Milk Bar Birthday Cake
I had read countless bloggers posts and re-writes of The Milk Bar's Birthday Cake recipe. Critiques run from being fabulous to overly complicated for the home cook. But no one has questioned how cook the cake actually is. I have been string at this recipe for well over a year and this weekend I decided to tackle it once and for all. Here's my take. It certainly is a complex recipe and if you want to have the cake turn out exactly as Christina Tosi meant for it to be, al

Pavlova - A Heavenly Cloud
A Pavlova Cake - yes, there is such a thing. I decided I was going to conquer my hesitancy in making meringue. So what do I choose - A berry meringue staked cake. Yup. Go big or go home. I did do several days of research to figure out what exactly I wanted to do and to tweet recipes - of course. I settled on a traditional meringue and a vanilla pastry cream - basics. Topped it with fresh berries. So the berries needed to be placed better - I just sort of piled them
