Saturday, January 9, 2010

Birthday Girl - Birthday Cake

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Last weekend my baby sister turned 26.  I made her this cake from my Martha Stewart Baking Handbook. Click here for the recipe.  Even thoguh I think I baked this a few minutes too long, I really liked the taste of this cake - I think it might become my go-to yellow cake recipe. 
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The book suggested Dark Chocolate frosting.  Click here for the recipe.  The frosting was good, but next time I think I'll try a regular chocolate frosting - this was was just a little too rich tasting for me. 
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The cakes fresh from the oven:
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Happy Birthday Beege! 
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Here I am holding my sister when she was 2 weeks old - I turned 7 three weeks later.  She was like my real-life little baby doll!

6 comments:

Traci said...

The old pic is adorable. I have never made a cake from scratch. Is it really a lot better? I looks great and has made me think about going to pantry for a snack.

alissa said...

Traci - I think you should try making a cake from scratch - it's really not hard! Especially a basic cake recipe like this one. And then you could blog about it!

Nurit said...

Ahhhh, what a cute photo! Is it you and you sister when you were little? Who's who?
Happy birthday to her!
The cake looks so GOOD. Very nice shots too.

Kristen said...

Aww, what a cute post! That pictures showing up everywhere! Thanks for the delicious cake beege!

alissa said...

Nurit - Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! I really enjoy your blog and have been learning a lot from your posts on food photography. Yes - that is an old picture of me holding my sister when she was 2 weeks old. I turned 7 three weeks later.

Dayka said...

Looks delicious. Was it moist? A lot of times I find that these recipes for butter (or yellow) cakes are not as moist as I like them to be. I hate a dry cake!! What's your opinion?

 

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