Previously, we talked vanilla butter cake… and now we’re talking fillings, frosting, and et cetera (and assembly and decoration talk can be found here). The fillings here are blackberry compote and chocolate ganache, the frosting is vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream, and the et cetera is a vanilla bean-bourbon simple syrup for brushing on the cake layers.
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On Friday when a co-worker asked me if I had any plans for the “Halloweekend” (ie, this past weekend, the one when presumably everyone was going to Hallowe’en parties), I gave her a look so blank and uncomprehending that I’m sure I almost offended her. Honestly, Hallowe’en wasn’t even on my radar, other than handing out candy to trick-or-treaters. None of our friends were having parties (they were (almost literally) having babies instead!) and we live pretty far out of town, so “going out” wasn’t happening either.
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