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Continue reading →: The Wedding CakeTo recap the journey thus far… Wedding Cake Dilemma Wedding Cake Trial Cake for 60 Cream Cheese Swiss Meringue Buttercream: an Exercise in Perseverance A few days before the wedding, I took the frozen cakes, icing, and all other bits over to Vancouver, then layered/filled/frosted the individual cake tiers at…
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Continue reading →: Daring Bakers: Chocolate and Candy!The August 2011 Daring Bakers’ Challenge was hosted by Lisa of Parsley, Sage, Desserts and Line Drives and Mandy of What the Fruitcake?!. These two sugar mavens challenged us to make sinfully delicious candies! This was a special challenge for the Daring Bakers because the good folks at http://www.chocoley.com offered…
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Continue reading →: Wedding Cake TeaserAlright, I know I keep saying this, but the wedding cake post is coming, I PROMISE! There’s just been so much going on, and I was hoping to get some good photos from the wedding photographer, but alas, they are not ready yet. In the meantime, here’s a few “in…
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Continue reading →: Banff CobblerYesterday was my first day back at work after four months off, and in answering the inevitable “what did you do this summer?” question several times, I realized that I had a jam-packed summer: a ten-year high school reunion, a trip to California, a concert in Vancouver, a stagette and…
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Continue reading →: Chicken Fajita Lettuce WrapsNate and I have recently sworn off sugar and starchy refined carbs six days a week, with a cheat day on Saturday (you certainly would not guess this based on the amount of sugary, cakey recipes that I’ve been posting lately, but that’s precisely why we’re doing this!). It hasn’t…
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Continue reading →: Eating Out in San Francisco, Part II: Dinner at MillenniumRead Part 1: Lunch at the Zuni Café After stuffing ourselves full of delicious Zuni Café roast chicken at lunch, we spent the rest of our San Francisco afternoon shopping in Union Square and Chinatown (I bought a dress, some shoes, a ring, a scarf, and a comforter – because…
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Continue reading →: Cream Cheese Swiss Meringue Buttercream: An Exercise in Perseverance*** UPDATE: CLICK HERE FOR A NEW METHOD THAT ACTUALLY WORKS!! ** EDITED TO ADD: After having frosted the wedding cake using this frosting, I have to say that I do not recommend this recipe – it just plain did not work very well and was extremely hard to work…
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Continue reading →: Cake for 60My friend’s wedding is coming up this weekend, so the cakes were baked last week and are happily camping in the freezer, wrapped in plastic and tinfoil, awaiting transport to Vancouver in a few days. Baking the cakes was something I was a little worried about, despite the relative success…
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Continue reading →: Eating Out in San Francisco, Part I: Lunch at the Zuni CaféMy recent trip to Pacific Grove/Monterey, California, to visit my aunt and uncle contained horrific travel (delayed flights resulting in missed connections in both directions, leading to one miserable overnight in the San Francisco airport on the trip down and another 8 hour “layover” in the same airport on the…
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Continue reading →: Daring Bakers: Fresh FraisierJana of Cherry Tea Cakes was our July Daring Bakers’ host and she challenges us to make Fresh Frasiers inspired by recipes written by Elisabeth M. Prueitt and Chad Robertson in the beautiful cookbook Tartine. A fraisier is a French pastry consisting of two layers of cake soaked in simple…
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