food from the meeting
more shots from zengo after the heartburn is but a faded memory
langoustine roll
tiny desserts on large plates
rich cake and a tiny scoop of ice cream the size of a shot glass
more shots from zengo after the heartburn is but a faded memory
![Jeremy’s birthday cake 🎂 was a chocolate pistachio huckleberry cake based on this recipe: http://userealbutter.com/2008/07/03/chocolate-pistachio-cake-recipe/ with some huckleberry syrup in the pistachio buttercream filling.
I shelled, blanched, peeled, toasted, and picked out the greenest pistachios for the best pop of color.
The 9-inch chocolate cake recipe bakes two 6-inch rounds and a 3-inch round (leftover batter) to make a 4-layer 6-inch cake and a 4-layer 3-inch cake. [I managed 2 extra 3-inch layers from the cut domes off the 6-inch cakes.]
A single batch of Swiss meringue buttercream frosting was *just* enough to frost, fill, and decorate both cakes, although the smaller is a naked cake (scant frosting).
The cake layers are soaked in straight up amaretto.
This was my first attempt at a drip cake. I practiced on the smaller one with a 1:1 dark chocolate ganache (chocolate:cream). Two tips: 1) Let the ganache cool until it is the right drip consistency. Test it on the side of a bowl. 2) Apply the drip to a chilled frosted cake.
Sweet little Neva thinks all cakes and plated foods are for her, so she was pretty excited about the whole process ❤ #baking #cakebaking #scratchbaking #chocolatecake #birthdaycake #nevapup #neukipups #yukipup](http://userealbutter.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)