Next weekend is Billy’s birthday. It’s not a major milestone
or anything, but we’ve been preparing for weeks. The bounce house has been
secured. Corn hole sets requested. The lawn mowed and the fire pit prepared.
Billy has been preparing the menu as he plans to make his
famous traditional tacos. Well... famous might be an exaggeration, but he did
used to own a taco cart in Guatemala. He’d set himself up on the college campus
and catch all the late-night crowd coming out of class or the library.
He’s also planning on frijoles
volteados (Yum! My favorite… the Guatemalan refried black beans.) And I’m
pushing for him to make guacamole because his homemade is just so tasty.
So I need to deal with the cake. This is where I need your
help.
Our first married celebration of Billy’s birthday, I knew he
loved strawberry cake. So I bought some fresh strawberries, some shortcake, and
some whipped cream. When I served it to him and his family, you can imagine my
newlywed disappointment when they all asked me, “What is this?”
It went from awkward to worse when I explained strawberry
shortcake and then took a bite to discover the shortbread was stale. (One of
the real frustrations of the lower quality food often sold at urban grocery
stores.)
So it turns out that Billy loves strawberry cake , which I have since learned is
different than strawberry shortcake. I don’t know that this is truly a cultural
difference as much as a childhood difference.
But I’m open to suggestions. This is by no means a cooking
blog… mainly because all I have to contribute to that conversation is how to
preheat an over for frozen pizza. But I’d love any strawberry cake recipies you’ve
tried. I gotta make one this weekend, friends!
Also, I’d love to know your
sweet gestures (or those gone awry) for a loved one!
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Girl, strawberry box cake is delicious. My fav :-) Adam usually makes anything delicious, but even I can handle a yummy strawberry cake from the box :-)
ReplyDeleteI concur. Box cake, just add chopped up strawberries and everyone will think it is homemade!!
DeleteYep...while I'm not into strawberry cake, I've def had several boxed strawberry cakes! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteThis is way better than any boxed mix!!
ReplyDeletehttp://allrecipes.com/recipe/strawberry-cake-from-scratch/
I think I hang out with the right kind of folks! Box cake is never out of the question in my mind. My only thing about this is I think a lot of those are pink, and I think his thing is the white cakes with strawberries inside and out. I'm going to do some more investigation! Of course, I'm still okay with boxed white cake and adding strawberries! :) Although, I will say that kinda involves me fulfilling an "American girl" stereotype... :)
ReplyDeleteDiane made an amazing strawberry cake for Ava's first birthday! It involved blending strawberry's and putting holes in the cake and pouring the blennded mixture into the holes:) But it was awesome!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds amazing! It also sounds like something I may not be able to handle. :)
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