tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1706258 2012-01-14T11:55:05-06:00 Mary talks about cakes, pastries and other random topics. TypePad http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gif tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553cb542a88330167608536ff970b 2012-01-14T11:55:05-06:00 2012-01-14T11:55:05-06:00

Mom and dad have a lemon tree in their backyard. As fate would have it, I visit once a year, in January when the lemons are ripe. And, there are only so many lemons my parents can use or give...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CakeTalk/~4/2nTHWrPk6YE" height="1" width="1"/>

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It started with an email titled "Do any of these sound interesting?" Included in the list of possible activities while visiting family in California was a tote-making workshop with my sister-in-law, Lucy. "There's a new bag ordinance" she explained. But...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CakeTalk/~4/hHMvVe0X8po" height="1" width="1"/>

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Cake and bread are lucky foods for New Years. Along with greens (which resemble folded money) and peas (a symbol of wealth), pork (forward progress), and salt (for good luck). Cakes, especially those with a coin hidden inside, are considered...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CakeTalk/~4/N8keU_R6Eyk" height="1" width="1"/>

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This has absolutely nothing to do with the bakery, but everything to do with the spirit of Christmas.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CakeTalk/~4/dxO172il10s" height="1" width="1"/>

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I've been waiting months to make this. Ever since the Retail Bakers Association conference last summer where I heard about cinnamon chips as a way to add a burst of cinnamon flavor to breads and other baked goods. At lunch,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CakeTalk/~4/iLsmXYOHkm8" height="1" width="1"/>

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Some day I may bore you with stories about all my favorite famous named pastries, but here are six of the more interesting ones. 1. In France, many pastries are named after people. However, the Napoleon or (called mille feuilles...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CakeTalk/~4/pTE2WL7Sxyk" height="1" width="1"/>

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The Linzertorte or Linzer Tart is our new favorite pastry at the bakery. And we just love watching people's expressions as they taste it for the first time. Absolute bliss. A traditional Christmas pastry in Europe, it originated in Linz,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CakeTalk/~4/i2DnGqQLR68" height="1" width="1"/>

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Rosie helped make this year's gingerbread persons. All 220 of them. Of course, without Suzanne, they'd be plain or ordinary. And that's not the kind of place that Mary's Cakes is. Neither plain nor ordinary. So every year, about this...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CakeTalk/~4/dQP13ey6p5U" height="1" width="1"/>

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Mary learns a new word -- saponify -- and how to make soap from scratch.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CakeTalk/~4/HcWIc39ZXTo" height="1" width="1"/>

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Mary explains the economics of advertising. Caution: This post is rated PG. For Pretty Good 5th grade math required.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CakeTalk/~4/y6MJYPMxd4I" height="1" width="1"/>

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