Monday, June 27, 2011
Two Layer Cake with a strawberry on top!
I think I've made about a dozen two-layer cakes in my life. But, I've decided they are very Granny Chic and so I'm going to make the effort to stop making "snack cake" where you pour the entire batter into a 9X13. The thing is.. it's intimidating. Even with cooking spray or flour and butter I have a hard time getting the rounds out of the pans because I like the cake to be very moist. It's a crumby mess when I get them out.
So I have to apply not one crumb coat...
... but 2! If you haven't done this before. You use one of those thin frosting spreaders .. I like THIS one... (BTW a friend gave me the large Wilton spatula as a gift.. they are the best for lifting enchiladas out of the pan w/out ruining them.. free tip for the day). 
After the second crumb coat.. even a moist, crumby cake starts to look prettier ( I apologize for the horrid light in these photos).
I need a better butter cream recipe. The one I use, I won't recommend because I made it up and it's kinda soggy so the cake doesn't fluff out pretty like a Martha Stewart cake. But, still I thought it was pretty cute and the best part.. It was DELICIOUS! Everyone said so. ;)A cake is a celebration for which there need be no reason.
My secret recipe will appear in the comments.. just for those of you who are still reading.. shhh. :)
My secret recipe will appear in the comments.. just for those of you who are still reading.. shhh. :)
His Excellency George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis
I wasn't a fan of this book. I don't like books that feel the need to nit pick at great men.
I intended to write a whole bit about the many reasons I dislike these types of histories, but I'm just not in the mood to be negative today, it's too pretty. So I'll just include one of the ideas that I really liked. It was that among his peers: Adams, Jefferson, Hamilton, Franklin, Madison and others.. among these great men, he was considered a leader.
I haven't read another book just about Washington. But, I would recommend instead..
Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer
Angel in the Whirlwind by Benson Bobrick
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