you’re going to have to buy the new issue of Taste of the South, out August 5! Sneaky, I know. Thanks again to all my lovely friends and co-workers who sang Happy Birthday to me and informed me that being 24 isn’t old, it’s more like 24k gold.

Irish goes Azerbaijani

July 8, 2008 at 1:09 am | Posted in It Cakes the Take | 1 Comment

Check it oooooooout! I finally got around to making Farida’s infamous Zebra Cake. This Irish girl did pretty good, eh? Eh? Yeah, I did.

Happy Birthday Teresa Ann!

April 17, 2008 at 2:01 pm | Posted in Cake Decorating, It Cakes the Take | Leave a comment

I used my mom’s birthday as an excuse to try my hand with the art of gum paste. Which is a little selfish, I know, but she loved it and I’m actually kinda proud of it! It definitely looks like a first attempt, but it’s cute no less. Admittedly I need a little work on my icing skills, but at the time all I had was my ghetto-not-so-fab cake turntable by Wilton. Anyway, I based the teacup off of her china, Rosalinde by Havilande, and although mine is a slightly cartoonier version, she knew exactly what it was. The look on her face was priceless! (And she still has it sitting on her buffet in the dining room.)

For the cake itself, I did a classic white cake via Martha, and the icing was hers as well. I did however add a couple teaspoons of strawberry extract which tasted absolutely divine. I’m signed up for a gum paste flower class at a local bakery, so wish me luck on my next foray into advanced cake design…