I could identify every example you showed and I created more of my own over the 52 years that I was married. My husband has passed , so now I'm more likely to see them at my daughter's house, where she has an enthusiastic 16-year-old daughter who wants to try baking and crepe recipes, as well as Christmas goodies to share. We all are proud when our efforts turn out well and we laugh when they don't. I was asked to provide a chocolate groom's cake many years ago for our niece's wedding. I wasn't able to do it the day before, so the second layer was still too warm when I turned it out on top of the filling and the first layer. It started cracking and no amount of chocolate frosting could hold it together. We lived in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico, so I just told people at the wedding that it was my Famous Canyon Cake and it was eaten all up!

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