Monday, February 22, 2010

Birthday Cakes


For Andy's birthday I made a Vert-vert, a french pistachio cake layered with pistachio buttercream and covered with homemade fondant dyed with spinach to achieve the green color. This cake was originally created for Claude Monet on his birthday. Fancy!
Our friend Michael made Andy a cake too. An ice cream cake surrounded by chocolate and ahem...more buttercream. According to Michael, this cake was originally served to artist Edouard Manet on his birthday. Double Fancy!
We know Ando has pretty high cake standards now that he's 33. Only the best for this birthday boy!

2 comments:

Dana said...

Get it Andy. Only the best for a 33 year old. I want to eat both of those. Happy Birthday!

Alex Houston said...

Wow. As usual I'm impressed and a wee bit jealous. Hope they both tasted as good as they looked!!