my favourite things: birthdays {part two}

scrumptious recipes from the delightful cannelle et vanille for:
raspberry cupcakes
red currant + poppyseed cakes
milk chocolate and passion fruit creme bars
chocolate + pistachio mousse cakes

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mmm... february 9th is a special day in the family rikrak.

it's the birthday of two of my favourite folks:
my most wonderful soon-to-be sister-in-law and my lovely lovely niece. both of these wonderwomen inspire me with their love-of-life, their kindkind hearts and their joyful & beautiful smiles. to know them is to just plain adore them. i just love you sweeties, a & j.

now, last year on this day i shared some little birthday cake recipes in their honour, and i thought it might be a fun tradition again this year!

you see, to know me, is to know that i'm a terrible terrible baker.{i like to call myself an *optimistic* baker: don't have an ingredient in the recipe? no worries: let's substitute! no baking soda? how about more baking powder! can't find the measuring spoons? how about i'll just estimate with the palm of my hand! apparently the science of baking doesn't LOVE creative substitutions as much as i do! hence, delightfully terrible cakes, hard-as-nails cookies, and pies you can use as doorstops!)

but this doesn't stop me from
a) baking (my poor poor family!)
and b) loving fun cakes
and c) loving birthday cakes most of all!

so here are a few yummy yummy cake recipes for you better-than-me bakers out there, (like the birthday girl, j., an amazing pastry-chef-in-training!) from two of my favourite pretty pretty baking recipe sites: cannelle et vanille, and tartelette.

and a & j, happiest of birthdays to you, sweetiepies.
may it be a fabulous, wonderful, filled-with-laughter year ahead for you both.

thanks for inspiring me, lovelies.
what's your favourite kind of cake?

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delectable recipes from the amazing tartelette:

poached quince & red fruit cake
chocolate covered strawberry cheesecake
peanut butter cheesecake with chocolate ganache
chocolate espresso mousse cakes

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