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The Tale of Two Cakes part 2

Posted by on Nov 16, 2010 in Cakes, Home | 188 comments

The Tale of Two Cakes part 2

The DF birthday week has reached it’s conclusion, DF will finally have his “Boston Cream Pie.” The celebration week started with a scrumptious Chocolate Genoise Cake with a Raspberry Crème Fraiche filling covered in a Marshmallow Meringue Frosting and completely glazed with a Shiny Chocolate Ganche. DF has been waiting an entire year for his Boston Cream Pie, though he has yet to “meet” a cake he does not like, Boston Cream Pie is his favorite. I actually thought this cake would fit on this cake plate, I guess the joke is on me! The traditional Omni Parker...

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The Tale of Two Cakes part 1

Posted by on Nov 7, 2010 in Cakes, Home | 548 comments

The Tale of Two Cakes part 1

For the last 23 years my family has had a wondrous tradition: each member of our family has a week of celebrating his or her birthday, (we refer to this tradition as “BIRTHDAY WEEK”). The actually story behind this fabulous tradition started with a blunder belonging to my husband, DF. Without trying to bore you, the story goes like this: the first birthday of mine after my husband and I began living together (we were not married yet) happened to fall on a softball game my husband’s team was playing. Instead of just asking if he could take me to dinner the next night, he...

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