tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286667600529626603.post1199238346016151569..comments2023-05-19T02:30:47.196-07:00Comments on Second Dinner: Mystery Frosting QuizKatyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837602358691420117noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286667600529626603.post-15755659263374509052008-04-30T11:14:00.000-07:002008-04-30T11:14:00.000-07:00my mother and her sister swear by the birthday cak...my mother and her sister swear by the birthday cakes they used to get as kids in cleveland, to the extent that, before my mom moved back there, she would bring a cake back to brooklyn with her when she went to visit. the frosting is very sweet and white and fluffy; sort of buttery but sort of chemical-y; and there's a whole lot of it. it's good in a nostalgic, sort of trashy way, but it can be pretty overwhelming. i don't think the bakery is/was italian, but you can google it -- look up "hough cleveland" or somesuch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286667600529626603.post-6698750306058864952008-04-29T14:01:00.000-07:002008-04-29T14:01:00.000-07:00the italian bakeries in my old neighborhood had so...the italian bakeries in my old neighborhood had some sort of hard whipped cream-tasting frostings. they didn't have the sugariness of the grocery store sheet cake icing, but they had the hardness. although that also could've been because they were dried out a little so they could be written on with other frosting?Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17463740156834448748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286667600529626603.post-14239311401967173172008-04-29T13:08:00.000-07:002008-04-29T13:08:00.000-07:00Stacey says:i wonder where jessica remembers this ...Stacey says:<BR/>i wonder where jessica remembers this from - a bakery here in<BR/>brooklyn? or somewhere in michigan? when i hear sheet cake, i think of<BR/>that horrid stuff that is probably basically corn syrup and crisco,<BR/>horrid business. in the italian bakeries around my neighborhood very little is frosted, actually - they seem to be more into sugar,<BR/>chocolate, jam, cream or custard. very interesting.Katyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04837602358691420117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286667600529626603.post-44812218104471321632008-04-29T13:04:00.000-07:002008-04-29T13:04:00.000-07:00I am very excited that my birthday cake is the sub...I am very excited that my birthday cake is the subject of Katya's blog today!!! I would like to make 2 points of clarification:<BR/><BR/>1. This frosting is still found in Italian bakeries<BR/>2. It wasn't sold packaged in grocery stores, but came on the cakes that you could order FROM the grocery stores--you know, the sheet cakes with the frosting roses. I liked the pink ones.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914502047017041664noreply@blogger.com