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Sonia’s birthday | A favorite Red Velvet cake

August 6, 2018 milabassett 2 Comments

Red velvet cake

This past weekend we celebrated Sonia’s birthday. She had  a party with her friends earlier in the week, and a family dinner last Friday. I am still getting used to the idea that my 12 year old is taller than me!

She wanted Italian sausage sandwiches for dinner– her idea of comfort food. For the sandwiches, I sauteed a yellow and a green bell peppers and a sliced onion with some oregano, and also a few sweet Italian sausages. I then sliced a ciabatta loaf in half horizontally, spread with pesto, layered the peppers, sausages, and provolone slices, wrapped in foil and warmed in the oven for a few minutes until the cheese melted. We had the sandwiches with a Caprese salad. It was probably the easiest birthday dinner I have ever made!

I bake cakes for all my children’s birthdays and they usually request the same kind of cake every year. Sonia’s is red velvet. I have a red velvet cake recipe on the blog but wanted to try a different recipe this time. I think I will be using this one from now on. It is from Epicurious. I made a few changes: doubled the amount of cocoa powder and red food coloring and replaced half of the butter with canola oil — the oil makes a cake more moist as opposed to an all-butter cake.

red velvet cake

 

After the cake and opening the presents we spent a couple of hours playing this game.

It helped that Phoebe can read all the instructions and participate. It was a hit, highly recommend if you are looking for a family game that all ages will enjoy. It was a low-key birthday, the best kind.

 

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  1. Judy B says

    August 8, 2018 at 7:30 am

    I have never made a red velvet cake, I’ll definitely be trying this one. My children are grown, so I really enjoyed seeing your pictures! It’s special times like birthdays that are so fondly remembered!

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    • milabassett says

      August 8, 2018 at 5:07 pm

      Hi Judy, thank you for reading and commenting! You are right, time with the kids and family celebrations are the best. I treasure each one. For the cake, if you have leftovers (we do sometimes, when we don’t finish it over the weekend) it can be sliced up and frozen in a plastic container. This way you don’t have to feel like you need to eat it all before it goes bad. Hope your summer has been going well!

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