Weekends in the Kitchen and Beyond
My son was turning 11 years old, so it was time again for me to roll up my sleeves and create his favorite of all time birthday cake. To sum up this gem of a recipe: It’s a cake with regular chocolate cake layers (each cut in half to make 4 layers), but spread with […]
I wanted to recreate this extraordinary gazillion-layer, apricot-laced, chocolate-glazed torte for my son’s birthday. I made it in my single years, when I had a lot more time on my hands. I remember it being divine. The flavors and textures in this cake take you to a heavenly place. It’s a 30 layer “layer […]
When a birthday rolls around and it’s time to bake a cake, I am usually on pins and needles. Will it turn out? After all, a birthday cake isn’t an everyday dessert. I’m usually baking the birthday cake the night before, or even the day of, so if it–dare I say–flops, then I am in […]