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Mar 09 2009
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Chocolate, Dessert

Turd Torte

My parents came to visit this weekend and picked up a belated birthday cake from a little bakery in Waterloo, Iowa.  There was a lot of suspense leading up to the unveiling of the cake, including making me avert my eyes while we rode the elevator up 8 floors to my apartment and making me go wait in the bathroom while they put on the finishing touches.  Oh, the irony.  Here was my surprise:

More like S__T we spelled your name wrong.
I quickly got over the sting of the misspelling, and dove right in.  If I boycotted eating every cake on which my name was misspelled, I probably would have deprived myself of about half the birthday cakes of my lifetime.  Cake deprivation is not something I choose to participate in on my birthday.  Or ever.  Especially when there are copious amounts of frosting involved.
My dad had a double dose of cake – poop cake and carrot cake.  Typical.
Same with my mom.  She ate it so fast that I couldn’t even get a good picture.

Thanks, Mom & Dad!
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Dec 15 2008
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Birthday Treats

Yesterday was a rainy, snowy day in Minneapolis, so what better to do than bake?  I had promised a friend some belated birthday treats, and I finally narrowed down my selections to two things: S’mores Bars and Peanut Butter and Jelly Shortbread.  They were both really easy to make and equally easy to eat.  Yes, I sampled them.  I had to make sure there was nothing seriously wrong with them before giving them away, of course.  

I got the recipe for the S’mores Bars here: The Crepes of Wrath.  The only change I made was to make them in a 9″ round pan instead of an 8×8″ square pan.  They turned out just fine in the larger pan.  I also considered substituting Nutter Butters for the graham crackers, but I opted not to because I didn’t want to overdo it on the peanut butter desserts.  I’ll probably try it out next time, though.  Or maybe Thin Mints!  Or maybe lemon cookies!  I love lemon & chocolate together.  So many possibilities…
The recipe for the PB&J Shortbread came from the latest issue of Bon Apetit.  Here’s the actual recipe: Peanut Butter and Jelly Shortbread Wedges.  They were super easy to make, and you only need a few ingredients.  
Here it is right before going into the oven.  The crumbled topping is just a portion of the base that gets frozen and grated before going into the oven.  
And here is the finished product.  I wonder what it would be like with Nutella instead of jam.  Do you think Nutella would hold up in the oven for 50 minutes?  
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