Sky's the limit stater bros cake4/6/2024 ![]() ![]() Up on stage is Playlist Productions ™, featuring songs you know. It's the spot for something special, whether that something's a little something sweet - or simply a little something to sweeten a special occasion.Some people find out they’re going to be parents and - you know, after the whole “yay babies!” cheer has simmered down a bit - freak out because they haven’t yet a) traveled the world, b) made their first million, paid off all of their debt and saved up enough for $200 toys for their little snowflake or c) well, grown up yet.Īnd dance moves you'll soon be using.Īnd for the cherry on top. But me, I actually had a moment of panic because I hadn’t yet found the perfect yellow layer cake recipe. And apparently - and yes, probably ridiculously - central to my image of the kind of mom I want to be is not to have to turn to a box of Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Butter Recipe Golden (anyone else ever been perplexed by this wording?) cake mix to get a reliably perfect two-layer celebration cake. It’s the Smitten Kitchen, afterall: People have expectations!īut I’m not knocking on Duncan Hines, or anyone else who - like me - thinks they do a frighteningly good job of making a consistently perfect, moist and plush yellow layer cake. It’s just that it has always been on my agenda to crack the code at home, using the kind of ingredients I’m a little more proud to put my efforts behind. And although I’ve made my share of vanilla layer cakes, such as this delicious one for that wedding cake or this one that everyone needs in their repertoire because it is infinitely memorize-able, I hadn’t yet found The One. I also hadn’t found The One in the chocolate frosting department. I wanted something not aggressively buttery or saccharine. ![]() Plus easy and drama-free - no tempered egg whites and no praying that the KitchenAid Gods will whiz a sloshy, curdled mess into a smooth and shiny frosting after 20-plus minutes. Those other frostings have their place, but my go-to chocolate frosting needn’t be so complicated.
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