Friday Favs 9/4/15
September 4, 2015 Some of my favorite new submissions this week.
They asked for, "Happy Birthday Sally/Mom," but I suspect they ordered it over the phone.
;)
Give it a minute.
THERE IT IS.
And here's a little hunting tip:
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HEYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Bakers, you keep using that word:
;)
"Plain"
I do not think it means what you think it means.
(And am I the only one who thinks it's wrong to put frosting on angel food cake?)
First, you will be mildly traumatized:
;)
Then, you will have just one burning question:
Is that actual fur??
Thanks to Jeremy C., Brittany W., Adrienne P., Jen C., & Angela G. for the shiny pink... hunting hat? Yeah. Let's go with that.
BONUS MYSTERY WRECK:
I often joke that I don't know what a cake is supposed to be, but seriously, you guys: I have no idea what this is supposed to be:
;)
Now taking suggestions in the comments.
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Reader Comments (129)
The last one could possibly be a rainbow trout?
Last cake - a Rainbow fish - from the book of the same name!
My grandmother used to make a cooked-on-the-stovetop frosting, called 7 minute frosting, that she would sometimes put on angelfood cake and it was so good! It would harden up a little on the outside, a little candy-like, and be creamy underneath. But regular icing--yuck! Now I'm craving 7 minute icing! I wonder if I can sweet talk my mom into making some. It is such a pain to make but wonderful to eat!
The hunting thing is clearly an orange hunter's hat, done very very badly.
If it isn't ok to put frosting on an angel food cake for you what is your opinion of Lemon, Orange or other kinds of custard being poured over the surface of one?
Last one: I'm on board with DDR or maybe Guitar Hero. Or a wreckerator on drugs. Angel food cake, that's it, no frosting, whipped cream, fruit, chocolate or anything else. Eaten out of hand, with bite-sized pieces torn off.
Rainbow trout morphing into an arrowhead.
Am I really the only person who reads this blog who knows what hunter's orange is? As in the neon orange you are required to wear while hunting so you don't get shot by other hunters in the woods? It's almost hunting season down South, and I promise, orange baseball caps are about to be very fashionable in my neck of the woods.
You are NOT the only one who thinks it's wrong to put frosting on an angel food cake! My entire family lives in terror of my uncle's special "treat": angel food cake with seven minute frosting. Yes, that's right; seven minute frosting. On angel food cake.
*hurk*
Mystery cake = Rainbow Fish (from the book) - however the book was never read by the baker and its also one of those cupcake-cakes
Oh come on! That last one is totally a landing pad for a space ship.
I'm not sure about frosting on an angel food cake. What gets me is that there are spots where bare cake is peeking through. If you're going to do something wrong, at least do it well.
Maybe it's a Rotisserie Chicken. =-)
@Bookworm: I know about "hunter's orange"--around here known as "blaze" orange. And if that's blaze orange, then my monitor settings are REALLY off. On my monitor, it looks like the color that used to be (insensitively) labeled "flesh" in my crayon box. The right-most color on the "mystery" CCC (Ptui!!) looks closer to blaze orange here.
The mystery cake (?) is a fish. My real concern would be - is it really cake? Ugh.
I didn't read all the comments so someone may have suggested this, but I am convinced this last cake is a rainbow trout. Sadly, I knew it right away.
A piece of the Berlin Wall with the freedom graffiti?
Google thinks it might be this:
As good a guess as any
Mystery: Charli XCX's True Romance album cover?
It's a vortex. The arrows are clearly pointing the way.
@Cleo79 - Your grandmother must have known my grandmother. I wouldn't really call it frosting, more like a glaze. I love the contrast between the three textures: the soft cake, the hard icing, and the gooey layer where the glaze soaks in a bit.
It's not hard to make, it's difficult to get right.
It's not plain angel food cake, though.
I know some people don't like the Minions but killing one with a blowtorch seems a little extreme...
The last one looks like a piece of the Berlin Wall to me...
Plain angel food cake just means regular flavor. And icing on angel food cake is the best.
I agree the mystery cake is a trout.
Er, uh, that was the intention
I cannot read the recipient's name of the hunting cake, but I don't know why it's a fail. Orange hat on top, deer head at front, nice leaves for autumn. Is there something I am missing?
Minion is just scary.
Don't know what the last one could be except a fire-breathing rainbow trout. Or chevrons.
My favorite part of the "plain" angel food cake is that underneath it says "select varieties." Isn't the point of something being plain that there is no variety???
Mystery cake. Dance Dance Revolution dance pad. Stomp on it!
Haha princess bride quote!!
the mystery cake looks like an close up still frame of something from tron