I just wanted to quickly post a picture of a cake I made a couple of weeks ago. It was for a welcome home party for a lovely lady who (surprise surprise) just returned from….India! I took a bajillion pictures of the entire cake making process and will post them along with some more details [...]
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I did it! I made my first wedding cake! I thought I was being all smart by getting an early start baking the cakes. The cakes were all baked by Wednesday. The cakes would have been baked earlier, but I had a terrible issue with cake overflowing, cake burning, me standing in front of the [...]
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Geez, it seems like with the week we’ve had, posting something about cakes or cookies or brownies just wouldn’t cut it. Except that the week we’ve had seems a lot more exciting on paper than it was in reality. For me at least. Perhaps I was just fortunate to be in the right place at [...]
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Are you all fans of I Love Lucy? Back in the day, I Love Lucy was broadcast on Nick at Night. Does Nick at Night still exist? Oh, apparently it does. And looking at the website…oh geez, I feel old. I remember watching Nick at Night and seeing shows like I Love Lucy and I [...]
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Oh hey! Have a good Christmas? Do anything exciting over the holiday? See a good movie and eat some Chinese food? I did all of those things. Except eat Chinese food. I did eat Beef Wellington though. It was my first Beef Wellington experience and has confirmed my suspicions that the basis of British food [...]
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Cake. I suppose this website is called Simmiecakes. Because I make those from time to time. Admittedly, it’s been a while, but this past weekend I had a real reason to put my skillz (yes, my madd skillz) to use. My cube neighbor, Jeff, threw a big ol’ shindig for his parents’ 50th anniversary this [...]
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I really wish I could grow things. I have somehow managed to defy the laws of nature and genetics and have inherited The Jackster’s (non)ability to grow…anything. I mean, I’ve killed bamboo! I’m pretty sure all you have to do to keep bamboo alive is give it water every two weeks or so. And somehow [...]
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You see, this cake is supposed to be crooked. I’ve actually made this cake before and The Jackster promptly asked me if I had messed up because it was all tilted. I appreciate the confidence, Mom! I quite like this cake. It’s fun and pretty and full of whimsy and class (black, white, and pink [...]
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Did you have birthday parties as a child? Were they awesome? I remember I had one birthday party at a craft store and we made these little figures whose bodies were jars that we filled with candy. My little figure had a straw hat, but by far, the best part of it was that it [...]
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We’re four nights in, but Happy Hanukkah! Been eating some latkes? Some doughnuts? How about a little dreidel action? No? Well, you’re missing out. Betsy and I had a little Hanukkah shindig the other day. We got a bunch of friends together, had some food, had some drink, had some good company and a good [...]
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This cake is black. Like really black. Like the cake batter itself is black, in addition to the icing. It’s kind of morbid. And I think a little unnerving. Better yet, the cake is vanilla flavored and the icing is chocolate. But it’s all black. Why did I make a black cake may you ask? [...]
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I’m an engineer. I think that means I’m supposed to like video games. Sad to say though I never played them much. My mom would never let me have video game consoles when I was a kid, so the only time I got to play them was when I went to my friend’s house. My [...]
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