{"id":34704,"date":"2020-06-18T19:47:54","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T23:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=34704"},"modified":"2020-06-18T19:47:54","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T23:47:54","slug":"pandemic-90th-birthday-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2020\/06\/18\/pandemic-90th-birthday-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic 90th Birthday Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34705\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2020\/06\/18\/pandemic-90th-birthday-party\/90thbday-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/90thbday-2.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"90thbday\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/90thbday-2.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34705\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/90thbday-2.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/90thbday-2.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/90thbday-2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34706\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2020\/06\/18\/pandemic-90th-birthday-party\/90cake\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/90Cake.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"90Cake\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/90Cake.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34706\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/90Cake.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/90Cake.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/90Cake.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Covid-19 be damned &#8211; you only turn 90 once, and we were going to celebrate Jeanette&#8217;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! <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 box Duncan Hines Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix<\/li>\n<li>1 cup flour<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup cocoa powder<\/li>\n<li>1 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>12 oz. coffee, cold<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup vegetable oil<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup butter, melted<\/li>\n<li>3 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup sour cream<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Frosting:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>16 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>16 oz. heavy whipping cream<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 335\u00ba, grease and flour 2 &#8211; 9&#8243; cake pans, set aside.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, whisk cake mix, flour, cocoa powder,sugar, and salt.<\/li>\n<li>Add coffee, vegetable oil, butter, eggs, sour cream, and vanilla. With an electric mixer, combine ingredients on low for one minute, then switch to medium for 2 more.<\/li>\n<li>Divide among cake pans and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, test with a toothpick. Let cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes, then remove cakes from pans and let completely cool.<\/li>\n<li>For the frosting, heat heavy cream in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly until steam rises up, but not boiling. Pour cream over chocolate chips in a shallow bowl add salt and let it sit for 5 minutes. Whisk until smooth. Cover it with plastic wrap and let cool to room temperature until it&#8217;s the consistency of peanut butter. Frost cake.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Covid-19 be damned &#8211; you only turn 90 once, and we were going to celebrate Jeanette&#8217;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!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1238,4],"tags":[4932,97,4422,3302],"class_list":["post-34704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","category-news","tag-90th-birthday","tag-baking","tag-birthday-cake","tag-neighbors"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-91K","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23871,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/06\/18\/sponge-cake-with-chocolate-frosting\/","url_meta":{"origin":34704,"position":0},"title":"Sponge Cake with Chocolate Frosting","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"June 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Last night we celebrated my neighbor Jeanette's 88th year on this planet. 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