Borrowing a Cup of Sugar from a Neighbor
Feb 07, 2012 | From the kitchen of Rose
And what a neighbor! Ron Ben Israel, who is arguably the most renowned cake decorating artist of the country if not the world, has his workshop a mere 4 blocks away from my dwelling. So when I discovered I was down to only about 4 cups of superfine sugar I put in a call to my friend Ron.
I used to buy sugar from Domino Sugar in Queens in 100 pound sacks when my father was able to drive out there and pick one up for me. More recently, Woody has been bringing 30 pounds of superfine sugar on his visits from Minnesota, having to explain each time to airport security that yes! They do have sugar in New York City but Rose requires superfine which is available in supermarkets only in 1 pound boxes and she doesn't like to have to open dozens of them.
My husband was unable to bring the car the day that I scheduled my sugar pickup, so I wheeled over my largest suitcase. Of course I had to bring a piece of the cake du jour which happened to be the Lemon Poppy Seed Wedding Cake from the upcoming book.
Tradition dictates that whenever I visit Ron, his wonderful assistant Rebecca takes a photo or two. Here's the one of me feeding Ron the cake. I suggested that he put me on one of his Food Network shows as our repartee is predictably hilarious!
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Jose Lugo
02/09/2012 03:29 PM
It is a nice and fun picture. It made me chuckle. :)
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Hanaa
02/09/2012 12:37 PM
Thanks for the info, Rose.
I have a question and I can't find that old post with all the general questions anymore. I currently have two plain/unfrosted butter cakes in the freezer, individually wrapped, to make a 2-layer cake with sometime next week.
For planning purposes, I'd like to fill and frost them with a Swiss Meringue Buttercream while frozen and then put them back in the freezer to have the cake ready for next week (at which point I can just thaw the cake in the fridge overnight). Do you have any thoughts on that? That should work right?
Thanks,
Hanaa
HanaasKitchen.blogspot.com
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rose Levy Beranbaum
02/08/2012 03:20 PM
happy birthday floret!!!
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rose Levy Beranbaum in reply to comment from Hanaa
02/08/2012 02:44 PM
butter and sour cream based!
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Hanaa
02/08/2012 11:55 AM
You two look adorable, and the lemon poppy seed wedding cake sounds amazing!! Can you tell us if it's a butter-based or oil-based cake recipe? I also hope it has sour cream in it, ha ha. Love that stuff! :o)
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Julie
02/08/2012 10:29 AM
You two are charming! Thanks for the smiles :)
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Matthew
02/08/2012 10:05 AM
Very cute! (and the lemon poppy-seed wedding cake looks and sounds wonderful)
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SUZANNE PAYLOR
02/08/2012 01:13 AM
Love this story... isn't that just normal? I love carting food all over the country. When we moved to Mexico City my husband drove our minivan down with close to 200lbs of ingredients to get my pantry stocked. The border control just thought he was crazy. Me and my sisters are huge fans and devour your books!!!
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floretbroccoli
02/07/2012 07:17 PM
Your lemon poppy-seed pound cake is probably my very favorite cake in the world. And it's my birthday today. Obviously this post is telling me to go home and get out my mini-bundt pan.
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