Today is my blog’s fifth birthday, and I can hardly believe it. Five freaking years, indeed! And as per tradition, every year my blog’s birthday rolls around, I like to look back on its accomplishments and see how it’s grown and progressed. The first year, with these confetti cookies from (the now sorta lame) Momofuku Milk […]
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a naked red velvet cake with crème fraîche frosting for a blog birthday
Every year when my blog’s birthday rolls around, I tend to get a little pensive when I talk about its beginnings. A reflection of things I learned along the way, how this blog saved me from a job I hated, blah de blah. And while all that is (still) true, this year, I mostly wanted to celebrate just […]
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Valentine’s Day Red Velvet Cake with Marzipan and Ermine Frosting
When I was in the seventh grade, I wrote an impassioned essay about my hatred of Valentine’s Day. “Valentine’s Day,” I read out to the class. “Is my least favorite day of the year. Anybody who likes Valentine’s Day is an idiot. It’s just a made-up holiday that big nameless corporations invented so that the […]
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Baby Shower Challenge, Pt. 1: Secret Ingredient Red Velvet Cake
This past weekend, I accepted a challenge. The task at hand? Bake two cakes for my coworker’s baby shower. PANIC. Okay, to be fair, I was asked to bake one cake. Red velvet, specifically. The second cake was because I wanted to show off. There, I said it. Well, kinda… okay, […]
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