tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56055707652189882042024-03-05T05:13:07.965-08:00Chaleur BlancheNinsunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909639105386834661noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605570765218988204.post-19199147857407612512013-01-10T17:40:00.000-08:002013-02-06T21:35:54.561-08:00<br />
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;"><i>Wintry White Cake</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #76a5af;">I saw this cake in "Southern Living" magazine, </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #76a5af;">which won first prize this year. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #76a5af;">Gorgeous!!!</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #76a5af;">It's called "Mrs. Billett's White Cake", </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #76a5af;">and the recipe can be found here: </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">I</span><span style="color: #76a5af;">t looked delicious, but I was taken by its beauty. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #76a5af;">So I decided to make one.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #76a5af;">My cake turned out a bit different (not a surprise). I didn't cover the cake
with fondant, as the magazine version did, so the effect isn't the same, but I
kind of like the difference. I don't like that it's not as snow-white, but I do like the
effect of "peaks," like little snowdrifts under the big snowflakes. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #76a5af;">I was only able to find one snowflake cookie cutter (in a Wilton pre-packaged box to make peppermint
bark), so I only had one size. If I'd decided to do this sooner, I'd have had time to order different sized snowflake cutters online.</span></i></div>
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used the tips from an icing decorator kit and an X-acto knife to create more
elaborate shapes than the ones in the magazine, and I was happy with that. It was great fun to make, though a lot of time involved.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #76a5af;">And it really <u>was </u>delicious! The icing was over-the-top
sweet, </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #76a5af;">but the cake was incredibly rich and moist. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #76a5af;">My snowflakes</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #76a5af;">My finished cake! </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #76a5af;">And now I'm inspired to try a Spring flower cake in a couple of months!</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Velvet Pumpkins</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white;">So luscious and plump! The first time I saw them, I had to have.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white;">So I purchased one from Rachel Ashwell's </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white;">Shabby Chic Couture website.</span></i></span></div>
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<i style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">There were three sizes, all for sale at 75% off </span></i></div>
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<i style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">with free shipping!</span></i></div>
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<i style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">So I chose this beauty. </span></i></div>
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<i style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Superb quality! It seems to be stuffed with sand.</span></i></div>
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<i style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">and most that I found for sale just weren't the colors I wanted.</span></i></div>
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<i style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">So I searched online for a "how-to" and happily found </span></i></div>
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<i style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">great instructions </span></i><i style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">at a delightful blog, "Nest of Posies."</span></i></div>
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<a href="http://www.nestofposies-blog.com/2011/10/how-to-make-plush-velvet-pumpkins.html"><i><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: x-small;">http://www.nestofposies-blog.com/2011/10/how-to-make-plush-velvet-pumpkins.html</span></i></a></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>but I managed to find some short ones. </i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">Serendipity</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #76a5af;">No, not white, but pink ... not a usual choice for me these days. But as I roamed through a local antique shop on a rainy afternoon recently and spotted this vintage galvanized steel milk box, chippy and oh-so-pink, I was completely charmed! I envisioned a woman in a ruffled apron, decades ago, happily painting her milk box to add cheer to her small covered porch. It was on sale and I really had to have it.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #76a5af;">Though I loved it, still I thought to myself, "If only it were blue..."</span></i><br />
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<i>Two days later, I curiously went online to price-check these lovely old boxes, and lo and behold, what did I see....?</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #76a5af;">Only one blue milk box on all the Web, and there it was, waiting for me! </span></i><br />
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<i>Ah, serendipity and simple pleasures ... reason to smile.</i></span>Ninsunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11909639105386834661noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605570765218988204.post-64416440332139417842012-03-16T19:36:00.024-07:002013-02-06T21:47:42.790-08:00<div align="center">
<em><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">Swirling like snow in my thoughts</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #76a5af;">Then will I raise aloft the milk-white rose.
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<em><em><span style="color: #76a5af;">For whose sweet smell the air shall be perfumed.
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<em><em><em><span style="color: #76a5af;">The red rose whispers of passion,
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<em><em><em><span style="color: #76a5af;"><em>And the white rose breathes of love;</em>
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<em><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: 85%;">~John Boyle O'Reilly </span></em><br />
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