The King of Pop...

cake that I made for the opening of my close friend's new gallery show.



The cake: two layers of devil's food cake with a glaze of raspberry preserves and chocolate ganache between them. The whole lot was frosted in more ganache and decorated with a silhouette of MJ hand-painted in gold luster dust as well as a single star of gold sanding sugar.



The show is brilliant*, and will up through October at Figureworks Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Alas, all of the cake is long digested.
Check out his facebook page for more info and pictures.

*and I'm not just saying that since he's a friend of mine. Even Spike Lee payed an appreciative, lengthy visit!

Cake Thursday: September 8th

(which was actually a Tuesday. For assorted reasons, I had to re-schedule the first Cake Thursday following the August break to a one-time Tuesday slot.)

The invitation:




The Cake (inspired by this):

Travels: Portland, Maine

Two Fat Cats Bakery



Blueberry Cream Cake and Chocolate Cream Cake

Keeping it Local

This past Sunday, I was finally able to make it to Rooftop Farms. Given that I live right around the corner (!), it's positively nuts so many summer Sunday's passed me by.



Amongst rows of chili's and tomatoes, I faced The Empire State Building to the west, and, when I turned around, my apartment building literally a stones throw to the east. It was amazing and inspiring (and made me grateful for privacy curtains).



Indoors, just beneath the farm, I picked up loot you see below, chatted with others who were there to volunteer their time, buy from the farm stand, or show off locally made goods using produce pulled from Rooftop Farm soil. Gives new meaning to Greenpoint's nickname, The Garden Spot of the World.





In other Garden Spot food news, this Saturday, the 12th, is the opening of the weekly Greenpoint Food Market. I'll be there from 12-2 selling my baked goods with Sweet Tooth of the Tiger. If you're in the neighborhood, stop by and say hello!