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Vintage Cakes ~ Black & White Cake
June 20, 2013 by Sandra 44 Comments
I’ve been baking cakes for about 28 years and have been used to doing my own thing in the kitchen. At the gentle (LOL) nudging of my dear friend Anne , I decided to join the Cake Slice Bakers. Paloma of The Coffee Shop is the leader of the group and after a brief note to her I was warmly accepted into the group. The book we’re baking from is Vintage Cakes by Julie Richardson and this month’s selection is The Black & White Cake. The description of the cake stated that it is the reverse of the classic white cake with chocolate frosting. I can count the times on one hand that I’ve made a white cake with chocolate frosting. At Casa de Sweet Sensations we tend…
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