"Zelda is half Peach Cake soaked in bourbon, the other half is vanilla cake with a salted caramel buttercream." Yes, cake. More magnificent cakes at Karen Portalo's cake gallery and Flickr stream.
Magnificent Zelda Fitzgerald cake
In the 1600s, baked goods made with flour and urine were believed to ward off evil
Atlas Obscura has a weirdly fun piece about "witch cakes," a popular baked good from the 1600s. As it turns out, the Salem Witch Trials were not, uhhh, taking the piss: The origins of the tragic trials lay within Reverend Samuel Parris's own home. In January 1692, his daughter, Betty, and his niece, Abigail Williams,… READ THE REST
Forty-year-old slice of Charles and Diana's wedding cake sells for $2500
Someone paid $2500 this week for a hunk of stale wedding cake left over from the 1981 royal wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. Dominic Winter Auctioneers, which sold off the, er, collectible, states that there were apparently 23 official royal wedding cakes and this slab came from royal staff cake. Moyra Smith, one… READ THE REST
Does a 20-ingredient chocolate cake tastes better than a 2-ingredient chocolate cake?
Alvin Zhou make three chocolate cakes. The first one called for 20 ingredients. The second one had 10 ingredients, and the third one was make only from chocolate, eggs, (and a bit of water). Which one was the best? Spoiler – they all were! READ THE REST
Make room for important and large files with Prism Drive cloud storage
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This 13-in-1 media hub brings your favorite content to the big screen
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Uncover your cat's genetic mysteries with this affordable, at-home test
We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. Cats are such mysterious and complex creatures, aren't they? Dogs feel easy to crack as pets. But with cats, it can be unclear what is going on underneath those big, glassy eyes. We… READ THE REST
