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okay, so you saw what i went through this past weekend for ed’s birthday…however i did not post the recipes. i will be honest, i wasn’t going to, but i got enough requests for it, that i feel that i should. the title of this post does not just reflect the subject line of the e-mail sent out for ed’s surprise party (which was a success btw– he was speechless, and ed is never speechless), but it is also arming you with a secret weapon. there is a reason why i went with the chocolate cupcake recipe that i did when trying to recover from the disasters: this really is the best (plain) chocolate cake ever.
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i will admit to being proud of my cookies. my scones are delightful. my cupcakes are great. my cakes… my cakes are disasters. if there wasn’t already a wildly popular site called cakewrecks, i would consider creating a section on my site with that name. let me tell you about my weekend, which resulted in putting flowers on a cake for my friend ed, a 40 year old male.
this past sunday, my kitchen and i were attacked by a moose. wait, no… a mousse. but we were attacked, i assure you of this. i considered taking some photos of the mess, but the lighting in my kitchen isn’t so great, and i would rather concentrate on how magnificent this cake is. i wish i had recorded the reactions it received, but since i did not, i suggest that you make this cake for the next special occasion (yes, today sounds like a day worth celebrating to me) and hear them for yourself! although some of the remarks were “heavenly,” “melt in your mouth good,” “if awesome had a taste, this would be it,” etc… the best reactions were the ones that were noises rather than words. it is the biggest compliment to me as a recreational baker when people accuse me of purchasing at a bakery!
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