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wedding cake

A Maine Wedding Cake

September 3, 2010
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So where were we? Oh yeah, I had a cake to share with you! After a major furniture rearrange in our rental house and the better part of a day, we had one beautiful cake. It’s amazing what 18 sticks of butter and 7 pounds of powdered sugar can turn a humble blueberry cake into! [...]

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Why We Went to Maine

August 30, 2010
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So you all know I went to Maine for my summer vacation (as evidenced by the lobster sightings) but I don’t know if I ever told you why. They’re why. They are Ryan and Eli. Ryan is one of Noel’s oldest friends. Eli is his rockin fiancee wife. And they were getting married, at Eli’s [...]

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Opening Day + How to Ice And Assemble A Large Cake

April 26, 2010
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Something to add to the list of things you may not have known about Beth–I used to be quite the little athlete. I played a little bit of everything–including one ill fated season of basketball–but my main sports were softball and soccer, both of which I played for over 10 years with the Freedom Optimist [...]

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The Wedding Cake Experiment: Part 2, Iced, Assembled, Delivered!

November 29, 2009
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Patience is a virtue, and since you’ve all been so patiently waiting for me to get these pictures online (a whole day!) here it is without further ado… Pretty, isn’t it? I think I’m still in a bit of shock that Eileen and I created this ourselves. Neither one of us has even taken a [...]

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The Wedding Cake Experiment: Part 1, Bake it Up!

November 23, 2009
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I have a confession to make. Since I first got into making big beautiful layer cakes about 2 years ago, I’ve really, REALLY wanted to make a wedding cake. A cake that not only looked good, but also tasted fantastic. Call me crazy, but it was my personal equivalent of running a marathon–something I wanted [...]

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