Today is Buster's 36th birthday. He doesn't much care for people making a big deal over him. Having two little daughters means he has to put up with a little excitement anyway. I try to make it fun for them without overwhelming him so this year all we bought for him was a little remote controlled helicopter from Brookstone. To make it just a little more special I also made him a Crepe Cake because I had never done it before and I knew he would like it.
I used Martha Stewart's Meyer Lemon Crepe Cake recipe. I had never made a crepe before so I got some really good practice making 20 of them for this cake.
The crepes are stacked alternately with a layer of meyer lemon curd mousse. That was fun to make too. I don't get the opportunity to use gelatin all that often.
The recipe calls for 15 crepe layers but I had 20 usable crepes so I used them.
We cut into it early (last night) and it was fantastic. The Buster liked it, and that was the most important part.
I'm hoping to find the time to turn the left over egg whites into macarons. We'll see how that goes.
Well, happy birthday Mr. Buster. You are lucky to have such an industrious mate. That crepe cake looks delicious.
And just so you know, we are lucky to have you, too! Good job, Amanda.
Posted by: Nana | April 08, 2010 at 11:53 AM
Happy Birthday from Rose & John! Yum on the crepe cake!
Posted by: Rose Moody | April 08, 2010 at 06:05 PM