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tectonic smash cake
soil profiles! wow, talk about something i don’t give a fuck about! i’d rather pass an entire slim jim through my sinus cavity than have to learn about loam and bedrock again. APES was such a bullshit class. that might’ve had something to do with my teacher not believing in climate change, but who knows. so WHY…
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chocolate mousse cake
remember when i went to minnesota and hung out with molly and we made a cake for vanity fair? probably the best week of my life. this cake uses the same sponge and frosting as that one, but i added chocolate mousse and chocolate ganache to make it extra rich. i also left the decoration pretty simple and…
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spring risotto
everyone always laughs when i say i want to be a firefighter. i do, though! i know it’s a super strenuous job (both physically and mentally), but i think it’d be incredibly rewarding. also it would be cool to live with all my firefighter friends. anyway, today is may day! may means REAL spring, not fake cold april…
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london fog cake
edinburgh castle sits swathed in a shroud of cold fog, perched atop a craggy bluff overlooking the scottish capital. while visiting the city in november, my parents and i trekked up edinburgh’s cobbled streets to take a self-led tour of the castle. unfortunately, after five minutes of standing in the wind, my appendages were purple and…
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strawberry cake
i have writer’s block or maybe i should call it a strawberry jam SORRY you’ll need a 6-inch cake ring and a 6×20 strip of acetate cake (recipe from chocolate moosey) 1 cup sliced fresh strawberries 1 tbsp water 2 cups flour, sifted 1 1/2 cups + 2 tbsp sugar 1 tbsp baking powder 1 tsp kosher…
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cassis, coconut, and rosé macarons
beautiful, delicate, and labor-intensive, french macarons are incomparable to any other dessert. their shells are meringue-like, but the light, sweet cookies really just act as a vehicle for any type of filling- lemon curd, nutella, ganache, or these liqueur-flavored frostings. pictured above, the blue cookies’ filling is tinted a tropical yellow and spiked with malibu; the pink ones…
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chocolate butterbeer cake
after the sixth harry potter movie came out, there was some dispute over whether the movie promoted underage drinking: neville serves drinks to his comrades, harry splits a bottle of mulled mead with his professor, hermione is tipsy after a few sips of butterbeer. WELL, the BOOKS never disclosed whether or not butterbeer contains alcohol. they…
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red velvet cake with chocolate and vanilla liquid cheesecake
a few months ago, while trying to stay awake in ap calc, i pulled out my notebook and jotted down a list of momofuku-style cake ideas. christina‘s cakes are deliciously novel, setting a precedent for layer cakes with textured fillings and exposed sides. unfortunately, they often require special order ingredients like pistachio paste and passionfruit puree. admittedly,…
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anatomical heart cake
after completing this, i couldn’t decide whether to label it as “anatomically correct heart” or “bloody rotisserie chicken.” that last picture, especially, just screams chicken to me. either way, this cake is striking, and it’s also pretty easy, as sculpted cakes go. i baked two red velvet cakes in oven-proof glass bowls. after letting them…
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dump truck cake
what has four wheels and flies? a dump truck! get it? sorry. it took me a while to understand. i made this for a three-year-old’s birthday party. last year i made him a cake that looked like an alpaca. those are two pretty cool interests to have as a toddler, alpacas and dump trucks. next…
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