butterfly orange cake & orange torte cake

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Posted by Lala at 2 Jun 2008 | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
found fotos : 1950s ladies luncheon

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Posted by Lala at 1 Jun 2008 | View Comments (2) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
cherry limeade


In an attempt to replicate my favorite drink from Sonic I made homemade cherry limeade yesterday afternoon. I used a can of Sprite, a whole lime, maraschino cherries and some of their juice from their jar. I ended up adding a little cherry flavoring from my snowcone maker as well. It didn't taste as great as Sonic's but it was close enough to really enjoy. :)
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Posted by Lala at 29 May 2008 | View Comments (2) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
mmmmmm, breakfast!


Thank you Baskin Robbins for the berryrific breakfast! ^___^ Hey, it's Friday!!!
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Posted by Lala at 23 May 2008 | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
strawberry shortcake



I made another batch of Strawberry Shortcake since everyone seems to enjoy eating it so much.  :)  

Not counting chilling the berries, I can make and bake a Strawberry Shortcake in less than 40 minutes now... which is why I try to keep fresh berries on hand at all times for short-notice surprise guests.  It's a perfect treat to serve.

I posted photos of the cake yesterday on Flickr and someone asked if it could be made into a vegan recipe.  Well, the strawberries are already perfect (only sugar and water are added to them), add in a vegan vanilla cake, and top if off with either coconut milk whipped cream or vegan whipped cream and voilà!  A perfect vegan treat.

I've been a lacto-ovo-vegetarian for over ten years, haven't eaten red meat since 1994, and I have a great respect for vegans.  Speaking of which, please check out my sweet friend Melisser's fantastic blog The Urban Housewife for all kinds of great vegan treats.  She rocks!!!
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Posted by Lala at 21 May 2008 | View Comments (2) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
found fotos : 1950s children's party


My sister April has always been an avid collector of 'Found Photos,'  she lovingly refers to it as "adopting an ancestor."  She also got me into the hobby, but while she collects vintage (1800s-1960s) glamour, beauty and female portraits I collect more kitschy and pop culture photos from the aforementioned eras.  My favorites being partys, holidays and vacation photos. 

I loooooooove old photos of birthday parties, halloween parties and costumes, Christmas morning shots, vintage kitchens, cakes, toys, themeparks, Polaroids, photobooth, and other amazing photos that POP!

These three photos were found of a girl in the 1950s.  The first shot is her at one of her grand soirees with all of her guests. Whatta a cake!

The second is the same girl before her party on a different year.  Again-- look at that cake! :D

And last but not least are some of her guests playing Pin the Tail On The Donkey.  Check out that little lad looking around the corner.  It doesn't look like he's having a very good time. ;D
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Posted by Lala at 20 May 2008 | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
french tuiles


 

Ever so often I get a recipe request-- which I looooove because it gives me an excuse to look through my cookbook collection.  I got an anonymous comment request for French Tuiles, which I wasn't sure I had a recipe for... to my surprise I found threes recipes for tuiles.  They were generally all the same with minor changes so I choose this one from 1958.  :)  Happy baking!, Lala
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Posted by Lala at 13 May 2008 | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
chocolate heaven


The most delish cake ever-- especially for chocolate lovers. 

This recipe is actually four recipes in one, which is really cool actually.  To make Chocolate Heaven Cake you need to make a Genoese Sponge Cake, Ganache, Chocolate Leaves, and then blend them all together.  I just made previous posts about each of the aforementioned and below is the actual "all together" recipe.  Enjoy!

 
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Posted by Lala at 1 May 2008 | View Comments (2) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
chocolate leaves

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Posted by Lala at 1 May 2008 | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
ganache

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Posted by Lala at 1 May 2008 | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)

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