Today is my husband’s 38th birthday.
Happy Birthday, Honey! St. Peter Damian, pray for him!
I chose carrot cake for his celebratory dessert, (with his approval), and then asked him to run to the store for the ingredients. He said sure and grabbed his coat, because that’s the kind of good guy he is. It was the smallest of lists, anyway—cream cheese for the frosting, mushrooms for the stroganoff, and ice cream…just because.
(And that, dear reader, is proof of my husband’s good-guy-ness. He can’t stand mushrooms and still he lets me put them in his birthday meal. He’ll pick them all out without a word, of course, but still.)
Once he’d left I sat down at the computer to find a recipe for cream cheese frosting. I came across a link that made me laugh out loud with its description:
Really, we all know the real reason why cupcakes are so popular. Cupcakes are basically an edible utensil for eating frosting, particularly when it comes to certain cupcake “flavors” like red velvet. What the hell is “red velvet?” It’s nothing more than a fancy way to shamelessly eat a quarter- to half-cup full of cream cheese frosting.
Of course.
Cream cheese frosting is pretty much all that, and more.
It’s almost as good as ice cream.
AMDG,
I’ll take a 1/4 cup of cream cheese frosting over the ‘red velvet’ cake any day! Besides, cream cheese frosting must count for something in the dairy portion of the food pyramid, right???
Oh yummy yum! Now there is a girl after my own heart here with cream cheese frosting drooling appearing on my lower lip. Happy Birthday to you hubby, but now, where do I get the cream cheese frosting to quiet my current craving? LOL God bless!
Your husband shares a birthday with mine Margaret! I made him a pound cake. No cream cheese frosting for him! I did make myself some gooey chocolate cupcakes with gobs of chocolate icing though. I have a good excuse! I couldn’t eat his pound cake. I’m allergic to dairy and wheat flour! Also, note my earlier post that says I will probably give up chocolate for Lent. Gotta finish those cupcakes by then!!!! OH how I used to love cream cheese frosting. I could eat the whole entire bowl full when I made it for my carrot cake. Yummmmmmmm.
I had forgotten what a young’un your hubby is. That explains a lot. 🙂 I hope he had a very happy birthday with minimal mushrooms, extra cream cheese, and a big ole smooch from his best gal.
For all you yankee-girls:
Red Velvet Cake
3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pans
2 1/2 cups cake flour (not self-rising), sifted, plus more for pans
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
2 cups sugar
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 one-ounce bottles liquid red food coloring
3 tablespoons lukewarm water
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon white vinegar
and GOBS AND GOBS of cream cheese frosting
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. grease and flour two 8 inch cake pans.
In a medium bowl, sift together cake flour, cocoa, and baking powder; set aside.
Combine the butter and sugar, and beat on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 15 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla, salt, food coloring, and water; beat until well combined. Add reserved dry ingredients in additions, alternating with the buttermilk; beat on low speed until well combined.
In a small bowl, stir together baking soda and vinegar; add to batter. Beat on medium speed for 10 seconds. Be sure not to over beat. Divide batter between prepared pans, and bake 25 to 30 minutes. Cool. Frost.
You can leave out the red food dye or use another color. Fun recipe to do in purple and yellow for Mardi Gras or a nice bright pink for a birthday girl 😀
P.S. Shhh…don’t tell anyone but I was born and raised in the Northeast. Jersey Girl at heart 😀
Happy Birthday to your husband!
I remember one time my daughter asked for a second piece of cake – but I had my suspicions. I asked her if she would just rather have some icing instead. Her eyes lit up like it was Christmas and I gave her a little more icing instead.
It’s my fav frosting next to my home made chocolate fudge frosting. YUM!!
Happy Birthday to the man of the manor!
my husband also picks out the mushrooms whenever we have them. I personally love mushrooms.
Cream cheese frosting is the best. Also, if you don’t have any red food colouring, you can make a yellow velvet cake or green velvet cake. We made a green one last year for Christopher’s third birthday. It looked like a grass cake.
38???!!! He’s a baby.
Happy belated, birthday! (I would say, “Happy belated birthday, baby,” but I’m afraid it wouldn’t sound quite right coming from me to him ….)