Let's speak of this love shall we? Cakes. That's it. Carrot cake, red velvet, lemon pound you ask. No, simply cakes. It's not the flavor I am in love with. I love them all already. To me there is nothing finer than a really good cake. I don't mean the mousse filled glazed affairs, either. Those are beautiful and complicated and I do enjoy making them. But if I am eating a cake, I want a cake. A toothsome one like the ones I grew up on (except the ones I grew up on were filled with funfetti and artificial strawberry flavoring!). It doesn't even have to be a 3-layer cake. Just cake and buttercream or chocolate frosting or cream cheese or curd. It's about the layers of goodness not so much as what comprises them. I just want every layer of it to be delicious. No syrup dredged cake for me. If a cake is dry, it's dry. Syrup won't make it moist. It will make it a wet dry cake and maybe some people like to believe that is a good contrast, but I am not one of them. One of my strong beliefs is that if you don't like cake it's because you have never had a good one.
And I like the decorating. Probably because they are all different. A little bit of me, a little bit of the recipient in each one. I like the fact the cakes are for celebrations. My favorite part is when I deliver them and the box is opened and I see a big smile. And sometimes a hint of happy tears. Those are maybe the real reasons for my love of cakes. The old memories of them and the new ones they are making, I may be on my way to answering one very complicated question.
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Jennifer, You are hilarious! This is Leah--of What a Cookie! (a compatriot from the Oceanside Farmers Market on J St., which I hear you have abandoned. What? You don't enjoy sweating your guts out for 4+ hours and not even making your vendor fee??!!???) Well, anyway, I just googled "specialty cakes, WPB," hoping to have a name jump out at me (I promised a client I would email her some suggestions where she could have a baby-shower cake made for a shower later this month, and your site was one that came up. So, of course, I had to check it out. Not only is it a great website, but your blog is TOO funny. Would never have guessed you were so droll (a specialty of drinking sailors under the table, indeed!!) and funny--nor that you did custom cakes!! I shall give my client your info right away!! And I will keep in touch. I'm sorry that you won't be back at the market, not that I can blame you! If Peter weren't one of my dearest friends, I wouldn't even have done the summer sweat shoppe of a market....(Why do you think I opted for selling lemonade?!?!?!) Kudos on a fun blog and great site. Stay cool!!
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