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Boston Cream Pie

It was The Boy’s birthday and we decided on a Boston Cream Pie to celebrate. Boston Cream Pie was invented in 1856 by a French-Armenian chef. It was called a pie because the cake was baked in a pie tin. … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday!

We celebrated The Boy’s birthday last night with his usual choice of pulled pork sandwiches, coleslaw, and wavy chips. Dessert was a sour cream chocolate chip cake with a peanut butter, cream cheese frosting – more on that tomorrow!

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Pandemic 90th Birthday Party

Covid-19 be damned – you only turn 90 once, and we were going to celebrate Jeanette’s birthday come hell or high water! The neighbors social distanced in their backyards, and two cakes and ice cream were served. Happy birthday Jeanette!

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Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Ganache

This is the cake I made for Joe’s birthday. It’s a rich chocolate cake with a cream filling, covered with chocolate ganache. This recipe is going into the permanent birthday cake collection – it was delicious!

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Sponge Cake with Chocolate Frosting

Last night we celebrated my neighbor Jeanette’s 88th year on this planet. I made this cake, we had coffee, and she chuckled at the birthday card we gave her. Happy birthday to one of my favorite people on the block! 

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