celebration cake – In Good Taste http://ingoodtaste.kitchen Making Every Day an Occasion... Simply Sat, 28 Dec 2019 18:11:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-peonies-32x32.jpg celebration cake – In Good Taste http://ingoodtaste.kitchen 32 32 The Best Birthday Cake Recipe: Vanilla Layer Cake http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/birthday-cake/ http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/birthday-cake/#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 01:00:00 +0000 http://ingoodtasteblog.net/?p=74 When you think of baking a vanilla layer cake recipe in the summer, you might immediately begin thinking of excuses to, well, not turn on the oven. I’m quite certain that some desserts (I’m looking at you, No-Bake Cheesecake) were born purely out of their creators’ desires not to spend one minute more than necessary in a humid sauna of a kitchen waiting for a cake to rise. When you think of desserts in the summertime, you might also think of light, springy cakes that are lighter and less-calorie dense, like angel food cake or fresh fruit cobblers. You might order sorbet instead of gelato and you probably order your frappuccinos without whipped cream. It is, after all, bathing suit season. With one exception, obviously. Birthdays. On birthdays (yours and others) all bets are off. It’s a celebration! Calories don’t count! You can eat whatever you want! Maybe I’m exaggerating just a smidge but it’s true. When the calendar calls for a celebration, us good ol’ Americans tend to throw caution (and nutrition) to the wind to indulge in our favorite foods regardless of whether they are good for us or not. To some, it might seem like a gluttonous tradition […]

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