Above is a picture of the disastrously oozy (but very good with champagne) strawberries and whipped cream cake I improvised for the evening. I hope your evening is as joyously cozy or wildly strange or happily drunken or adventurously lost as you wish it to be!
· comments [22] · 12-31-2008 · categories:mumbling ·
Hi, I'm Megan. I live in Seattle with Scott. I make stuff and give you tutorials on how to make it too. I also keep track of what I'm up to and post links to good stuff from all over.
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22 responses so far ↓
1 zobars // Dec 31, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Happy new year to you and your loved ones. That looks yummy.
2 littlem // Dec 31, 2008 at 11:47 pm
My favourite cake! Have a great new year.
3 celia // Jan 1, 2009 at 3:09 am
Lol… Yes, maybe it hasn’t got the best shape but looks soooooo yummy with those big strawberries in it!
4 Julie // Jan 1, 2009 at 8:04 am
Just loking at it makes me grin.
Best wishes for the New Year.
5 gleek // Jan 1, 2009 at 8:34 am
that looks awesome! happy new year!
6 Jen // Jan 1, 2009 at 10:26 am
oozy or not, it’s hard to go wrong with strawberries, cake and whipped cream, or strawberries and champagne! sounds delicious :)
oh, this caramel recipe was posted by a friend of mine, and I thought you might like to try it. It’s incredibly easy, and not at all intimidating candy making. I made it this Christmas, but with even more cardamom.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvonnexlai/2973898359/
7 Teresa // Jan 1, 2009 at 10:37 am
Oozy is never a bad thing when it comes to food. :)
Looking forward to more of your always entertaining blog posts in the new year; happy 2009!
8 Natalie // Jan 1, 2009 at 10:42 am
Yum yum yum!! Happy new year!! I’m looking forward to all of your posts in 2009!
9 Patrice // Jan 1, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Just started reading your blog. That cake looks soooo freakin good! Happy New Year to all!
10 Julie // Jan 1, 2009 at 5:30 pm
YUM
11 Cakespy // Jan 1, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Oh, it was all of the above :-)
Happy new year, and what a cake, baby!
12 Uncle Beefy // Jan 2, 2009 at 10:53 am
Oooh, mercy me, that looks tasty, Miss Megan! Mmm, mm! HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!
13 Kate // Jan 2, 2009 at 2:13 pm
First off, happy new year!
A while back you posted a link to a ‘meat cake’ and I convinced my mom to make it today, while visiting her!
Didn’t turn out as perfect as the one you linked to, but I added some asparagus for the candles, and used layers of ground chicken, ground beef, and ground turkey. It came out delicious. Thanks for linking to it!!
Here are the pictures:
Picture 1
Picture 2
14 Seanna Lea // Jan 2, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Hey! There is nothing wrong with a messy cake. It looks delicious, and taste is still more important than presentation! Have a delicious new year!
15 Marja // Jan 2, 2009 at 5:46 pm
That messy cake looks absolutely delish, as well as kind of messy chic, as well. ;)
16 michelle // Jan 2, 2009 at 8:37 pm
That looks awesome! I love strawberries. Strawberry anything.
17 Marcie // Jan 3, 2009 at 7:32 am
Your cake reminds me of Alice in Wonderland! It might inspire me to make one of my own this afternoon!
18 Anjali // Jan 4, 2009 at 9:15 am
Hey, that looks just like the traditional “Christmas cake” eaten in Japan on Christmas Eve — my favorite cake ever, incidentally. Yum!
19 Enna // Jan 4, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Anything is good with champagne. Happy New Year.
20 mari krueger // Jan 5, 2009 at 12:36 am
whoa, that looks delicious! planning on posting a recipe?? i hope you’re over your cold. I got one on the 23rd which carried me right up until New Year’s Eve. blah. The snow cat made me laugh out loud!! Happy New Year :)
21 Dawn // Jan 5, 2009 at 3:44 am
You cake is beautiful to me. There is no traffic cop in your mouth – all goes down the same way. Stress less and have more fun – my mantra for 2009. Happy New Year to you!
22 femmmefatal // Jan 6, 2009 at 6:53 pm
good lord. My mum did one like this once with blueberries for the 4th of July!
deeeelish!
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