I hope you all don't mind if I take a brief break from the rhubarb extravaganza today because today is P's birthday (mine too!) and I haven't yet added a rhubarb cake to my repertoire. We never make a big deal out of celebrating because frankly, being the center of attention in any circumstance makes me nervous, but I always like to dust off my turntable to make us a cake. This year, I think I am going to keep it simple with an angel food cake covered in the first strawberries of the season and billowy mounds of whipped coconut cream. I think I'll probably pick up some donuts too, for good measure. I'll make sure to report back if it's good.
Here are some cakes from the archives that would all make excellent birthday treats
A Chocolate Cake Fit For Celebrations: Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Ganache and Swiss Meringue Buttercream
Almond Cake with Cherry Filling and Ombre Frosting
Brown Sugar Buttermilk Cake with Roasted Strawberry Meringue Buttercream
Vanilla Poundcake with Vanilla Buttercream and Raspberries
Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Swiss Meringue Buttercream
And a bonus tip:
Try adding crushed Oreos or Newman O's to vanilla buttercream for cookies and cream frosting or a hefty dose (4 tablespoons or so, dissolved in the milk) of instant espresso powder for coffee frosting. Better yet, add them both and call it Cappuccino Cookie Frosting, delish.
21 comments:
Happy Birthday! Report back soon - it's my birthday in June and I always make a cake - it's my big treat to myself. I'm into coconut right now.
Happy Birthday! I'll take a slice of each cake, please...holy, wonder how long that would take! haha
Happy birthday! And good gracious, those cakes are so, so beautiful. You have such a gift!
Happy birthday to the both of you lovely people!! Love seeing your collection of cakes all together and can't wait to see the pics of your new trial cake ;) Have a great day and we'll see you soon, girl!
Happiest Birthday Yossy!!
Happy birthday! What a stunning collection of cakes :-) Hope you have a wonderful day.
Happy birthday! Those cakes all sound delicious.
Happy Birthday Yossy and Pete! Love the cake collection. We will celebrate together soon!
Love Mom : )
Happy birthday to you, Yossy! You certainly have a handle on the cakes, holy jeez. And yeah, absolutely donuts for good measure. Live it up, lady :)
Happy Birthday! So many great cakes!
Happy birthday all around!! Gosh... now I must have cake!
Happy Birthday to you! You bake a good cake :)
Happy belated birthday wishes [and many more!] dear friend!
these cakes make me wish it was my bday right now
The beauty and deliciousness of all these cakes are overwhelming! I think it's the third time I check this post because I can't get enough of looking at your amazing cakes and the wonderful pictures you took.
I'm in love with your blog, thanks for being an inspiration to me and for having one of the best food blogs I have ever had the pleasure to discover.
:-)
those cakes look divine! i hope you had a wonderful birthday, my daughter's birthday was the 26th, May is a good month to be born in. I have nothing compared to your wonderfulness, but I have a little blog myself if you want to head over to wordpress
Happy Birthay :) great cake colection, and great blog :)
I'm enjoying looking at the cakes and their recipes. Happy belated birthdays! I make a burnt sugar cake or a german chocolate cake for mine.
me oh my. perfection in cake form. let them eat cake!
xx
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Happy belated birthday Yossy! Hope you had a wonderful day!
Your cakes are beautiful, and have shown me that the frosting doesn't have to look perfectly smooth as I always try to achieve. I love the spatula pattern on yours. This is yet another bit of inspiration for me to finally attempt meringue buttercream.
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