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Deb’s mom’s Amazing Apple Cake recipe

Posted by Susan Filson on Nov. 9, 2009, at 9:02 am

Apple Cake

Yesterday, the temperature topped out around here at 86 degrees. The humidity was so high that when I stepped outside from my air conditioned digs, my sunglasses promptly fogged right up, forcing me to stumble my way to my car. That’s muggy, people! Now I ask you – is that any way for autumn to behave? It’s November, for crying out loud!

I compensate by turning my a/c down really low and padding around the house in sweaters and big, woolly socks. Pathetic, isn’t it? Another way I console myself about this situation is to cook and bake warm, spicy things, using many of the fall fruits and vegetables I find at my local market. This lovely apple cake is one of them. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: apples, baking, cakes, cinnamon
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Baking Week: Wake, Bake and Decorate this (unintentionally) Vegan Cake

Posted by Ian Finn on Aug. 17, 2009, at 9:00 am

I get paid to decorate cakes. Or, rather, I get paid to teach other people how to decorate cakes.

A sweet deal, no pun intended. Helping others do what I love is a real hoot, and this summer’s class really churned out some nice ones.

Cake decorating is simple:

You need desire. You need drive. You must be able to focus. And your short term memory must be somewhat intact.

If you have all of the above, you’re good to go. Find yourself a book, a teacher, the necessary equipment, and get started. What you don’t already know, you’ll learn along the way.

You can start with this, the basic white cake recipe for the cakes we decorate in my class. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ace of cakes, baking, bourdain, cake boss, cake decorating, cake recipes, cakes, ian finn, icing, no reservations, vegan, vegetarian
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Buttercream basics

Posted by Ian Finn on May. 26, 2009, at 8:23 am

Who says old-fashioned cake decorating with the most wildly decorated concoctions of today?

Not I. Buttercream basics, provided you have a ten dollar cake decorating kit, can go a long way toward producing an awesomely decorated cake. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ace of cakes, buttercream, cake decorating, cakes, fondant, frosting, icing
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