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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:

  1. 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.

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  2. 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!

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  3. 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.

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

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  5. 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.

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  6. 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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