{"id":3744,"date":"2011-08-13T11:45:29","date_gmt":"2011-08-13T16:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/?p=3744"},"modified":"2011-08-13T21:59:13","modified_gmt":"2011-08-14T02:59:13","slug":"birthday-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/birthday-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthday cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had a nice little day after birthday party last night, but I took no pictures at all. I <em>meant<\/em> to &#8230; Even though I&#8217;ve always been a birthday pie kinda girl &#8211; as is my entire family, boys and girls and even the married-ins &#8211; I wanted cake this year, so I baked myself a birthday cake, spice cake with raspberry filling and cream cheese frosting. The part that didn&#8217;t get eaten last night is depicted below (not to mention &#8211; because I am mentioning &#8211; I got a nice fingerful of frosting off the cover when I went up to shoot the leftover cake).<\/p>\n<p>We also ate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>baked Brie, wrapped in puff paste with a layer of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spoon.com\/\">American Spoon<\/a> tomato jam<\/li>\n<li>goat cheese with sundried tomato pesto<\/li>\n<li>do-it-yourself smoked salmon canapes &#8211; cocktail rye, cucumbers, the smoked salmon (one hunk brought as a host gift by a visiting friend from Seattle; another hunk I let Costco bring from Seattle), and horseradish cream<\/li>\n<li>Aged Gouda to put on crackers with pickled onions and peppadews<\/li>\n<li>muskmelon from my CSA box cut in wedges<\/li>\n<li>$25 worth of chocolate from Trader Schmoes &#8211; Toblerone, chocolate covered ginger and chocolate covered cherries, and chocolate-raspberry sticks<\/li>\n<li>fresh corn salsa layered dip &#8211; the salsa, refried beans, and sour cream &#8211; I liked the corn salsa a lot more without the overly cumin-seasoned canned refried beans &#8211; good thing everyone ate up the layered dip, and there&#8217;s still a while bucket of plain salsa leftover.<\/li>\n<li>Little ham &amp; jaarlsberg sandwiches on sliced pretzel rolls &#8211; ate my <a href=\"http:\/\/instagr.am\/p\/J3bXt\/\">first pretzel roll<\/a> at the State Fair Wednesday, with a Usinger&#8217;s sausage in it, and then voila, Sentry had the rolls by the box on Friday morning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<script>\/* <![CDATA[ *\/ portfolio_slideshow.slideshows[970] = {\"timeout\":\"\",\"autoplay\":\"false\",\"trans\":\"fade\",\"loop\":1,\"speed\":\"\",\"nowrap\":1}; \/* ]]> *\/<\/script><div id=\"slideshow-wrapper970\" class=\"slideshow-wrapper clearfix portfolio-slideshow-centered\">\n<div id=\"slideshow-nav970\" class=\"slideshow-nav\">\n\t<a class=\"pause\" style=\"display:none\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\">Pause<\/a>\n\t<a 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