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Taste of Beirut is one of my new favorite food blogs. Joumana grew up in Beirut during the sixties and seventies and her blog is a tribute to her national food. I saw this recipe for arak-spiked chocolate cake and thought it looked delicious!

Apparently it's National Cake Day today.

Beautiful images from Paris Pâtisseries displaying translucency in pastries.

House of Annie has full instructions for making these flaky, light spiral pastries called Pandan Spiral Moon Cakes (also known as Teochew Mooncakes).

Really nicely done sea turtle cake by Louise at Love to Cake.

Bake Greek share full instructions for making these adorable Hello Kitty mini red velvet cakes.

YUM!

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Up for auction at Heritage, JFK's crusty old birthday cake, presented to him at his 45th birthday party in Madison Square Garden back in 1962. Marilyn Monroe performed her legendary  "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" at this very event.

Etsy seller TangBaby has faux happy birthday cake postcards for sale. Each postcard is made to order and has that deliciously satisfying plastic toy food texture (and smell, I'm hoping).

I had the immense pleasure of eating Japanese cheesecake in Little Tokyo recently. It is soft, moist... essentially perfect. Here's a round-up of recipes I'd like to try, if anybody has any favorites, please add to the list!

Erica Dorn's Marathon Cake for the NIKE78 Project.

In a word, gross. Rat cake from the Curious Confectioner.

I made this cake a few weeks ago and it was insanely delicious! yum yum layers.

In the spirit of food art (not cake-related, I'll admit), check out HongKiat's collection of bento boxes.

Lake Street Creamery is not just the latest addition to Los Angeles' growing roster of food trucks - it's an artisanal ice cream truck. They make their own ice cream in the truck and then sell it to us, the public. Flavors include stuff like Donut, Aztec Sacrifice, and Pancake Breakfast. Of course, you can follow them on Twitter.

Super cute little burger cupcakes.