In honor of my Birthday, and as a practice piece for my sister's upcoming baby shower, I decided to try out a cake recipe I've heard so much about recently!
Dorie's Perfect Party Cake, from the book by Dorie Greenspan, "Baking: From My Home to Yours".
After hearing various opinions on 1) how lovely this cake is, and 2) how much time it can take, I gave myself an evening to just prepare, bake, cool, mix, slice, layer and enjoy! Total time from gathering ingredients to sitting back and enjoying a fresh slice: 4 hours. Now, there was plenty of time for chasing around my son while the cake was baking, then cooling, so at least I wasn't a slave for the entire time!
I will definitely be taking a slice of this cake to my sister tomorrow for her to taste!
