Last weekend was Easter weekend. spent with friends and family and food and pastels. as any of my avid readers can tell you, my mom and i take menus quite seriously. i am generally in charge of desserts, a position i do not take lightly. you see, it's just me in this little apartment, which i do love, but sometimes i find it hard to justify making a 3 layer cake, or cupcakes shaped like mice or, well food beyond soup and grilled cheese. you know how it is, work all day, come home, do the hula, eat, watch some LOST. don't lie...i know i am not the only one out there....
anyway!
after much deliberation and about 20 emails back and forth we decided on a menu to please (hopefully) everyone. I made a Coconut Layer Cake. my dream cake....flawlessly white, moist, light, airy...clouds and heaven and angels singing and Zac Efron and all that good stuff.
This one turned out much better than my last attempt. the recipe can be found here. I made a change with the frosting, because it didn't fit my image of the Zac Efron style perfect light frosting i wanted. (did that just become a description?! i guess so....you know what i mean, ladies)
instead i made a simple whipped frosting, following a recipe from the classic and always inspiring Joy of Baking. I couldn't find the Cream of coconut needed for the cake at the snobbish whole foods (sorry John, Jena and Jen, i really love it!), but it was found at the neighborhood grocery store in Michellebletown, Emmanuels Marketplace.
this is the kitchen i got to use!! Rapture! Jeremy and Missy's kitchen in New Jersey. oh god....they have a standing mixer and really good knives and everything a hopeless little baker could ask for!
The Mysterious Cream of Coconut......
getting ready for assembly!
complete and ready to eat :)
Dig in!
The general consensus was good! it was nice and moist, i believe due to the buttermilk in the batter, and the frosting was simple yes, but classically yummy.A delightful contribution to the menu Shmoops so perfectly crafted; sans the ham, she had nothing to do with that. and really neither did I, or rather i didn't want anything to do with it:
that's all for now my pets....
now, finish up your drink, kiss your loved one goodnight, and promise them tales for another night.
xo-TSR
1 comment:
you said moist twice in that post. Come ON MICHELLE! :) <3
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