Remember Meat Week from last year? Well, the earth has gone around the sun once more, and it is Meat Week again! For those who don’t remember and don’t feel like taking the link, Meat Week is a national event, where groups in local areas organize an entire week’s worth of delicious meaty meet-ups. Last […]
The hubs, Mary, and I did Breathe Deep Atlanta this weekend, a 5k Walk/Run on the Georgia Tech campus, benefiting the lung cancer research through the LUNGevity Foundation. This was a very different experience than the Firefly Run, and not just because it was during the day. This is a small run with a lot […]
In celebration of America’s celebration of Cinco de Mayo (let’s be serious, most people just use it as an excuse to drink too much and don’t realize that it is actually not the day of Mexican Independence), our dear friend Mary of noobcakes threw a lovely Cinco de Mayo party. And to this party we brought […]
Apparently there’s this awesome thing called Meat Week. It ran all last week. I probably should have written about it sooner, but oh well. That’s why you should be friends with n00bcakes, like I am. Then you can know all about these things, too. Clearly, all watermarked photos in this post belong to Mr. Gravanis. […]
Mary wrapped up her Weddsplosion series today with a great post about the final steps and her thoughts on the process. There are a lot of photos and the explanations are fascinating as always, so check it out!
Made with love. Our wedding cake was a real winner. There are several reasons why, and if I really wanted to elaborate, I could probably write a good ol’ fashioned IB essay with a three prong thesis. But I’ll try to resist the urge. I will still give you three reasons why our cake was […]
It’s like a vision… This weekend we had help from not only dear Ashley, but also our good friends Mary (of n00bcakes) and her s.o. Scott. Between the five of us (and Ripley), we certainly got a lot of work done (hence patiowned). Having extra hands makes all the difference. I’ve found myself thinking often […]
This month has been a super month for warm and fuzzy feelings in regards to food. First, if you haven’t heard already, the Nudie Foodies cookbook is available for purchase! I did a small blog post about this a month or so back, but to refresh your memory and update the information I had there, […]
Things are coming along, little by little and generally all at the same time. The majority of the invitations are already sent or about to be sent, though we will be continuing to squeeze in more friends as the summer wears on and other people RSVP. Here’s a poorly-lighted sneak peak of the lovely hand-pulled […]
WeddSplosion IV: The Final Tasting This is it, ladies and gents – the decision has been made. The wedding cake flavor of choice is: Chocolate with Coffee Buttercream! This is obviously neither of the initially discussed flavors, but that’s okay! Through multiple trials and errors they have a flavor they love, and I got a […]
WeddSplosion III: The Cake of Doom I’ve started giving the WeddSplosion episodes names. After the wedding cake project started rolling in a serious sort of way, Emily came to me with a recipe she’d gotten from a friend. “Apparently it’s supposed to be really good,” she explained, “They said they’ve made it for several weddings […]
Remember my friend Adam of recent WeddSplosion fame? Saturday was his 25th birthday (old geezer) and guess what he got? A CAKE. Gawd, he’s a double-dipper. But I didn’t make him just any cake – I made him a DELICIOUS cake (if I do say so myself). I’ve been baking so much non-chocolate stuff recently […]
I’d make a fine wedding cake, don’t you think?! Photo Credit: Stylefrizz It turns out the cake is also a big part of the wedding experience. We are both thrilled and lucky to have Mary of n00bcakes making the cake for our big day. It’s really enriched the whole experience to work with our dear […]
So apparently, a big thing for planning a wedding is that you have to pick a place where it will be. Imagine that. However, in my extensive experience in looking for a place, wedding venues fall into one of two categories: they’re more than I can stand to pay for one reason or another, or […]
It’s back! And this time it sucks a whole lot less. First, now that they’ve made it Facebook-Official (these things are important), a hooray for Adam and Emily on their upcoming wedding! As planned last Tuesday, I remade two cakes this week: the Strawberries & Cream and the Peaches & Cream with Bourbon. I made […]
After Tuesday’s WeddSplosion cake tasting I was only able to give away 2 of the 3 cakes I baked. Luckily, the awesome Marble Mocha cake was the one leftover. This meant it was obviously time to whip up some Mocha Swiss Meringue Buttercream. I know it’s annoyingly yuppie of me to have used Starbucks instant […]
I feel like the blog’s been a little boring the last few weeks. Recently I’ve been consumed by work, WeddSplosion R’n’D, and a tiny bit of money fatigue over aforementioned R’n’D as well. Even so, I feel badly that I haven’t been doing anything super creative (or even been a frequent poster at all!). And […]
I promised some WeddSplosion activity, so here’s the first installment. First: Hooray Jeanne and Malcolm! This cake wishes you both a most excellent life together. Many platonic hugs, Me. A few weeks ago I made a Strawberry Cake with Chocolate Ganache Frosting, specifically in preparation for the cake you see here. The icing is, of […]