Project Birthday Cake
February 16th, 2006 Caroline
Nursing is so inspiring sometimes. There I was in the glider with Eli, wondering how best to fete my sister on her milestone birthday when I thought, virtual cakes! Lots and lots of virtual cakes! So thanks to all of you in the computer who helped me make her 45th a memorable one.
Now, about this cake. You might recognize it from the cover of February’s Gourmet (although of course I dressed mine up a little with candles & flowers). I knew as soon as I saw the picture that I would have to make it, and since Libby likes flourless cakes, it seemed a good choice, despite not being your traditional three-layers-with-filling-and-frosting. Ben still wants to make earthworm cake with red hot marshmallow squirters for anyone’s birthday, so I think we’re doing well to use edible ingrediants . And it’s a good cake. I mean, mascarpone and nutella — how can you go wrong?
So happy birthday again, Lib; I wish we could celebrate this one together, but we’re thinking of you with each bite of cake!
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3 Comments
1. Becca | February 16th, 2006 at 12:20 pm
Wow, yours looks totally different than mine did! (That is the one with Nutella mousse, isn’t it?) I guess I should start posting pictures of my cakes, now that I know how to add images, thanks to this project.
2. Caroline | February 16th, 2006 at 6:29 pm
Oh, do post a picture of yours, Becca; I’m curious to see how different it could look. I think I used a smaller pan than called for, but otherwise, I actually followed the recipe…
3. Libby | February 17th, 2006 at 8:59 am
OK, Caroline, my total as of this morning is 47! That’s individual folks sending me cakes; some sent me more than one. So I’ve got a few to grow on now. I’ll send copies when I can; at the moment I can’t connect to the outgoing mail server. Sigh.