

spice cake with berry compote & coffee-cardamom frosting
Ok, I promise I'm not going to post about everything we served at our wedding. I'm done after this one. Although there were these herbed butters... we'll come back to those later. This timing worked out perfectly, though. Our anniversary was on the 23rd and my friend asked me a couple months back if I'd be willing to make a cake for their wedding the following Saturday. She also gave me free reign on what kind of cake to make, so I jumped at the opportunity to finally eat a w


tipsy tuesday - hot ginger-apple toddy
So this is a nostalgic one, guys. Today is our anniversary and I've had a severe case of the Wedding Nostalgias all month. I know at the time I was stressed out like crazy with all the details of coordinating what went where and when, and whether my embarrassingly detailed "Setup Manifesto" was sufficient to communicate all of this. We were on a pretty tight budget and handcrafted the majority of our reception setup to cut down on costs. But looking back from the safe distanc