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believe it or not you can still find a few places with michigan strawberries available! it’s so rare this late in the season (they’re typically done by june) but with the cold and wet june we had here a lot of things are slower to ripen and pop up...

i made this cake earlier this summer but decided it was too good not to share. the combination is a mix of my favorite magnolia bakery recipes (the original bakeshop in NYC not the waco one) i remember the first time I had their buttercream frosting. it was a hot october day and I was visiting my former college roomie in NYC. We sat on a bench waiting in line for the improve theater to open sharing cupcakes. I took my first bite of the vanilla buttercream and was overcome with an instant sugar rush. it was the best buttercream frosting i’ve ever had. (don’t tell my grandma but her’s is a close second). i love when food has memories...

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believe it or not you can still find a few places with michigan strawberries available! it’s so rare this late in the season (they’re typically done by june) but with the cold and wet june we had here a lot of things are slower to ripen and pop up...

i made this cake earlier this summer but decided it was too good not to share. the combination is a mix of my favorite magnolia bakery recipes (the original bakeshop in NYC not the waco one) i remember the first time I had their buttercream frosting. it was a hot october day and I was visiting my former college roomie in NYC. We sat on a bench waiting in line for the improve theater to open sharing cupcakes. I took my first bite of the vanilla buttercream and was overcome with an instant sugar rush. it was the best buttercream frosting i’ve ever had. (don’t tell my grandma but her’s is a close second). i love when food has memories...

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believe it or not you can still find a few places with michigan strawberries available! it’s so rare this late in the season (they’re typically done by june) but with the cold and wet june we had here a lot of things are slower to ripen and pop up...

i made this cake earlier this summer but decided it was too good not to share. the combination is a mix of my favorite magnolia bakery recipes (the original bakeshop in NYC not the waco one) i remember the first time I had their buttercream frosting. it was a hot october day and I was visiting my former college roomie in NYC. We sat on a bench waiting in line for the improve theater to open sharing cupcakes. I took my first bite of the vanilla buttercream and was overcome with an instant sugar rush. it was the best buttercream frosting i’ve ever had. (don’t tell my grandma but her’s is a close second). i love when food has memories...

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