Fourteen years. One thousand, six hundred and thirty eight posts published. I confess this is the first anniversary that finds me with a little less gas in the tank. Am I going to stop? No, not yet. I still love sharing recipes and little bits about our life, the kitchen, the pups. So I am committed to one more year to make it to fifteen, and will re-evaluate at that point. To celebrate this day, I offer you a cake: Red Velvet with White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting. Made a little more special by decorating it with meringue sticks, not too complicated to make, and so striking to look at! Recipe from Kirsten Tibballs at Savour Cooking School.
RED VELVET CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
(from Kirsten Tibballs)
Recipe is copyrighted and I did not get permission to publish it, so you need to be a member of Savour School to obtain it. Click here for details.
Comments: The cake is actually quite simple to put together. You can definitely use any red velvet cake recipe you are fond of, they are pretty similar with all the usual suspects. Make three cakes, 8 inch in diameter. When you trim the top of the cakes, use that part to make cake crumbs (I dried mine in a very low oven for 3 hours).
I loved making the meringue sticks, with a simple Swiss meringue method. A piping bag with a 4mm round tip is used to pipe lines that get coated with cake crumbs and baked for 2 and a half hours at low temperature, like required for meringues. Once the cake is iced, just glue the sticks of varying size all around.
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Without further ado, let’s start the journey into my 15th year of food blogging!
ONE YEAR AGO: The Bewitching Kitchen turns 13!
TWO YEARS AGO: The Bewitching Kitchen Turns 12!
THREE YEARS AGO: The Bewitching Kitchen turns 11!
FOUR YEARS AGO: The Bewitching Kitchen Turns 10, and a Giveaway…
FIVE YEARS AGO: The Bewitching Kitchen turns 9!
SIX YEAR AGO: The Bewitching Kitchen turns eight!
SEVEN YEARS AGO: The Bewitching Kitchen Turns Seven!
EIGHT YEARS AGO: Bewitching Kitchen Turns Six!
NINE YEARS AGO: The Bewitching Kitchen turns Five!
TEN YEARS AGO: The Bewitching Kitchen turns Four!
ELEVEN YEARS AGO: The Bewitching Kitchen Turns Three!
TWELVE YEARS AGO: The Bewitching Kitchen turns Two!
THIRTEEN YEARS AGO: Bewitching Birthday!
FOURTEEN YEARS AGO: Welcome to my blog!
Bewitching Kitchen 
Happy anniversary!
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Thank you!!!!
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Happy Anniversary! I have enjoyed your blog for all fourteen years and am glad to hear that you think you will do another year. And I love the cake!
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wow, that is so amazing! Thank you so much!
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Happy anniversary, Bewitching Kitchen! My, how time flies! Really enjoy reading here, Sally.
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Glad you liked my little virtual spot!
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Wow wow wow! I love the sticks! Happy Anniversary superstar 🤩🤩🤩🤩
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yes, those sticks are pretty cool, aren’t they?
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Yes!
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Happy anniversary. I would be sad to see you stop blogging as I really enjoy your sweet creations and the pups. This is a beautiful cake, the sticks really make it a cup above other red velvet cakes.
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Well, nothing is set yet, I will go along one more year for sure….maybe I will get a second wind… or would that be a 15th wind? 😉
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Parabéns Salete!
Seu capricho, sua criatividade, resiliência, poesia ( porque não?), são invejáveis! Inveja branca tá?
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TAGRADECIDA!
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14 years of sharing is a huge accomplishment. Congratulations. The cake is a masterpiece!
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Yes, I have a hard time believing it’s been so long….. so much stuff happened in these years….
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A belated Happy Anniversary. Your cake attests to why your blog is so popular
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Thank you so much!
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