The invite:
Showing posts with label Cake Thursday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cake Thursday. Show all posts
7.11.2011
6.20.2011
Cake Thursday on Monday: June 20
Vegan Chocolate Cake with Fluffy Vegan Strawberry-Rhubarb Frosting.
6.07.2011
2.08.2011
12.08.2010
11.02.2010
3.23.2010
1.27.2010
Breaking the (Blog) Fast
After a long, holiday-family-life-endless-head-cold related break, Cake Thursday has returned—
Now on Mondays...
The invitation:
And the cake:
Now on Mondays...
The invitation:
And the cake:
11.24.2009
Cake Thursday: November 12th
Was a Pumpkin-Walnut-Chocolate-Chip Bundt Cake in celebration of National Bundt Day (11/15)...
11.06.2009
Cake Thursday: October 29th
Lost in the Woods Cake
Three layers of Devil's Food Cake filled and frosted with Bittersweet Chocolate Ganache.
For the invitation, I altered the original poster from the must-see, wonderfully creepy film, The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane.
And for the decorations, I whipped out my trusty miniatures to create the a "Lost in the Woods" vignette.
The little house is a bittersweet chocolate I hand-molded, then painted a light in the window with powdered food color.
Three layers of Devil's Food Cake filled and frosted with Bittersweet Chocolate Ganache.
For the invitation, I altered the original poster from the must-see, wonderfully creepy film, The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane.
And for the decorations, I whipped out my trusty miniatures to create the a "Lost in the Woods" vignette.
The little house is a bittersweet chocolate I hand-molded, then painted a light in the window with powdered food color.
10.26.2009
Cake Thursday, Oct. 8th
(Image source: John Singer Sargent Virtual Gallery)
The painting in the invite is Spanish Dancer (Woman) by John Singer Sargent. As for the cake, it was tasty, but I do not have any pictures to show. If you're curious, I got the recipe from the wonderful new book, All Cakes Considered.
10.14.2009
10.06.2009
9.15.2009
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):
The invitation:
The Cake (inspired by this):
7.09.2009
This is Just to Say...
There are words piling up in my head and pictures crowding my desktop, yet lately I don't really know how to put it all together. I want to write more, to post more, yet I find myself being pulled in so many baking directions, many that do not involve cake at all.
When I started the blog, my only intention was to have a place to catalog lovely (and/or interesting) pictures of cake. The happiness that came to me instantaneously upon looking at the images was wonderful and weird, and I relished having the archive.
All of this posting coincided with an interest in baking that grew at a feverish pace until I was turning on my oven three or four times a week—occasionally every day. Cake Thursday was born from this, and it has served me well as both a testing ground for recipes and ideas as well as fulfilling one of my greatest joys: giving things I've made to people I care about.
The purpose of all of this rambling? I just wanted to let any readers out there floating in the ether of the Internet that my posts may be erratic for a time while I figure out where to take all of this. You can expect random, unexplained images, the occasional mumble, maybe a paragraph or two, but I expect to be all over the place for a little while.
Thank you so much for visiting this little piece of the world. I hope that, thus far, it has given you some happiness as well.
More to come in words. For now, I'll leave you with a random selection of recent images, Cake Thursday and otherwise.
CT invite: 6/18
CT invite: 7/2
And the cake:
July 4th 2009 along the East River, Brooklyn
Plum in a Bowl
When I started the blog, my only intention was to have a place to catalog lovely (and/or interesting) pictures of cake. The happiness that came to me instantaneously upon looking at the images was wonderful and weird, and I relished having the archive.
All of this posting coincided with an interest in baking that grew at a feverish pace until I was turning on my oven three or four times a week—occasionally every day. Cake Thursday was born from this, and it has served me well as both a testing ground for recipes and ideas as well as fulfilling one of my greatest joys: giving things I've made to people I care about.
The purpose of all of this rambling? I just wanted to let any readers out there floating in the ether of the Internet that my posts may be erratic for a time while I figure out where to take all of this. You can expect random, unexplained images, the occasional mumble, maybe a paragraph or two, but I expect to be all over the place for a little while.
Thank you so much for visiting this little piece of the world. I hope that, thus far, it has given you some happiness as well.
More to come in words. For now, I'll leave you with a random selection of recent images, Cake Thursday and otherwise.
CT invite: 6/18
CT invite: 7/2
And the cake:
July 4th 2009 along the East River, Brooklyn
Plum in a Bowl
6.11.2009
The Anniversary Card
Given to me by my co-workers in celebration of the 1st anniversary. It was painted and designed by my multi-talented, amazing, and kind boss, Lynn Rogan.
I am one lucky baker.
6.04.2009
(Happy Birthday) Cake Thursday: May 28th
It's kind of crazy that a year has now passed since I started Cake Thursday. What was once a small gathering has turned into a large bi-weekly cake-fest, and a wonderful way for me to get better as a baker and incorporate my love of arts, crafts, and design with my love of cake.
I designed an invitation that showed the progression of cakes that made up the inaugural year:
On a dorky whim, I printed it out, tabloid size, and give away "limited-edition signed and numbered prints" as a thank you to those who came to celebrate with me.
As for the cake, I thought a birthday classic was appropriate, so I bake a two-layer yellow butter cake,
frosted it with chocolate frosting,
and covered the entire lot with bright blue confectioners sugar icing in free form lines and swirls—topped off with the requisite candle, of course.
I can hardly wait to see (and taste) what comes next...
5.21.2009
Cake Thursday: May 14th
Glorious Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting and Bittersweet Peanut Butter Chocolate Ganache.
A mouthful in many ways.
The invite, photographed the morning of:
The Cake, three ways:
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This proved to be one of the most popular cakes to date. The combination of deep chocolate in the cake, peanut butter, and the bittersweet chocolate that I used in the ganache was brilliant.
Not being a fan of too-sweet frosting, I cut the sugar in the recipe from 5 cups (!) to 2 cups, and had no problems.
Speaking of, the recipe is from the book Sky High, but you can also find it over at Smitten Kitchen.
A mouthful in many ways.
The invite, photographed the morning of:
The Cake, three ways:
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This proved to be one of the most popular cakes to date. The combination of deep chocolate in the cake, peanut butter, and the bittersweet chocolate that I used in the ganache was brilliant.
Not being a fan of too-sweet frosting, I cut the sugar in the recipe from 5 cups (!) to 2 cups, and had no problems.
Speaking of, the recipe is from the book Sky High, but you can also find it over at Smitten Kitchen.
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