Boston Skyscaper for Father’s Day
June 17, 2007 by Marye Audet
Filed under Cakes, Chocolate, Fillings and Frostings, Uncategorized
Marc has a sweet tooth. Actually, I suspect it is more like a prehistoric fang although I see no evidence of it…well other than the constant intake of large hershey bars, twizzlers, whoppers, ice cream and anything with sugar in it that I create. Luckily for him he is 6′6″ and works really hard to keep his weight hovering around a very muscular 200 lbs. There are times that I do consider divorcing him to marry someone who has to diet, at least long enough to lose my own extra weight…
Not really.
I wanted to make him a …read more
Creme Patisserie / Pastry Cream
January 6, 2007 by Stephanie Patag
Filed under Cakes, Fillings and Frostings
I haven’t written the complete story about Yena’s Princess Cake. The recipe I was mostly following was from Elaine’s blog (browse through, her pics are awesome!) where she’s got a bunch of food posts — she’s quite the baker! I love how she “simplified” the Princess cake process for me — I followed the cake recipe itself and the pastry cream, and winged it on the rest of the stuff (which actually, is what you’re supposed to do, since there’s not much else). The cake was great, though not the best sponge cake I’ve made — it …read more
