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Tasty Morsels Bakery,
I just wanted to say Thank You for the adorable baby shower cookies I ordered for my best friend’s shower. The mother to be and all the guests loved them! They were both beautiful and delicious! You provided excellent customer service and I’m looking forward to my next event so I can place another order! I will highly recommend you to others.
All the best!
Bernice Foster Malone

Bernice, it was our pleasure!!!

Parlour’s 2nd Anniversary Party took place last Wednesday at the Panda art space between Delancey and Christie in NYC.

TMB made yummy cookies for their awesome gift bags!

Today in Miami Spike Lee and the American Black Film Festival will be facilitating a “by invitation only” master class for filmmakers and professional athletes.  The VIP attendees with receive these Pro Hollywood Initiative cookies in their gift bags.

I am a die hard True Blood fan and have been patiently waiting for season 3 to begin.  Today is the day!  Tonight for the premiere I am going over my sisters house where I will whip up some True Blood inspired Martinis (not sure what kind yet) to celebrate.

This week in the bakery we created these AWESOME True Blood cupcakes and cookies for a season 3 premiere party.  I am sure these treats will be a wonderful addition to their bloody festivities.

Custom butterfly cookies for a birthday celebration!

Bravo has a new show airing tonight Work of Art : The Next Great Artist produced by Sarah Jessica Parker.  Having been trained as an artist since I was 3 years old I have mixed feeling about this show.   I am sure it has to do with the elitists nature that high academic art training (my MFA) has ingrained in me, but getting past my personal judgements; the judges on the show are welled known in the art world; Bill Powers, Jerry Saltz, and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn.  This show should be interesting, expecially with Jerry Saltz and his Simon Cowell like one line zingers.

My Uncle Eric emailed me a few weeks ago with this Lemon Sunshine Cake recipe from Cafe Lou Lou in Louisville, Kentucky that he says I much try.  I have not had a chance to make the cake yet, but my Uncle Eric is a foodie and has impeccable taste!

Lemon Sunshine Cake

For frosting:

· Zest of 4 lemons · 1 stick butter (do not use margarine!), room temperature · 10 ounces cream cheese, room temperature (important!) · 2 tablespoons lemon juice · 2 tablespoons half-and-half or heavy cream · 1 teaspoon lemon extract · 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract · 2 to 3 cups confectioners’ (powdered) sugar · 3 drops liquid yellow food coloring (optional)

For cake (see note):

· 2½ cups all-purpose flour · 3 teaspoons baking powder · 3½-ounce box instant lemon pudding mix (don’t use the type that is supposed to be cooked on the stove – and don’t use Jell-O by mistake. Pudding only!) · ¼ teaspoon salt · ¾ cup (1½ sticks) butter, room temperature · 1¼ cups granulated sugar · 8 egg yolks · 1 teaspoon bourbon vanilla extract · Juice of 4 lemons (I use the lemons that were zested in the frosting recipe above) · ¾ cup half-and-half

To make the frosting: Zest the lemons using a rasp or microplane grater. Squeeze one of the lemons for the 2 tablespoons of juice you need for the frosting, and reserve the rest of the juice for the cake recipe.

Beat the butter until it’s fluffy. Then add the room temperature cream cheese, and beat until smooth. (Warning: do not overbeat cream cheese, or it will curdle!) Scrape sides of bowl often with a rubber scraper.)

Add the lemon zest, lemon juice, cream and both extracts. Mix briefly to combine.

Add the sugar, a little bit at a time, turning the mixer off in between, until you like the sweetness level. Add the food coloring, and mix just until you have a smooth, homogeneous mixture, scraping sides of bowl often. It should be just slightly looser than canned frosting. Chill the frosting in the refrigerator. Allow to come near room temperature before applying frosting to chilled cake.

To make the cake: Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan. Mix together the flour, baking powder, instant pudding mix and salt. Set aside.

In a large bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy using whisk attachment. Beat in the egg yolks one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and lemon juice.

Add the flour mixture alternately with the half-and-half, mixing in between each addition until blended.

Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the heated oven for 45 minutes to an hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool briefly in the pan, then turn the cake out of the Bundt pan while it is still warm. Allow to cool completely before frosting. Use a decorating comb to make attractive whorls in the frosting. Refrigerate.

Serves 12.

Note: If you are in a hurry, you can use a regular lemon cake mix, adding 1-1/4 cups water, 1/2 cup vegetable oil, 4 eggs (instead of the 3 called for on the package), 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract and a box of instant lemon pudding mix. It’s not quite as rich, but it’s a decent approximation as long as you use the extra amounts of oil and eggs.

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