{"id":2747,"date":"2014-05-17T13:51:53","date_gmt":"2014-05-17T20:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/?p=2747"},"modified":"2016-06-11T17:07:18","modified_gmt":"2016-06-12T00:07:18","slug":"apple-blossom-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/?p=2747","title":{"rendered":"Apple Blossom Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My head is always swirling with little bits and pieces of recipes. Sometimes they come together into something I can work with, and sometimes no amount of brainstorming will make them turn into a cohesive recipe. For months now I’ve had an idea for a cake that’s been haunting me. I got out the colored pencils and put it down on paper (and I’m no artist) to exorcise the demons, but this cake demanded to be baked!<\/p>\n

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My original concept. In a perfect world where free time is not a consideration…<\/p><\/div>\n

If I sound a bubble off of level, you are very perceptive. I think this passion for baking has turned just a wee<\/em> bit obsessive. Not “They’re coming to take me away, ha ha” obsessive…just a teensy weensie bit neurotic. Cool, huh?<\/p>\n

I thought I would make this cake a couple of weeks before Easter in case anyone else was crazy enough to attempt it. I also imagined it with many different gum paste birds and cute little bees with slices of jelly beans for the wings. I had made a test bee, and loved it, but life and deadlines got in my way. I made the cake, but it was after Easter, and there were only two kinds of birds and NO bees. I’d run out of time and I’d eaten all of the jelly beans.<\/p>\n

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