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Last weekend my culinary-inclined (to put it mildly) aunt made this interesting Middle Eastern cake for me as part of a three course meal she pulled from the New York Times Magazine on February 3rd. She took on the challenge of making a trio of dishes which were all new to her despite her decades of experience in the kitchen. Not everything came out perfectly and the cake wasn’t quite as tidy as it is in this photo, but I have a feeling the NYT folks had some serious pros making multiple cakes and shooting them with the best cameras to get this shot. Rarely does the real dish look as good as it does in a cookbook photo, but that’s not the point. The point is that my aunt spent hours going to specialty grocery stores to get the ingredients necessary to make a collection of complicated dishes which then took all day to prepare. It was a very unique meal in many regards and it was such a great gift, especially for an amateur foodie like me. Thanks for the knafeh à la crème with birthday candles Pammy!

Last weekend my culinary-inclined (to put it mildly) aunt made this interesting Middle Eastern cake for me as part of a three course meal she pulled from the New York Times Magazine on February 3rd. She took on the challenge of making a trio of dishes which were all new to her despite her decades of experience in the kitchen. Not everything came out perfectly and the cake wasn’t quite as tidy as it is in this photo, but I have a feeling the NYT folks had some serious pros making multiple cakes and shooting them with the best cameras to get this shot. Rarely does the real dish look as good as it does in a cookbook photo, but that’s not the point. The point is that my aunt spent hours going to specialty grocery stores to get the ingredients necessary to make a collection of complicated dishes which then took all day to prepare. It was a very unique meal in many regards and it was such a great gift, especially for an amateur foodie like me.

Thanks for the knafeh à la crème with birthday candles Pammy!

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It was Jeremy’s 36th birthday this week and if this cake had just a few more layers I would have posted it on Thursday for his big day, but alas, the rainbow this particular baker was working with had it’s limits. I am so impressed that the woman who made this for her significant other was able to create thirty vibrant rainbow hues. It is an impressive culinary feat, I wish I could give proper credit to the baker for but alas, I found this on Pinterest where too often sources are not properly noted. I tip my hat to this cake’s creator - you are an artist!

It was Jeremy’s 36th birthday this week and if this cake had just a few more layers I would have posted it on Thursday for his big day, but alas, the rainbow this particular baker was working with had it’s limits. I am so impressed that the woman who made this for her significant other was able to create thirty vibrant rainbow hues.

It is an impressive culinary feat, I wish I could give proper credit to the baker for but alas, I found this on Pinterest where too often sources are not properly noted. I tip my hat to this cake’s creator - you are an artist!

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