Tonight I went out with my friend Tashina for a little dinner/live music date. After grabbing a bite, we headed over to the Crescent Club, a prohibition-style speakeasy in Old Sac for an event called "The Ladies Sing the Blues," an evening with some very talented jazz/blues singers on piano and acoustic guitar. The music was really lovely and the venue was cool. We both tried the prohibition themed cocktails, Tash with a (very boozy) sidecar and I with a delicious cocktail that I'm totally blanking on the name - boo! Yum-ay! Thank you mister bartender. If you're looking for somewhere to go, you should look into this place, it was my first time going there, but the underground feel was fun and the theme really cool. Here's some video I took (on my new ipod touch!) of the music.
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I know I'm a few days late with this one, but it was Fourth of July (AKA American Independence Day) and things were REEEAAALLL busy. I wanted to show you all the cake I made for a BBQ I went to earlier in the day. I'd had some requests from friends for a cake and you know how I'll take any excuse to bake something new and different, so I went for it. My requirements were that 1) It was easy to make (it's the summer and things get busy guys) and 2) It had to scream AMERICA! So I made a white box cake (gasp) with an extra package of vanilla pudding mix, separated it into thirds and colored two of the layers blue and red.** After they were cooked, I cut them in half and made a six layer red, white and blue cake with cream cheese frosting. I'm not gonna lie guys, it was good. And a little tacky looking, so really all the better.
Also, per 4th of July tradition, here are a few reasons why I love America: Lady GaGa National Parks Elmo (and muppets in general) Cupcakeries Jazz music **A note on the food coloring: I used food coloring gel as it is more concentrated and doesn't affect the texture of the batter. Also, the trick to getting a truer red is to add a small amount of black along with it, otherwise it can become an odd orange-y color. |
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