http://www.flotation9.net/sweetfineday Food and design blog based in Brooklyn about family life in and out of the kitchen. Photographs, recipes and musings on sweets, craft, food and design. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:24:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I didn't have my camera with me for most of our 4th, but I did manage to take this sweet photo of my cousin with Claudine. She and her husband came over for brunch and a little stroll around our neighborhood. We later drove to our weekend (I mean parent's) ... http://www.flotation9.net/sweetfineday/2008/07/05/family-time/ We made this small, 9" chocolate cake for a friend last night and decided to leave most of the surface undecorated except for a shell border at the base. We really liked how smooth the cake looked. This morning I snipped a few purple johnny jump-ups (which are edible by ... http://www.flotation9.net/sweetfineday/2008/07/03/more-cake/ I've been feeling a bit insecure the last few days. I seem to go through this cycle every few months where I get a bit down and begin to question the path we're on when things get a little slow. Some of my smaller work projects got unexpectedly pushed back ... http://www.flotation9.net/sweetfineday/2008/07/02/sometimes-you-are-your-own-worst-enemy/ I finally got around to making Mia a shirt today from an old Diesel top that doesn't fit me anymore. The stripes and the coloring are pretty great so I'm happy to be able to repurpose it into a little shirt for her, like this dress, particularly because I'm not ... http://www.flotation9.net/sweetfineday/2008/07/01/more-recycled-fashion/ The wedding cake was delivered today, assembled on site, and probably long gone by now. Even though Mark has done a handful of simple wedding cakes during his time as pastry chef, this was the first one we did together. Can't say it was free of minor disagreements and bickering, ... http://www.flotation9.net/sweetfineday/2008/06/30/the-cake/ These flowers and this cake will be a wedding cake tomorrow afternoon for a reception in Williamsburg. 2 tier square lavender cake with lemon curd and vanilla lavender buttercream. Various white flowers as cake toppers and decoration. You know, icing a cake is a lot like spackling. I wonder if ... http://www.flotation9.net/sweetfineday/2008/06/29/a-monday-afternoon-wedding/ For some reason I have had a fried calamari craving for a very long time. Every time I order it in a restaurant I end up disappointed because it's usually too soggy, greasy, or both. So while shopping the other day I made a bit of an impulse ... http://www.flotation9.net/sweetfineday/2008/06/28/crispy-calamari/ ...but only because I felt like Claudine was so behind in her gross motor development for most of her first 17 months. She never learned to crawl (and still can't, although sometimes she tries and it's pretty funny), walked late, and just seemed generally unmotivated to move. This was a ... http://www.flotation9.net/sweetfineday/2008/06/26/can-i-just-brag-a-little/