9/1/17

Cake-Mama-Mia!

The Cake Mamas of Glendora, CA won the first season of Cupcake Wars on Food Network. They have an interesting story-- current wife teams up with ex-wife to co-parent and start a bakery biz. Then they had some kind of falling out and there is only one Cake Mama now, who is also a competitive bodybuilder which kills me. I guess she has to burn off all that sugar. They made an awesome Lego Darth Vader cake for my cousin Trish's son on his birthday which was featured in their brochure and gallery . This is literally his cake:

Disclaimer: These are not my photos; I got them from their Yelp site. But these are the 2 cupcakes I purchased as a treat this week, and they were bomb. I especially enjoyed the second one.

Piña Colada:

Lemon Berry Tart:

Food Quotes

“ To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living."-Anthony Bourdain

Polish Proverb: "Fish, to taste right, must swim three times- in water, in butter, and in wine."

“You know how I feel about tacos. It’s the only food shaped like a smile. A beef smile.”- Earl Hickey, My Name is Earl

“A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.”- Sir Thomas Moore

“When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,’ said Piglet at last, ‘what’s the first thing you say to yourself?’
‘What’s for breakfast?’ said Pooh. ‘What do you say, Piglet?’
‘I say, I wonder what’s going to happen exciting today?’ said Piglet.
Pooh nodded thoughtfully. ‘It’s the same thing,’ he said.”- A. A. Milne, ‘The House at Pooh Corner

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9/1/17

Cake-Mama-Mia!

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