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<\/p>\nthere was a party at my house last night.<\/p>\n
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my friends who were planning the party had stopped at a local bakery and purchased the yummy fruit tarts and jam cookies you see in the foreground, then a quick trip to trader joe’s landed the apricot almond tart and the “chocolate pringles.”\u00c2\u00a0 the layer cake?\u00c2\u00a0 well…… i volunteered to make that.\u00c2\u00a0 ever since i read the book eat cake<\/em> by jeanne ray<\/a> i’d been wanting to make a really yummy, decadent cake.\u00c2\u00a0 but there’s not often enough people around to justify baking a giant cake, so…. i’d put it on the bottom of my ever-growing “could do” list.\u00c2\u00a0 but yesterday was the day.\u00c2\u00a0 i’d been brainstorming myself through my baking mood and had a flash of inspiration–chocolate cake + pumpkin cake + cream cheese frosting = amaaaaaaazing.\u00c2\u00a0 And so i baked two round pumpkin cakes the night before, two chocolate cakes that morning, then right before the party, i whipped up a big (but apparently not big enough!\u00c2\u00a0 look at those crumbs peeking through!\u00c2\u00a0 never mind, rustic is good, right?) batch of cream cheese frosting.<\/p>\n apparently, my naughty kitty thought that the frosting was amazing too.\u00c2\u00a0 oh well, we’re all good friends (and many are cat owners) so we all had a good laugh and just cut that part off of the cake before slicing into it.<\/p>\n oh. my. goodness.\u00c2\u00a0 moist, delicious, and stripes too?\u00c2\u00a0 yum.<\/p>\n for the pumpkin layers, i used this recipe<\/a>, and for the chocolate layers i used this recipe<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0 and the frosting was a variation of several recipes i found online, but it’s so decadent, i just can’t bring myself to admit the ingredients here.\u00c2\u00a0 if you really want to know, e-mail me and i’ll send you the recipe.<\/p>\n it also makes a good breakfast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" there was a party at my house last night. my friends who were planning the party had stopped at a local bakery and purchased the yummy fruit tarts and jam cookies you see in the foreground, then a quick trip … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_ETB_wSU3fUw\/SuxTbilv9TI\/AAAAAAAAM84\/LbRIGB8HsAo\/s720\/IMGP4389.jpg\" "\\"bad")
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