Beryl Byrd posted an article on The View from the Top of the Cake - Vox - Mar 15, 2009, 10:35 pm
Elizabeth Falkner's Book So, I'm happily ensconced in the Cookbook section of my favorite bookstore the other day. Bookstores are dangerous places for me. I generally leave with far more than I ever intended to purchase. The feel of the glossy new cover, t...
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Beryl Byrd posted an article on The View from the Top of the Cake - Vox - Mar 14, 2009, 7:11 pm
  Making Pies   The lyrics for this song go particularly well with the following post.  If you aren't familiar with Patty Griff...
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Beryl Byrd posted an article on The View from the Top of the Cake - Vox - Mar 11, 2009, 11:23 pm
Shut uuuuup!  Seriously?   Well, it's true.  There ARE other desserts that merit musings just as much as cake and nobody muses better than Peter Jensen.  I've always enjoyed reading San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles magazine but sorely miss Peter's monthly column, Picture Window.Â...
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Beryl Byrd posted an article on The View from the Top of the Cake - Vox - Feb 17, 2009, 9:35 pm
Although the title of this blog is "The View From the Top of the Cake", that View is going to have to change for a while and maybe should be retitled to something like, "The View from the Empty Plate the Cake was Sitting On". After a particularly depressing couple of months sans viable income, I...
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Beryl Byrd posted an article on The View from the Top of the Cake - Vox - Dec 18, 2008, 9:14 pm
Being unemployed during the holidays is somewhat bittersweet.  Everyone in the baking industry knows that December is the month NOBODY gets a day off, family plans are put on the back burner, and holiday shopping gets squeezed in between the crocquembouches, the Buches de Noel and the billions of g...
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Beryl Byrd posted an article on The View from the Top of the Cake - Vox - Nov 27, 2008, 6:34 pm
Not the beverage one usually thinks of for this holiday, I know.  But for me, particularly appropriate as I've been given a really huge batch of lemons and need to make SOMETHING good out of them.  Or maybe I should make my famous lemon tart?  The one that's traveled with me over the las...
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Beryl Byrd posted an article on The View from the Top of the Cake - Vox - Oct 13, 2008, 11:36 pm
Ah, to be 16 again!  NOT!  Well, for some lucky teens, 16 means a big, blowout party where they get to be a princess or a rock star for a day.  Almost like a wedding and certainly almost as costly.  Just ask Dad!  And not all these kids are like the teen-monsters of My Super Sweet 16.  The...
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Beryl Byrd posted an article on The View from the Top of the Cake - Vox - Sep 13, 2008, 9:08 pm
mmmmmm.  Donuts.  Homer Simpson would have LOVED to have been at this wedding.  Instead of cake, the couple opted to serve their guests donuts.  But there was the dilemma of the traditional "cake cutting" ceremony.  So, we made a 10 inch diameter, white chocolate frosted donut, with rock candy ...
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Beryl Byrd posted an article on The View from the Top of the Cake - Vox - Sep 8, 2008, 2:07 pm
Here in California, we are being blessed (at least for a while-who knows what November will bring) with a whole new area of business.  Same sex marriages.  Whether you agree with the concept or not, you can't argue with the added revenue.  I wanted to share this snapppy little topper the coup...
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Beryl Byrd posted an article on The View from the Top of the Cake - Vox - Sep 3, 2008, 3:01 pm
  Rickandsasha     Just Fabulous Pastries was invited by Rick and Sasha Reichert of the super cool Cakelava in Hawaii to be int...
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