This week’s cake for the heavenly cake bakers was the Holiday Pinecone Cake. I decided early on that I was going to make a holiday log, rather than a pine cone, because I wanted to make meringue mushrooms to go with it. This post is late, and rushed, because I’m at my parents’ for the holidays. Between computer problems yesterday and running around helping Mom out with various things today, I haven’t had time to write this up. Sorry for the lack of details or clever commentary (not that you normally find clever commentary here, anyway)!
Month: December 2009
English Gingerbread Cake
I’m not going to bother with pictures today, because the ones I took weren’t very interesting. Plus, I’m grabbing a few moments at lunch at work to type this up and I don’t have my pictures available here. This week’s “Heavenly Cake” was English Gingerbread.
This cake definitely belongs on the quick & easy list. I made it while my husband was mashing potatoes and letting the meatloaf rest before serving on Saturday night. It was facilitated by having everything measured out beforehand, but it was still pretty darn quick. Definitely easy.
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Classic Carrot Cake
…with Dreamy Creamy White Chocolate Frosting. Doesn’t that sound heavenly?
I’m sitting here finishing off the last lonely piece that my co-workers left behind, listening to the train running by just across the street. This recipe was really easy. The hardest part was probably washing the food processor twice. Once after grating the carrots, and again after making the frosting.