All posts tagged birthday

monday bites: holiday cake truffles (the momofuku birthday cake in a ball)

by shannon on December 10, 2012 in desserts with 20 Comments

That’s right, people. This is your holiday gift from me to you. Much in the way that Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, and Perry Como gifted the world with timeless christmas albums.

Many of you have told me that you love looking at all the Momofuku Milk Bar cakes I’ve made on the blog this past year, but many of you seem to echo the same sentiment. You don’t want to buy cake rings or acetate strips. You don’t want to spend tons of time cutting and stacking cake layers. You sure as heck don’t want to waste freezer space for a half a day while it gets all melded together. And I understand that. Normal people with things to do may not feel the urge to spend hours on a cake. The whole idea of a layer cake is to make it for something special, too. So what if it’s just Tuesday and you want cake? It seems impractical to go to this much effort just for yourself, right? Even if it’s enormously delicious. Even if you really, really want to taste one of these cakes. Continue reading →

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chocolate espresso Guinness cake.

by shannon on September 27, 2012 in desserts with 19 Comments

Doesn’t look very much like a traditional birthday cake, right? Certainly it’s not the mile-high, multi-layered numbers I like to push here, but this was indeed someone’s birthday cake. Someone who really. likes. drinks. because they tend bar, people, don’t worry; I didn’t make a beer-infused cake for a recovering alcoholic. No one fell off the wagon on my watch. I have it on good authority, however (Mr. Table), that if you were going to get addicted to a cake, this one would be it. I hear this was maybe the best chocolate cake a bunch of coworkers have ever laid waste to; if you knew this bunch, you would know they’ve probably demolished some food in their day. Continue reading →

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you’re invited: state fair birthday party.

by shannon on August 20, 2012 in Uncategorized with 22 Comments

So, we had this little state fair birthday party yesterday. You know, the one I’ve been telling you about, for the (now two-year-old) Wee One. I’ve been stringing pennant garland and fashioning felt animals for three solid weeks now. And if you think I have a Farmers’ Market Monday post today, you’re wrong; because unless you want my recipe for buying pre-made broccoli slaw and adding matchsticked fresh carrots to it to make it look classy, I don’t have anything for you. What I do have is a little recap of how the day was spent, and some of the other food I made for the party.

Today is also my blog birthday, people. It’s been one year since I started working on this, and I’m happy to say it’s been great. To celebrate, I’ll be rolling out a few new sections on the blog over September, and I hope you like them. I’ll be back in a few days with more recipes, and we’ll be back to our normal fun around here. Right now, I have some felt animals to clean up.

Enjoy the party, and thank you for coming. Continue reading →

birthday cake (aka the sunday night cake).

by shannon on November 4, 2011 in desserts with No comments

I happened to catch Matt Lewis (of Baked) on the Martha Stewart Show today. It was a repeat, and I’m happy I saw it. The topic of the day was birthdays, and evidently the Baked SuperDuo made the cake for Martha’s most recent fête (could this woman be any luckier? No. She also has unicorns wandering around her home helping her with her gardening). But I digress. He was on the show making a cake I have looked at in their cookbook I can’t tell you how many times and haven’t attempted yet. But if it’s good enough for Martha…well.  Continue reading →

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