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2016, The Cakening!

Posted in Food and..., Holidays, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 12, 2016| 1 Comment »

Target: Caaaakkkkeeee!!!!!

Another year, another cake:) For this year’s birthday I wanted a little visual contrast, plus a way to use the last of summer’s fruit. Also, pretty. I went with that classic good time, chocolate, and a buttercreamcheese frosting.

Two layers, baked and cooled and torted to make four. To shake things up a bit, I added a thin coating of raspberry jam before frosting the first and third layers, to bring out a touch of fruit flavor. Crumb coat. Thick frosting top. Chocolate ganache trim, topped with blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, and mint, with a buttercream flower to wrap it all up.

Cutting it was scary, but worth it.

So tasty!

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Cake v.2015

Posted in Food and..., Holidays, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 9, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Subject: Cake, variation birthday
Year: 2015
Mission: Simple, elegant, tasty (natch)
Goal: Achieved

This year’s cake was chocolate, four layers, with a chocolate-cream cheese frosting. Sure, my original plan involved crazy complicated construction, multiple colors, and improbable royal icing designs, but in the end I wanted a good old-fashioned birthday cake. Nothing stressful, nothing so complex that it would interfere with family time. This fit the bill to perfection.

I used raspberry jam alternated with frosting in the filling, plus raspberries and their leaves on top for decoration, served with Pennsylvania’s own Yuengling Black & Tan ice cream.

Damn fine cake, if I do say so myself:)

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Cake v.2014

Posted in Food and..., Holidays, tagged , , , , , , , on September 4, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Every year I make a cake for my birthday. This year I decided it was time to try tiered layers, plus butterflies, fondant flowers, pearls and gold dust (those last all technically edible but we know better; save your taste buds for the good stuff). What you see here are two 9″ layers supporting two 6″ layers, all in chocolate with a ridiculously decadent Grand Marnier frosting. Delicious!

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/not a lie:) Also, what better fuel for writing than cake?

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Audio Fiction! Story Now at Cast of Wonders

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 4, 2014| Leave a Comment »

I’m very pleased to announce that I have a story now up at Cast of Wonders, the speculative fiction podcast for young adults. The story is “Taxidermy and Other Dangerous Professions” (originally published as “Heaven’s Lot” in Not One of Us), and it is narrated by the marvelous MK Hobson. Free to listen or read along, check it out!

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This Cake…

Posted in Food and..., Other, tagged , , , on September 14, 2012| 1 Comment »

… Is Not A Lie:)

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Have a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster too, while you’re at it.

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