tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85879938401446256722024-02-18T23:29:52.368-08:00Keeping Portland TieredEat Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09230756986491713628noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587993840144625672.post-2077215580406038332014-09-01T14:55:00.001-07:002014-09-01T14:55:14.143-07:00Lazy day stuff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
August was a crazy busy month!</div>
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We FINALLY have an AC/Heating system that actually works!!!</div>
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Granted, all of the really hot days are finally over-it's nice to be able to walk into the bakery and </div>
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it <b><u>IS</u></b> actually cooler inside then it is outside. </div>
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****whole new world****</div>
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but I am also really looking forward to </div>
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not wearing a coat inside the bakery this winter!</div>
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We finished up our last round of OMSI After Dark</div>
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Under the Sea was the theme.</div>
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Next up will be the </div>
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Taste of Zupan's</div>
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Wedding season is starting to wind down a bit</div>
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for everyone. It seemed a bit more relaxed this year. </div>
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We still have some gorgeous sunny days ahead</div>
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before the rain comes back in earnest.</div>
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I, for one, am going to enjoy this day off,</div>
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recharge those batteries,</div>
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and mentally prepare for...</div>
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*gulp* the Holidays!</div>
Eat Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09230756986491713628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587993840144625672.post-14830049977584369472014-07-14T19:00:00.000-07:002014-07-14T19:00:45.605-07:00Summertime treats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A small sampling of cakes that my pastry chef</div>
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& crew have whipped up so far this summer. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Orange you happy when you spy flowers?<br />(Oh, come on-stop the groaning)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tonal shift</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fruity waterfall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simple elegance</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pastel rainbow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tart + Fruit = Summer deliciousness</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cupcake time</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Young whipper snappers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roses go with everything</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roses can be much more than plants</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birds of a feather</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farm animals are hanging around</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swirly sweetness</td></tr>
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<br />Eat Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09230756986491713628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587993840144625672.post-16740271721798041002014-07-13T15:36:00.000-07:002014-07-13T15:36:38.049-07:00Gear Con 2014<div style="text-align: center;">
Here's what I did for my holiday weekend. </div>
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GEAR CON </div>
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Quite the stylish crowd to be seen. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steampunk Totoro<br />7 feet tall & his ears wiggle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bit of Steam Powered Giraffe cosplay<br />Most excellently done ladies</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yay! Leather & lights.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very entertaining singer<br />Dogwood</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Faerabella<br />https://soundcloud.com/faerabella/03-bottle-baby</td></tr>
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Dark Cabaret Jazz</div>
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A little smoke, a bit of blues, and add a touch of smooth trumpet</div>
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http://www.faerabella.com/</div>
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Fashion Show time</div>
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I have more pictures but my camera isn't speaking to my computer </div>
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so this is what I can access for the moment.</div>
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These clothes are by: Seams Unusual, Far Above Rubies, and The Lady Jessica</div>
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w/accessories by: </div>
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Avery Millieu Millinery,Steampunked Out (his leather crafts are fabulous!),</div>
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Midnight Armor, & Steambaby </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dr. Professor Anderson<br />Resident Mad Scientist w/his personal Tesla coil</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wow.<br />He said it takes him an average of 2 weeks per component.<br />Wow.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More Science!<br />Mini Mad Scientist in the making</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very stylish</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up of the Wow.<br />Again, Wow.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steampunk Spidey</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Like the look, love the bumbershoot</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wow x2<br />These outfits were absolutely amazing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love the lighting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Classic</td></tr>
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I come up with so many new ideas after attending these events.</div>
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I'm thinking a bracer that will hold sharpies & measuring spoons now.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I'm a leaf on the wind"...or, in this case, a dandelion</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chocolate Fest 2014 Steampunk Baker in residence</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Valentine's week was a bit crazy this year. <br />I swear I'm looking at a clown.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We really have been busy as bees</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There may have been some fishing for compliments</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We're not lying around, I promise.<br /><br />Side note:<br />One of my favorite groups that has kept me from going completely crazy,<br />I think..well, mostly at least.<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Abney Park<br /></span></b><a href="http://www.abneypark.com/">http://www.abneypark.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjRGYE6brQY&feature=kp">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjRGYE6brQY&feature=kp</a></td></tr>
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<br />Eat Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09230756986491713628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587993840144625672.post-78906369996969797412013-07-14T19:24:00.002-07:002013-07-14T19:24:46.194-07:00Bite of Oregon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Eat Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09230756986491713628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587993840144625672.post-25225689606032271652013-06-16T12:21:00.000-07:002013-06-16T12:21:03.347-07:00It's Your Wedding.<div style="text-align: center;">
It's that time of year again, High Wedding Season. </div>
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And the phone calls that come with...</div>
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"Hi, I need a Wedding cake to serve 300 for tomorrow </div>
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and I want this decoration."</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Ahahahahahahahahahaha,...wait, you're serious?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>And yes, we have had a few of those types of calls.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Sometimes, we can help. Sometimes we can not.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>It never ceases to amaze me that some don't stop to think that it </b></span></div>
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One thing I always tell couples that come for consultations and</div>
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I have noticed that a lot more couples, in general, </div>
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showing off serious dance moves, </div>
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Steampunk attire, etc.</div>
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because it's what's expected.</div>
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They'll be eyeing our Lemon Coconut bar or </div>
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I ask them, "If you were just having something for yourself, </div>
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Some have said cookies, others have said pie but then </div>
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they start dutifully looking through our cake photo albums again.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">"It's your Wedding, </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">not what you think </span></b></div>
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Again, it's your Wedding. </div>
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Have what you want to have.</div>
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Sure, you could have a small cake or cupcakes to </div>
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Why, one of our former employees had us make </div>
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Eat Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09230756986491713628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587993840144625672.post-86359763371551941222013-05-12T20:21:00.002-07:002013-05-12T20:21:48.150-07:00Birthday cake for Stevie Wonder <div style="text-align: center;">
My pastry chef received a call from an old school chum recently, </div>
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asking if we would make a birthday cake for a special guest.</div>
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<b>Mr. Stevie Wonder. </b></div>
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That would be a Yes.</div>
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The event was a fundraiser for Project Clean Slate. </div>
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My baker baked a cake to serve 200</div>
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and my pastry chef got to work on the decoration. </div>
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She made the cake topper a few days ahead so it </div>
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would have time to dry and would be stable.</div>
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With fondant covering the cake, it weighs over 70lb.</div>
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We took it to the restaurant Quartet.</div>
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My pastry chef also put some of</div>
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Mr. Wonder's song titles </div>
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on the cake.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No, she couldn't fit all of them on there, not by a long shot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up action</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Piano & cake together in perfect harmony.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nifty insides of Quartet</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More nifty interior action.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A chef and her cake.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Executive Chef & friend of my pastry chef.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I really like the interior, very modern.</td></tr>
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I snapped a couple of pictures of Mr. Wonder </div>
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rather than actually being close by. </div>
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He was very gracious to sing a few songs.</div>
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So, here's that assortment and a short news video covering it as well.</div>
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<br />Eat Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09230756986491713628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587993840144625672.post-3230054585229786332013-04-08T21:05:00.001-07:002013-04-08T21:09:28.222-07:00Random stuffThere's a lot of stuff going on and I never seem to have enough time to catch up on everything that I want to do or that needs to be done.<br />
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I found out about this excellent web comic when I was up at Steamcon last year.<br />
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This web comic has it all and I love the fact that the main character is a pretty darn self sufficient and practical female. Also, the humour cracks me up a lot. </div>
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Another web comic that I've just come across is "Namesake".</div>
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The premise is that a person who has the same name as a character from a novel has the potential to be a new version of that character and continue or update the story. </div>
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These both are ongoing comics which drives me <span style="font-size: x-small;">(a little)</span> crazy because I want to read the entire thing right now!!!!... but, at least they update three times a week on alternating days </div>
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so I can get my fix of each until the next one is online. </div>
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You can also buy Girl Genius in actual book form either as a graphic novel or as a regular novel. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>flip pages back and forth, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>dog ear your favourite pages books are the best!)</b> </span></div>
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<b>Food wise, we met these people at ChocolateFest this year</b><br />
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At first glance of their menu, you think<br />
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Then you taste on of their sandwiches and realize that<br />
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Sometimes, one just needs a little break from the world of dessert and PBJ's is a tasty way to go.<br />
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Well, that's a brief rundown of nifty things, now-Back to the cakes!<br />
And pies, and cookies, and mousse...<br />
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Always the Friday before Valentine's Day.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These guys have been our neighbors for ages. Love their stuff.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steampunk Baker has the Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip samples ready to go.</td></tr>
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<b>A Huge THANK YOU to our staff for all of their hard work!</b></div>
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<b> We couldn't do this without you.</b></div>
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<b>Keep Portland Tiered. Eat Cake.</b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Pastry Chef, Robin Hassett, ready for the day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our neighbors across the way, Rose City Sweets.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coastal Mist chocolates</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is such a gorgeous display.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everything here is so tasty. Willamette Valley Confectionery</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They always have such a fun & sassy booth at JaCiva's.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Verdun Chocolate</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carter's Chocolates</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The ch<span style="font-size: x-small;">ocolate dipped bacon at Carter's Chocolates</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They have some serious style at this booth.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The muscat is divine. Their other wines are pretty good too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Setting up.</td></tr>
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I didn't get any pictures of this one but <b>PBJ's</b> sandwiches are...<br />
Very possibly the <b>BEST</b> sandwiches that I have ever tried.</div>
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The Hot Hood, a very, very close second.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>(Very, very close.)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">A huge <b>Thank </b><span style="font-size: small;"><b>You!</b> go<span style="font-size: small;">es out <span style="font-size: small;">to our staff </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Eat Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09230756986491713628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587993840144625672.post-14927191761546454532012-12-02T15:09:00.002-08:002012-12-02T15:09:43.095-08:00Holiday season<div style="text-align: center;">
That time of year is here again.</div>
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<b>Holiday season. </b></div>
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I just want to remind everyone not to drive your selves </div>
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that you think you need to make it a "perfect" holiday.</div>
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When it's all over, it's the memory of the time spent with </div>
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your family & friends that is the most important treasure; </div>
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not the hideous teapot that you purchased for your aunt </div>
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or the latest cellphone that your son just couldn't live without.</div>
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Here's a bit of Holiday scenery to enjoy. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">December Wedding</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A touch of Seuss</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Never ending Gingerbread men</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty & shiny things</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Topper on the December Wedding cake</td></tr>
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Eat Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09230756986491713628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587993840144625672.post-14949177644500972462012-11-04T18:28:00.000-08:002012-11-04T18:28:27.944-08:00Taste of Zupan's 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Holidays are coming up fast. </div>
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Here's a few of the delicious items that were starring in this year's </div>
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Taste of Zupan's </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> (If only computers had the aroma button available as well)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was fun, it <span style="font-size: small;">was busy, and everyone at Zupan's </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">& The Heathman de<span style="font-size: small;">serve a hug<span style="font-size: small;">e round o<span style="font-size: small;">f applause</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">for putting this altog<span style="font-size: small;">ether.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">As always, all proceeds<span style="font-size: small;"> goes to the Sunshine Divi<span style="font-size: small;">sion</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Let t<span style="font-size: small;">he drooling commence!</span> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Olympic Provisions's really cool slicer-it did wonderful things with ham.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Meadow-our other table neighbor</td></tr>
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Our Italian Almond & Raspberry Fudge cakes.</div>
Eat Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09230756986491713628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587993840144625672.post-37145816459195006192012-10-18T19:13:00.001-07:002012-10-18T19:23:46.079-07:00Fall 2012: Upcoming events <div style="text-align: center;">
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The whirlwind of Holiday craziness begins. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Okay, first up.</u> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.artintheburbs.org/">Art in the Burbs</a></span></div>
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<b>but the event goes through Sunday.</b> </div>
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"CARDS <span class="style6">+ </span> CLAY <span class="style6">+ </span>EXTERIOR ART <span class="style6">+ </span>GLASS<span class="style6"><br />
</span>HANGING ART <span class="style6">+ </span>JEWELRY <span class="style6">+ </span>TEXTILES<span class="style6"> +</span> WOOD</div>
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For one October weekend, Alberta Rider
Elementary will once again be transformed into a fine art gallery with
original works from over 70 juried artists available for sale. The
Foundation’s Art in the Burbs brings a diverse range of art. Explore the
<a href="http://www.artintheburbs.org/artists.html">juried artist</a>
page to view who will be in this year's show. A highlight - you will be
awed by talented Tigard-Tualatin students as you stroll through the <a href="http://www.artintheburbs.org/studentgallery.html">student art gallery</a> and entertained by <a href="http://www.artintheburbs.org/entertainment.html">student musicians</a> performing throughout the weekend" </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #990000;">All Hallow's Eve</span> </span></b></span><br />
<b>otherwise known as October 31st.</b><br />
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<b>Spirits</b> of all types plus Steampunk Baker<br />
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(mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha)<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.omsi.edu/afterdark">http://www.omsi.edu/afterdark</a></span></div>
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In the Spirit.</h3>
"Ghost, goblins, and whiskey, oh my! Get in the spirit and celebrate
Halloween at OMSI After Dark - costumes encouraged! Taste the difference
between grain and potato vodka while local distilleries share the
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;">November 3rd</span></span> </span> </b></div>
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All sorts of delectable foods and beverages to sample from </div>
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Charcuterie to Pumpkin cake (ours, of course ;) and </div>
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all proceeds go to the Portland Police Bureau Sunshine Division.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.zupans.com/TheTaste/"><b> </b>http://www.zupans.com/TheTaste/</a></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one had carnival games as a theme.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Mcmenamins Grand Lodge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I like the brightness of the flowers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little something blue.</td></tr>
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<br />Eat Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09230756986491713628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587993840144625672.post-50120545845738920602012-08-20T22:31:00.002-07:002012-08-26T12:26:43.785-07:00Gear Con 2012<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Steampunk Baker</span></b></div>
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<b>took a mini sabbatical and attended</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>(Trumpet fanfare)</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Gear Con 2012</span></b></div>
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Went to a few <i>Crafter's Labs </i>& made a couple of nifty treasures.</div>
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Learned a bit about men's fashion & women's corsetry.</div>
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Attended a class on Bartitsu which,</div>
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has served a certain Mr. Holmes well on many occasions.</div>
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<a href="http://duellatoria.com/">http://duellatoria.com/</a>
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Picked up some gorgeous treasures from</div>
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<b>Steampunked Out</b>. So much leather goodness.</div>
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<a href="http://www.steampunkedout.com/">http://www.steampunkedout.com/</a>
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And listened to a couple of decent bands:</div>
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<b>Professor Gall & Nilika Remi</b>.</div>
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Also drooled over the goggles at </div>
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<a href="http://www.steambaby.net/">http://www.steambaby.net/</a>
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So pretty and practical.</div>
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Also attended a lecture about Victorian medicine, </div>
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some things from the past I'm perfectly happy </div>
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not reliving...and that's if you were healthy.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Let's just leave it at ugh.)</span></div>
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Onto the fancy bits</div>
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<b>Pictures!!!</b></div>
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I did not get names but everyone was very nice</div>
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about having their pictures taken so without further ado,
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<b>Here we go!</b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I just love her whole outfit..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Such style </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gentleman standing is so very tall.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simply gorgeous </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Possibly a little impractical for the bakery *sigh*</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Professor Gall & his band. I do enjoy a good banjo.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wings x1</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lady and her heavy artillery are welcome everywhere.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quite a dapper chap.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now, that's a coat!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simply lovely</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SCIENCE!<br />
*mwahahahahahahahahaha*</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wings from the flip side </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh, Tesla makes me happy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Absolutely the Gentleman.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian Royalty</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I do believe she has a bug on her chapeau, I do hope it's friendly.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tesla Coil in action!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(mwahahahahahahahahaha)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Sorry about the side view, I am having a few technical issues.)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Like the belt, the hat, heck the whole ensemble.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Again, sorry about the side view-editing is very limited on the video side of things</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*Ahem*</span></div>
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How else to end such a splendid time that was had by all?</div>
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I think nothing but this will do.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Flaming Bagpipes!</b></span><br />
courtesy of Niall Townley
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Eat Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09230756986491713628noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587993840144625672.post-23655299782283243702012-07-29T20:57:00.001-07:002012-07-29T21:10:34.935-07:00Breakfast club<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Staff breakfast on Saturday morning. </b></div>
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<b>Sort of like brunch-except then we work. </b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dutch baby fresh from the oven</td></tr>
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Dutch baby with fresh fruit and hashbrowns.<b> </b><b></b><br />
Sweet potato pancakes and hashbrowns.<br />
Madeleines with lemon zest and hashbrowns.<br />
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Omelettes in a bag and hashbrowns.<br />
Belgian waffles and hashbrowns. <br />
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Doughnuts from Donut a Day and hasbrowns.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Donut a Day doughnuts. Yum</td></tr>
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Biscuits with Mushroom gravy and hashbrowns.<br />
Crepes w/ fresh strawberries and hashbrowns.<br />
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Scones and hashbrowns.<br />
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Scrambled eggs and hashbrowns.<br />
Croissants and hashbrowns.<br />
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Cinnamon rolls and hashbrowns.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yes, pretty much everything revolves around the hashbrowns. </span> </span> </div>Eat Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09230756986491713628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587993840144625672.post-19040824657381946842012-07-22T19:02:00.000-07:002012-07-22T19:02:13.989-07:00Wedding Cake thoughts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Some (hopefully) helpful thoughts </div>
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when you are considering what to order for your </div>
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<b style="text-align: center;"><u>1.</u></b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"> </span><u style="text-align: center;">Consider the time of year and location where you will be having the cake.</u></div>
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Cakes can be very temperamental beasties.</div>
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Too cold, the frosting may be hard.</div>
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Too warm, and the cake may ooze apart.</div>
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Ideal cake temperature is 65 to 80 degrees.</div>
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Indoors, out of the sun. <b><u>Period</u></b>. </div>
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I know, I know.</div>
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It's SUMMER! which means </div>
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the Wedding cake simply must be outdoors.</div>
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Everyone LOVES the outdoors.</div>
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Let me explain. </div>
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Most of the time, cakes for outdoor weddin<span style="background-color: white;">g work out just fine. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">A bug or two may wander off with some of the frosting </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">but that's not a big deal.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Weather is the big factor. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">People are a lot more adjustable to a little heat or rain</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">than a Wedding cake will be.</span></div>
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Mid August, cake placed in the sun</div>
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is an excellent recipe for puddle of cake.</div>
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We recommend having the cake indoors, if at all possible, </div>
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especially in the Summer as there is usually a/c.</div>
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If the cake is going to be outside then a cooler, shady spot is best.</div>
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A tent or under some shady trees </div>
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will go a long way to keeping the cake happy.</div>
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<b><u>Avoid direct sunlight & heat.</u></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Kind of like vampires)</span></b></div>
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Also, if the cake will be outdoors, we recommend using fondant.</div>
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Fondant is a lot sturdier in warm weather </div>
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than buttercream <span style="background-color: white;">tends to be. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">A lot of people don't care for fondant </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">either because of the texture </span><span style="background-color: white;">or the taste </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-small;">(really, it should be similar to a marshmallow, slightly sweet & vanilla and a touch chewy)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">but for warm weather,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">it's the cake's best friend. </span></div>
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<u style="font-weight: bold;"> 2.</u> Keep in mind that bakeries don't all make/do the same things.</div>
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For example: At the Dessert Tray, <span style="background-color: white;">we make a cream cheese filling </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">but we don't use it as a frosting whereas others bakeries do.</span><br />
Most bakeries are somewhat flexible on what they will do but<br />
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<u style="font-weight: bold;">3.</u> If you want something put on the cake that you want to save </div>
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such as a cake topper that's <span style="background-color: white;">made from fabric or something; </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">so that they can work with you to plan the best method to keep it clean.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></div>
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<u style="font-weight: bold;">4.</u> If something is supposed to go on the cake, </div>
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please designate someone on site who will know </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">We've had a few weddings cakes lately that were </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">They weren't, and no one on hand knew anything about it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">A couple of times it was due to the florist not arriving when scheduled, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">other times we managed to cobble something together.</span><br />
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We try to be efficient and quick so as not to disrupt<br />
the festivities but the key thing, the stuff needs to be there<br />
for us to work with it.<br />
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</div>Eat Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09230756986491713628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587993840144625672.post-80771990651438128552012-06-24T12:34:00.001-07:002012-06-24T12:35:53.197-07:00Summer?<div style="text-align: center;">
Technically it is Summer in the Northwest.</div>
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Which translates to, at least a full week of sunshine...</div>
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not all in the same week, of course. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*Come to think of it, there has been mention of actual sunshine sightings recently.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Wait, I think I see some sunbeams now! Wow, so shiny.*</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here are some cakes to put you in a Summery sort of mood. </span></span></div>
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Sunshine helps the flowers grow.</div>
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Time for picnics and weddings.</div>
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Perfect time to visit the Zoo.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*And if you are lucky enough to be going to the San Diego Zoo, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">you have a chance to catch Steampunk Baker's favourite musical automatons.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Steam Powered Giraffe </b></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*dreamy sigh*</span></div>
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It's also the perfect time to visit aquariums. </div>
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And it's perfect weather for star gazing in the Northwest.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*Less clouds blocking the night sky*</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Have an Excellent Summer everyone!</span> </span></div>
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<br /></div>Eat Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09230756986491713628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587993840144625672.post-88928131684921611912012-05-24T13:04:00.001-07:002012-05-25T22:18:10.800-07:00Reality Check- The future Baker Edition<span style="background-color: white; color: black;">This is for everyone who's interested in entering the baking industry as a student, employee, business owner, etc. This is not meant to deter anyone from going into the baking/food industry but rather meant to give you a more realistic idea of what the baking (or any service industry) world is like.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;">Every day I receive resumes and externship requests from people interested in becoming a professional baker/cake decorator/etc, w</span>ell, actually, cake decorator is the most requested/demanded position. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black;">Some of the applicants have worked in the food industry before, some are currently attending school, and others have never before touched a cake pan but most of these people know, without any doubt, that they are/will be the best thing the pastry world has ever seen.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black;">So often I hear things like: "I love to decorate and... "</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black;"> 1. "I went to school for this."</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;"> 2. "I've done it at home for family & friends and everyone loves</span> everything I've made."</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"> 3. "It's so easy to do, I can't believe you get paid to do this."</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"> 4. "It's not like your are really working or need any skill, you just play all day long." </span><br />
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<b>(Yeah, um NO!)</b></div>
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<b>*sigh* </b></div>
And almost every single person ends with, "So I've decided that I am going to be a professional cake decorator".<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I had one person who, when he applied for an open bakery position, told us that his "<u><b>Real</b></u>" job was
as a realtor but since it was slow in the real estate market at the moment,
he had decided that working at my bakery would be a fun lark to pass the time until he found "<u><b>Real</b></u>" work again.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> (Obviously he has no clue as to what <b>"Real" work is.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> </b>Why even bother wasting my time? <b>Seriously</b>.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A couple of applicants actually told me that it would be great working at my bakery because they could learn how to decorate while they worked as our decorator. </span><b style="text-align: center;">(Yeah, um NO!)</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Um, thought process anyone? <b>Anyone</b>?)</span><br />
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<b>To most of these types I have one thing to say,</b><br />
<b>"I am disinclined to acquiesce to your request. Means "No.""</b></div>
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<b>and here's why. </b></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reason #1</b>.</span><br />
I already have an excellent staff and (somewhat unusual for this industry) a very low turnover rate.<br />
<b>Reason #2</b>.<br />
Baking at home or in a school environment are completely different beasts from baking on a commercial level. <b><u><i>Completely.</i></u></b><br />
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Baking at home, a person has the luxury of spending hours (or days) on the decoration, getting every little detail absolutely perfect. He/she can buy the ultra luxurious ingredients: local artisanal chocolate, organic evaporated cane sugar or whatever the latest expensive designer sweetener is at the moment, and freshly hand milled super premium flour, fresh cream from a cow named Jenny and on and on. This person isn't concerned that the super premium chocolate is $15 per pound or that the flour is $12 per pound. He/she also doesn't think to add in the costs of overhead: utilities, rent, licenses, paying employees, and a hundred and ten other things that are all part of running a business.<br />
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With any business, you have to balance the time and cost put into making a product with how much someone is willing to pay for the finished version. The cake may look stunningly beautiful but if a bakery has to charge $500 for a 9" cake to cover the costs involved and to turn a profit then it won't be in business very long, unless it's attained celebrity status and even then it can be iffy.<br />
Of course, if you can find a customer who is willing to pay that then congrats are in order, but you will need many of those customers and I wish you all the luck in finding them. <br />
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The majority of baking/cooking shows on tv show a world where: everyone (mostly) gets along, there are always new & exciting projects to work on, money is no object to customers <span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>(hahahahahahahahahaha-that one always cracks me up)</b></span>, and no expense is spared on the ingredients. In this fantasy realm, the kitchen is always huge, gorgeous, well stocked, and the conditions are always optimal.<br />
That's great for a tv show but that's not the real world.<br />
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The same thing happens to some extent at culinary schools; there's oodles of equipment and ingredients for projects, the students can focus most of their time and attention on making their projects the best that they can be, and they don't have to worry that the customer's check is valid.<br />
If something gets messed up, there's someone there to help fix it or the student can just dump the mess and start over. <br />
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(I kind of miss those carefree days *sniffle*)<br />
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I find that many people coming to our bakery inquiring about jobs or externships have the attitude that wherever they are, they will be the best thing that my business has ever seen and that they will be able to do <b>EXACTLY </b>what they want to whether it involves only decorating wedding cakes, focusing solely on sugar work, or even the nuts & bolts of stuff like: starting work at 10am and leaving at 1because they feel like it, texting all day long, not cleaning up after themselves or finishing a project they've started, etc<span style="font-size: x-small;">.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">(The hours that people think they would actually work makes me chuckle a little, especially if they want to own a business</span>.<span style="font-size: x-small;">)</span></b> </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Whether starting an externship or a new job, I can tell you right now what most of the businesses you will be training at/working for <u>really want and need from YOU</u>.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">It's pretty simple, really, and once you truly understand what we need from you, you'll be 900% ahead in the game.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">*Drum roll*</span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">1. Ability to follow <u>OUR</u> directions.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">2. Ability to measure/scale ingredients & product correctly without needing constant supervision.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">3. The ability to be fast, efficient, and careful.</span></b><br />
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If you are unable to prove to my staff and myself that you can master the basics like using a measuring cup correctly then there is
<u><b>very little possibility</b></u> that I would ever let you work on anything more
complicated.<br />
You need to be able to show me proficiency on the day to day, basic projects (and
that includes everything from the finished product, to being able to
clean up your work area afterwards and managing your time efficiently) before I would trust to you work on
something more elaborate like a wedding or birthday cake. Cakes for special occasions are much more expensive for us to produce (in time, labor, and
ingredient costs) so we need someone who can work quickly and cleanly while still making the customer happy.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I</span></span>n school or at home, the baking projects tend to be small scale-one or two desserts that you can focus all of your creative energy and time on. In bakeries like mine, for an average week, we may have 15 or 20 special order cakes and another 60 to 80 cakes for our wholesale customers that all need to be finished nicely and in a timely fashion. For holidays, it's much more.<br />
<b style="text-align: center;">A person <u>HAS</u> to learn how to balance quality with speed.</b><br />
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Businesses understand that there's a learning curve to transitioning from the
methods you were taught in school or learned at home and learning how to
apply them in real-life situations and most businesses adjust for that to a point.<br />
A big part of this is also realizing that every place you go will do things slightly
different and that you need to be flexible enough to adjust to
this.<br />
I can't tell you how many externs have told my bakers or myself that we are doing something wrong so they are going to do it the <b><u>correct</u></b> way.<br />
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(Tip- that's an <b><u>excellent</u></b> way to earn the disrespect of everyone around you.)</div>
If you give me or my employees attitude, such as "I know how everything should really be done at your business" then all you are going to end up doing is irritate the people around you and, in turn, no one is going to want to work with you.<br />
First thing you need to remember, it's not your business. Yes, there may be and probably are better ways to run the business, but unless you are paying all of the bills, it's not your business and ultimately, not your decision.<br />
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You can't change stuff without permission or unless you are running your own operation. You may have some excellent ideas but you have to be careful about how you approach the subject of change and you also have to consider factors such as how much x costs instead of y <span style="font-size: x-small;">(didn't realize that you would be using algebra did you)</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">,</span> what permits are required, factoring in the costs of labor/electricity/gas/packaging/etc that will be required. It doesn't hurt to ask but don't take it too personally if you are told "no".<br />
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<i>example: I worked for a brief time at a local country club as the only pastry chef. One of my weekly projects was to make 10 or more Apple pies three times a week</i><i>, peeling & coring cases and cases of apples. I know how much time (labor cost) is spent just prepping the apples so I went to the executive chef and asked if he would consider IQF apples <span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;">(already sliced, peeled, cored, picked at ultimate ripeness, and flash frozen) </span>which would cut down on time & labor cost. He said "No. I want everything to be done from scratch." </i><i>That was his decision and though I personally disagreed with it, I continued to do it the way he wanted. </i></div>
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<i>Follow up: a few months after I quit working there, I heard from a couple of people that the country club no longer had any pastry chef and had started using pre-made frozen apple pies and other pre-made desserts to cut down costs.</i></div>
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On the other side of things, if you continually screw up a recipe-that costs money and anything that changes the current operation has the potential to cost the business money which, unless you are a celebrity chef or something, has a razor thin margin to begin with.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">example: I had an extern a while ago that could not make a batch of our mousse correctly no matter what. Different staff members tried to help or worked through the recipe with this extern, they kept an eye on the person as the batches of mousse were made, all to no avail. This extern could not produce one batch that was usable for my bakery and, as the recipe uses several gallons of cream at a time at $16 a gallon; the extern was not allowed to make the mousse for the rest of the externship. It was just costing the bakery too much in ingredients and labor to repair the damage done. I have had other externs who have been able to make it by themselves starting on the third day of their externships so I know that it can be made.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">If you show up, try hard, are confident enough to ask if you can work on a "fun" project, without being overly pushy (harder to do than you think), then there's a good possibility that you will get to do some of the fun stuff as well as the regular day to day bakery things.</span>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Other things to consider as well.</span></b></div>
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<b>(Really not trying to scare you but these are things that you need to think about).</b></div>
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<b>Personal:</b> Give up on having holidays and weekends off or at least expect to be very restricted in times off. You are entering a service industry who's busiest times are the holidays. You may not have to work on Christmas day but don't be surprised if you do. Similar scenario for vacations. All of the times that the majority of people traditionally take vacations or have days/weeks off for holidays, especially Thanksgiving & Christmas, tends to be the busiest work season in the baking industry.<br />
Also, when someone quits suddenly or calls in sick 10 minutes before you are supposed to leave or on your day off, more than likely you will be working on their projects or working their shift until someone else can take over.
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<b>Wear and tear on the body: </b>There will be heavy lifting on a regular basis, 50 lb bags of flour and sugar are normal, lots and lots of repetitive motions that will wear out joints. If you are careful you can mitigate the damage you do to your body but carpal tunnel, bad backs, being overweight, breathing problems, and other health related issues are constant problems for many and good health insurance, if any, is expensive.<br />
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<b>Pay:</b> Don't expect to earn huge sums of money. If you are a celebrity chef, then yes you probably will but most people may make just enough to cover bills and have a little extra cash left or they probably are struggling to get by as many live paycheck to paycheck. Baking is an industry that is very labour intensive and most businesses want/try to keep their expenses (of which payroll is usually the biggest chunk) down.<br />
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Portland can be an especially difficult place to work because with the very expensive cost of living here, and the fact that there are soooooo many other people (from schools and/or moving here) who can replace you, no matter how good you think you are.<br />
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<b>Working for a small business:</b> You get a more personal atmosphere but most small businesses, like mine, can't afford pay raises very often though all of our employees are worth a lot more. You get to work on a larger variety of projects but in a place like ours, that also includes stuff like helping with dishes, taking out the trash, answering phones, helping customers, and so on. We do have specific duties for certain job positions but everyone needs to be able to do a little of everything.<br />
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<b>Working for a corp./large business: </b>You may or may not have more staff to help. Benefits like health insurance, if offered, tend to be better. Your work days are a little more consistent. It's less personal and you are more likely to be doing only a portion of the production of a dessert rather than doing it from start to finish. It tends to be less flexible if you need to make some adjustments for life things like picking up your kid at daycare at 2pm instead of 5pm because he/she got sick.<br />
You usually have to answer to someone else (higher up) who may never have stepped foot in a kitchen and knows <b>NOTHING </b>about baking and can't understand that you aren't able to: whip up a 5 tiered cake with three different cake flavours that the bakery has never made before, fully decorated, in an hour for the wedding that someone forgot to tell you got scheduled yesterday.<b> </b><br />
<b>And there will be people who do this, trust me.</b><br />
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If you end up on the management side of the corp/biz and are on salary, you tend to be doing more paperwork than anything else, you will be on call for any reason 24/7, but your pay will not reflect that.<br />
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<b>Owning a small business:</b> There are days that you will love every aspect of your biz but there are also days when you wish that you could just light a match and walk away.<br />
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<b>Holidays? Vacations? What are those?</b></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i>My average work day is 12 to 14 hours, 6 days a week and sometimes a seventh. Having two days off in a row is so rare, I truly don't know what to do when I do have them.</i></span>
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You will be <b><u>doing everything</u></b> in the business and then some: the dishwasher, the pastry chef, the counter person, repairman, unless you have someone rich supporting you (sugar daddies & mommas are few and far between) so that you can "play" at owning a business without having to worry about paying the bills.The food industry has very small margins of profit and it can only take one small thing to overwhelm you.<br />
When someone calls in sick, guess who will be the person to fill in, especially when it's your delivery driver texting you half an hour before their shift begins at 4am to let you know that he/she won't be able to work today because he messed up his leg mountain biking over the weekend and is just letting you know now...<br />
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Most of the customers that you will deal with are very nice but you will also be dealing with the customers from hell because they just have to make someone else's life miserable. As in any business, there are always some customers who will try to push every last button, or bully you into letting them have their way because they feel entitled.<br />
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<b><i>One very memorable customer told us that, under no circumstances, </i></b><b><i>would she pay more than $70 for the $350 cake that she was going to order. </i></b></div>
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<b><i>My pastry chef wished her the best in finding a bakery that would be able to accommodate her needs.</i></b></div>
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I have fired three customers and I do not regret it a bit. All three were energy vampires and I know they've continued to make a few other businesses in town suffer from their behaviours.<br />
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Equipment will be various stages of used because shiny & new translates to very expensive.<br />
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Equipment breaks, wears out, and that gets expensive fast. A new condenser for a small walk in cooler can cost $4000 to replace (know that from experience). Money that was needed to pay other bills goes to things like surprise repairs/maintenance issues popping up for something because if if that freezer doesn't get fixed today then you have no place to store the frozen desserts..<br />
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<b>If anyone knows an excellent plumber willing to work for cookies, let me know. Seriously.</b></div>
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You will be dealing with Federal, State, and city regulations & laws whether you know them or not.<br />
The fun part is when you try to figure out what all this stuff means and the language is so difficult to follow that even the regulators who should be able to explain it can't.<br />
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You will be not only a supervisor to your employees but a therapist, referee, and general life coach on occasion. Don't think you won't.<br />
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You will have to keep up on trends but also have to learn to keep them in perspective and not go with every fad that rears it's head because you can drive yourself insane trying to do everything.<br />
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Gluten free and Vegan have been a huge thing in the Portland area for the last few years-for some it's due to medical reasons, for others it's a lifestyle choice. We have had customers with family members who are so allergic that they can't step foot in a business because there is regular wheat flour in the business and if there's flour in the building that means there is gluten in the air.</div>
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My bakery makes a few vegan (and pretty darn tasty too) items but we decided to not mess with trying to be gluten free because you really need to have a facility dedicated to that-as in NO GLUTEN EVER. </div>
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I did some research on what is involved to make truly gluten free baked goods and it involves being very, very careful in everything you do; though there are no official government requirements, I know of at least one business in town that claims to make gluten free items in the same space where their regular items are made. One of these days, I won't be surprised if that bakery has a customer problem show up.</div>
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You will also be dealing with people illegally running businesses out of their homes-most of them won't even realize what they are doing is illegal but it is. These people will underbid everything because they don't have the same overhead costs to deal with and as long as they are careful, they probably won't get anyone sick. However, if any of the regulatory agencies like the health dept or Dept. of Agriculture catch up with them then they will be in a world of trouble.<br />
<i>I know of one guy making all sorts of food in his home and taking it around to local places to sell. One of his favorites to make was a cake that used Altoids and green mouthwash as main ingredients. </i><br />
<i>He had a video online showing how he makes it.</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>No more Scary Stuff, I promise...(or do I?)</b></span></div>
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The thing to keep in mind about choosing to work in the baking industry or, for that matter, any path you choose is that you really have to enjoy doing something for its own sake. This doesn't mean that you have to love everything about the job every single second, because the hours are long, the pay isn't fabulous (no matter how the tv shows glamorize it), and some days it's really really hard to be up at 5am, at work, and be "happy". Keep things in perspective, try not to take things too personally but also realize that you need to be careful with what you are doing and learn to be faster and flexible because life will throw you curve balls, usually at the same time it throws 5 others at you.<br />
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Remember to always do some things that you enjoy that are different from work.<br />
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(helps with the sanity, trust me <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha</b></span>). </div>
If you enjoy working in this field, continue to practice and do it because you enjoy it whether or not others appreciate what you do.<br />
Keep in mind that, in this field especially, it's chock full of stress from every direction you can think of (and many you didn't), there is serious physical work involved, and there are a lot of different paths to choose jobs wise; each coming with their own set of issues that you will have to learn to navigate.<br />
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Rabbit, one of the members of my favorite band, Steam Powered Giraffe quoted a mentor of his<br />
"Find your passion and live it. What gives you happiness and fulfillment is what you need more of in your life."<br />
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A set of birthday cakes my pastry chef recently made.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The grounds and building are gorgeous</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Also, it's a handy way to get your Valentine's shopping done)</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of our friendly competition. <a href="http://www.finalesdesserts.com/">http://www.finalesdesserts.com</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*Hi Erica, Eve, and Emily*</span> </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our neighbors across the hall. <a href="http://shop.willamettevalleyconfectionery.com/">http://shop.willamettevalleyconfectionery.com/</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our favorite next door neighbors. <a href="http://www.ladybugchocolates.com/">http://www.ladybugchocolates.com/</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An orchid from Floral Creations. <a href="http://floralcreationsbykelly.net/">http://floralcreationsbykelly.net/</a></td></tr>
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And a big <span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><b>Thank You!</b></span><span style="color: black;"> goes out to</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">*Hi Gail* </span></div>
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Chocolate Fest 2012</div>
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Lots of chocolate, lots of vino,</div>
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and lots & lots of chocolate.</div>
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a couple of my favorites.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A few of our cakes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think our Pastry chef could be the girl.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These caramels are excellent!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up view of the varieties.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Jalepeno & Dulce de Leche and Fig were my favorites.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hi Beth! Nice decoration on the cake.</td></tr>
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The wines Bertony brought were all very tasty and</div>
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go very well with chocolate cake...and fudge brownie...</div>
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and chocolate chip cookies. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Sometimes you have to sample for the greater good)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span>Well, you get the idea.</div>
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His unfiltered Pinot Noir and Syrah were my favorites.<br /> </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making sure that everything is ready to go.</td></tr>
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<br />Eat Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09230756986491713628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587993840144625672.post-88394617325537905572012-01-14T22:56:00.000-08:002012-01-14T22:56:27.413-08:00Calling all Chocoholics<div style="text-align: center;">
It's that time of year again. </div>
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<u><b>Chocolate Fest </b></u>at the Convention Center, January 20-22nd & </div>
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<u><b>Chocolate Fantasy</b></u> at the Jenkins Estate, February 10th </div>
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are almost here. </div>
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Satisfy most, if not all, </div>
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of your serious chocolate cravings and then some.</div>
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*Mmmmmm, chocolate* </div>
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And who knows, you might even catch a glimpse of </div>
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Steampunk Baker wandering about in a chocolate induced daze.</div>
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<a href="http://chocolatefest.org/">http://chocolatefest.org/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.thprd.org/facilities/jenkins/events.cfm">http://www.thprd.org/facilities/jenkins/events.cfm</a>Eat Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09230756986491713628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587993840144625672.post-52098167130023093622012-01-02T15:33:00.001-08:002012-01-02T17:03:20.091-08:00Holiday cookies<div style="text-align: center;">
The Holidays are done.</div>
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Time to pack up all of the ornaments, the tinsel, </div>
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and the festive lights.</div>
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For us in the baking profession, </div>
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the holiday season also means </div>
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crazier than usual work hours...</div>
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and lots and lots and lots of cookies.</div>
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sometimes they start to seem a little different somehow...</div>
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Randomly, odd ones start popping up</div>
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Then, kind of like zombies, </div>
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they start to take over. </div>
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"Whew"</div>
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The aliens and zombies began contemplating a takeover</div>
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</tbody></table>Eat Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09230756986491713628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587993840144625672.post-3236219389316735702011-12-18T18:05:00.000-08:002011-12-18T18:05:07.519-08:00Festival of Trees 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Short and sweet this time.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(I actually got it done before Christmas.)</span></div>
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*whew*</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favorite character of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Smooth, very smooth tree topper.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am pretty sure this was everyone's favorite display.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This tree looks perfectly edible.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Remember always, Safety first when setting up Holiday decorations.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Santa Claus is Coming to Town"<br />by Helen Bernhard Bakery.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>"Wish, Hope, & Dream"</b><br />by The Dessert Tray <br />(Hey, that's my bakery)<br />*smile*</td></tr>
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Next year I really want to make a Gingerbread house </div>
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for All Hallow's eve. </div>
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Sooooo many possibilities. </div>Eat Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09230756986491713628noreply@blogger.com0