This weekend we celebrated my grandmother Marlene's 40th birthday. It's her 37th year to celebrate 40, and she's still as lovely and vibrant as ever.
Martha Stewart inspired me to bake the birthday cake; her White Layer Cake with Lemon Curd Filling was absolutely delicious.
Special thanks to my sweet friend Whit for recommending using a store bought filling. Her suggestion saved me about an hour of work and didn't seem to compromise any of the lemon curd flavoring.
Martha recommends piping frosting around the perimeter of the bottom layer to create a dam so the lemon curd doesn't seep off the edges.
and Emme helped "candle" the cake.
Marlene is wife to one, mother to four, grandmother to nine and great-grandmother to two.
She is truly a delight and dearly loved.
(In Vicenza, Italy with my mom and her brother Mark. Circa 1956.)
1 comment:
This cake really was absolutely incredible!!! And I'm not a big cake person...but I couldn't stop eating it!
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