For B's boyfriend's birthday, I volunteered to make a cake (okay, so begged was more like it...have I mentioned I view baking as a form of therapy?). Surprisingly, it wasn't too hard to get my way. However, trying to settle on a cake was less than easy. He's a great guy, but one of the worst decision makers ever on certain topics. Coercion eventually got a "nothing too sweet" parameter from him. Finally, B and I managed to work through enough options to get him to actually choose something. (As I love to try new and interesting things, I have literally hundreds of cake recipes saved to try, so I really needed help in narrowing it down). The final verdict:
Pumpkin Spice Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Frosting.
It was a perfectly spiced, not-too-sweet, slice of fall-flavored heaven. And the nuts were actually an amazing addition to the cake with both flavor and texture.
And of course, had to top it off with some hand-crafted marzipan pumpkins dusted with gold pearl dust! (And yes, those are flecks of orange zest you see in the frosting...yum!)
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