bourbon | baking | bubbles | babies
The party was a success! The forecast rain came early and dried out fast, and for maybe the first time, I was ready calm and collected when people came in the front door. Here are some pics of the fun. Read more about the party here.
Now, I’ve seen a number of really beautiful, polished blogs. I’m afraid you’re not going to find that here – of course, I aim to have some good photos here and there. But you’re also going to get a peek at the mess we make in the process!
I usually start birthday planning by asking the birthday girl what she wants for her cake. They never fail to amaze – one year was a chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting, vanilla cake with fudge frosting, you get the idea.
This year, the Big wanted strawberry cupcakes that had real pieces of fruit, and strawberry frosting. The challenge here is that most recipes I’ve seen use gelatin for a strawberry cake. I can’t do it. I just can’t! The idea of horse hooves or whatever is in gelatin just creeps me out. And I’ve never cared for the taste of most strawberry things – even if it’s pretty natural, it always tasted artificial. So this won’t be difficult at all!
In a rare stroke of cake luck, my very first recipe attempt worked out! What I like about this particular recipe is that it doesn’t call for anything fancy, and I love not having to run to the shop four times for ingredients. I am curious about making it with frozen strawberries as a way to enjoy this berry deliciousness year round! Here’s the Pin, and scroll on for how things went, plus my tweaks to achieve a cake that made even me say “Wow!”
