Margaritas, crab, corn.
Fire Island.
Be there or be square.
Inspired by this post from Lauren.
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Thursday, June 2, 2011
I. Am. Doing. This.
Crab Fest 2011.
Margaritas, crab, corn.
Fire Island.
Be there or be square.
Inspired by this post from Lauren.
Margaritas, crab, corn.
Fire Island.
Be there or be square.
Inspired by this post from Lauren.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Rainbow Bright Idea
I love throwing parties and now, with my new kitchen thoroughly underway, I can't wait to go ahead with one. Neal's birthday is coming up but he wants NOTHING to do with a party. So, I will just have to enjoy other people's parties for now. Isn't this one just smashing?!
Makes me get ideas for Knox's first birthday...OMG, did I just write that!?!?!
Addendum: From another blog, iammommy.typepad.com
So, I made a double batch of white cake then added specific ingredients to each layer.
(To do a double rainbow cake I just cut each individual layer in half after baking)
Each cake was baked in a six inch round cake pan using 1 1/4 cups of the white cake batter.
I just added the following ingredients directly to the batter, combined, then poured into prepared pan.
Red- 1/2 cup pureed strawberries
Orange- Two tablespoons of freshly grated orange zest and 1 tsp. freshly squeezed orange juice
Yellow- Two tablespoons of freshly grated lemon zest
Green- 1/2 cup of diced kiwi
Blue-1/2 cup of blueberries, plus a few pureed for color
Purple- 1/2 cup of finely diced purple grapes, 1 tablespoon lemon zest, 1 tablespoon orange zest
*I added a few scant drops of food coloring just to make things a little more easily distinguishable, but for the most part its all just the color of the fruit!
I decided not to use frosting between the layers because this cake was already going to be so tall, so I just made a simple syrup and brushed that on between the layers.
Addendum: From another blog, iammommy.typepad.com
So, I made a double batch of white cake then added specific ingredients to each layer.
(To do a double rainbow cake I just cut each individual layer in half after baking)
Each cake was baked in a six inch round cake pan using 1 1/4 cups of the white cake batter.
I just added the following ingredients directly to the batter, combined, then poured into prepared pan.
Red- 1/2 cup pureed strawberries
Orange- Two tablespoons of freshly grated orange zest and 1 tsp. freshly squeezed orange juice
Yellow- Two tablespoons of freshly grated lemon zest
Green- 1/2 cup of diced kiwi
Blue-1/2 cup of blueberries, plus a few pureed for color
Purple- 1/2 cup of finely diced purple grapes, 1 tablespoon lemon zest, 1 tablespoon orange zest
*I added a few scant drops of food coloring just to make things a little more easily distinguishable, but for the most part its all just the color of the fruit!
I decided not to use frosting between the layers because this cake was already going to be so tall, so I just made a simple syrup and brushed that on between the layers.
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