Last weekend I hosted my second annual Oktoberfest party, inspired by my love of fall, food and beer, my distant German heritage, and the fact that my October 6 birthday is a convenient excuse for a party. Like last year, I made a bunch of food from scratch - soft pretzels with honey mustard and cheese dips, chicken schnitzel, roasted potatoes, and spaetzle.
This year I also branched out and made a (not German but very delicious) Princess cake for the party - it was a hit!
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| Princess cake, with a dusting of powdered sugar (marzipan is sticky) |
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| Alex and Tim being put to work shaping pretzels |
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| Finished pretzels (yum) |
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| After attempting spaetzle two nights before, I rush-shipped a spaetzle maker from Amazon and it was SO much easier. |
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| Tim was super helpful with the party prep! |
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| Finished spaetzle - my favorite German food. |
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| Roasted potatoes and onions. |
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| Princess cake, ready for serving. |
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| You can see a glimpse of my dirndl (aka beermaid costume) here. |
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A cross-section of the princess cake. from the bottom up: genoise, cherry preserves, swiss meringue buttercream,
genoise, pastry cream, genoise, whipped cream, genoise, swiss meringue buttercream, marzipan. Yep. |
That's the summary!
I'll do a post about more of the food specifics soon. Food posts are
here and
herea!
Happy Belated [+]
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