3 Spice Cake Recipes: #3 Fresh Ginger Favorite

A Couple of Questions:

1. Is one of your favorite pieces of candy either a Ginger Chew or a piece of spicy, crystallized ginger?
2. When given the choice, would you choose a Pear and Stem Ginger Sticky Toffee Pudding or a 66% Valrhona Chocolate Pot de Crème?

If your answers are “Yes,” and “the Former,” then Hello; Pull up a Spork; And welcome to my world.  A smile-inducing place where the Three S’s (Sweet, Savory, and Spice) in identical proportions equates to my version of heaven.

I’ll trade you the other two for the one on the left.  I’m hungry now.

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3 Spice Cake Recipes: #2 Ginger & Spice Cake

At the Groomsman Cake Tasting, we had one major rule.  Try A LOT of all of the cakes before broaching the topic of “Which One Is Your Favorite.”

The Groom-To-Be, however, had a momentary lapse in consciousness.  As soon as the first crumb hit his chops, a  strident “Mmmm” sounded the room.  And then I knew.

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3 Spice Cake Recipes: #1 Lemon & Spice Scented

It’s a real honor when your friend asks you to make their wedding cake. But when the friend is Ms. D, former Friends Assistant Set Designer, I had to think twice.

And, so, it was settled. No to the Wedding Cake. Yes to the Groomsman Cake.

What’s Your Favorite Spice Cake?

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