My younger daughter became a bat mitzvah this weekend! It was a whirlwind but amazing and she rocked the service and leading our congregation.
After an evening service and party, we hosted brunch the next day for 35 out of town family and friends and cooked-baked everything! I baked my younger daughter’s favorite cookies, the birthday cake cookies from Sweet Tooth, which is an excellent cookbook -
Congratulations Sally and best wishes to your daughter!!
The cookies look wonderful, and congrats to your daughter!
Congratulations to. your daughter and her family! Beautiful cookies, too.
That’s awesome! Kudos. And the cookies look delish.
Congratulations to you and your daughter! Adorable cookies.
Strawberry sour cream cake, a light and tender cake with a fine crumb, this cake pairs very nicely with strawberry sauce and gelato. I usually don’t bake with strawberries, but this cake is the exception. For the top of the cake, I had small strawberries and left them whole . A sprinkling of sliced almonds gave a little crunch to the cake. This is a half recipe baked in a 7” cake pan, recipe from Natasha’s Kitchen.
I looked at this when you posted it earlier - might have to try it!
Did I post this twice in baking? Or was it the random desserts?
Thanks everyone! What a lovely community! It was incredibly moving and special - we are so proud of her.
@Nannybakes is this the cake?
Yes, that’s it. I just had a slice on day 2 and it held up very well. I only put strawberries on the top, did not add diced to batter.
I love Rose’s Laminated Scone recipe with dried Cranberries (I prefer dried tart cherries) and would like to know if I can use this recipe subbing frozen wild blueberries.
Mazel Tov! I am very tempted by that cookbook…
Yes randoms 
Making up for lost time ( and trying to use up the bag of last year’s rhubarb that I found in the bottom of the freezer!) I made another rhubarb cake for a meeting with different people tomorrow. It’s called Lunar Cake and is very easy but delicious! I made a half recipe in an 8 x8…
What a moving ritual…she’s [repeat word, different meaning intended] moving in to young adulthood feeling loved, supported, acknowledged, recognized for accomplishing a significant goal in her community, and…with fantastic communal food celebration!
Mazel tov!
And those cookies look delicious!
I have a 7x2 pan - the sides look so short, and you’re only supposed to fill it half full… was that the same sized pan you used? 7x2?
For half the recipe I used a 7x2 “ pan and it fit perfectly. Last year I made it in a 6x2” and my notes told me to preferably use a 7x2” or 6x3”…so I did!
ETA. I made this with figs, red plums and prune plums last year so I guess I liked the cake 
. Also a combo of fig, cherry, blackberry…any fruit seems to work, I have some apricots I might use.
