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Back in April, we were approached on Twitter by a customer who wanted a special cake for the Kentucky Derby. Camille’s only requirement was that the cake must contain chocolate, ginger, lime, and bourbon.  We made Camille one hell of a cake and she was a very happy camper. (You can see a picture of her half eaten cake on our Facebook page under Photos by Others.) We made this cake (without limes) a little while later as a personal cake for those awesome people at Escazu and now we’re going to make the cake for you!. The cake will be a chocolate stout cake made with Escazu’s 65% chocolate and Fullsteam’s Hogwash (because it sounds like a good excuse for us to drink a pint), fresh candied ginger, and vanilla infused bourbon. The cake will be available by the slice on Thursday 9/2 at noon.

Escazu Artisan Chocolates is located at 936 N. Blount St. Raleigh, NC 27604. There is a map here. Follow Escazu on Twitter and Facebook.

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New Music Raleigh is kicking off their second season with a concert on Sunday September 12 at Murphy School Theater (224 Polk St.) in Raleigh. Crumb is very pleased to be supporting these adventurous badass musicians.  Many of you made it out to their last concert which featured a burning hot performance of Steve Reich’s Different Trains. The new season starts with works by Paul Lansky, John Luther Adams, and Raleigh’s own Cameron Britt. Tickets are $10 (cash only) at the door. Crumb will be selling tasty treats before the show and during intermission and Joe Van Gogh will be serving coffee.

From the press release: “Every artist is influenced by their surroundings, whether it be the vast Alaskan tundra or the busiest street corner in Tokyo. Composer John Luther Adams recently said, “My music is going inexorably from being about place to becoming place.” NMR’s September 12 show features selected works that directly compare space and place in music, journeying from a feeling of openness to the influence of urban, electrified places.”

More information is available at NewMusicRaleigh.org

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After all the glowing reviews of last week’s chocolate Fullsteam ghost chili madness at Escazu, some of you are wondering what we are doing this week.  A few weeks ago, Carrie’s daughter turned eleven and requested this cake for her birthday: coffee pound cake, raspberries, and chocolate ganache. That’s what we’re making this week, with one huge upgrade, Escazu’s 65% chocolate.  It was a damn fine cake a few weeks ago and it’ll be an even better cake this week. Did we mention the coffee in the pound cake comes from Joe Van Gogh? The cake will be available Thursday August 26 at noon.

Escazu Artisan Chocolates is located at 936 N. Blount St. Raleigh, NC 27604. There is a map here. Follow Escazu on Twitter and Facebook.

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Crumb is very please to announce a new experiment with our friends at Escazu Artisan Chocolates. Starting on Thursday, Crumb will be offering slices of cake for sale at Escazu, made with Escazu’s amazing chocolate (by far the best chocolate in North Carolina and probably on the eastern seaboard).

Cake will be available at noon on Thursday and when it’s gone, it’s gone for another week.  This week’s cake is for our friends Chris, Brooks, and Sean in honor of the opening of Fullsteam. Hogwash hickory smoked porter chocolate cake, cherries, and chocolate buttercream. We’ll probably figure out a way to work some ghost chilis into the mix too.

Escazu Artisan Chocolates is located at 936 N. Blount St. Raleigh, NC 27604. There is a map here. Follow Escazu on Twitter and Facebook.

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Crumb is very pleased to be making cakes for the pre-opening party at Fullsteam on Friday August 13. In case you haven’t had a chance to try Fullsteam yet, it is some banging beer, unique and tasty! We are making two awesome cakes for the party using beer from Fullsteam:

1] Hogwash hickory smoked porter chocolate cake with cherries and ghost chile ganache

2] Summer Basil farmhouse ale pound cake with tomato curd made from tomatoes from Coon Rock Farm, the source of the basil used in this incredibly refreshing beer.

The party starts at 4pm. Details are here. The tavern will be open to the public at 6:14pm, but there probably isn’t going to be any cake left by then.

Follow Fullsteam on Twitter. Fullsteam is located at 726 Rigsbee Avenue in Durham, NC 27701 (google maps). More about the inmates who run Fullsteam here.

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It is ridiculously hot here in the Triangle. The only thing to do is to stay inside and eat cake in the cool air conditioning.

All ten inch cakes ordered between July 26 and July 31 are 10% off! The sale is only for cakes ordered for pick up by August 5.

Email info@justCrumb.com or call (919) 413-8134

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Crumb will be selling desserts at Martin’s Curry Rice, a new restaurant opening in Morrisville on Monday July 19 at 11am. On opening day, Crumb will be selling the Phuket Bill: coconut milk cake, red curry caramel, and mango buttercream; and a chocolate cup of cake filled with a blackberry/raspberry puree and topped with a chocolate buttercream.

From Martin’s website:

Chef Martin’s creative genius fuses authentic Thai recipes, Indian recipes, Japanese recipes and American tastes to come up with unique and outstanding sauces. Some of the favorites are the Red, Yellow and Green Curry, the South Indian Vegetable Gumbo, Indo-Chinese Sweet Corn Soup, Curry Puffies, Tortilla Samosa and so on.

We do feature authentic flavors like the Vindaloo Curry from Chef Martin’s home town Mangalore, South Indian rice dishes and North Indian Biriyani.

You will find interesting specials to try out every day such as Japanese Katsu, Goat Curry and Chili Tofu.

Whether you are a Vegan, Vegetarian, or require the special preparation required by Halal (separate utensils and cooking), we serve gourmet food to match your dietary needs.

Follow Martin’s Curry Rice on Twitter and Facebook.

Martin’s Curry Rice is located at 9549 Chapel hill Road, Morrisville, NC.

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The Cross Currents Chamber Music Arts Festival is coming to Raleigh from July 2 -11 featuring performances from the Brussels Chamber Orchestra, the Pierre Anckaert Quintet, Will Scruggs, the Mallarme Chamber Players, Gavriel Lipkind, and members of the North Carolina Symphony. The Festival has master classes, concerts, events for children and much more! The full schedule of events is here.

Crumb will be baking for the July 5 Gala at the Captrust building, the July 7 event at Marbles, and the final concert on July 11.  Our friends from Joe Van Gogh will be joining us with locally roasted coffee on some of those dates.  Come out and show your support for great musicians. Some events are free and some require tickets which can be purchased here.

Follow Cross Currents on Twitter and Facebook.

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Crumb will be at the Big Boss brewery tour on Saturday June 12 selling slices of cake.

-Pound cake (made with Hell’s Belle) with lemon curd, blackberries, and raspberries

-The Big Operator: alternating layers of chocolate and yellow cake (made with Big Operator) with a chocolate espresso buttercream

Each cake $5 a slice.

Big Boss just won The Independent’s best brewery in the Triangle. Come out, learn about the brewing process, drink some beers, and buy some cake!

The brewery is located at 1249 Wicker Drive Raleigh, NC. The tour is 2-3pm. Crumb will be there till 4pm or until we sell out. Then you’ll be able to find us drinking at the bar.

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Sunday June 13 we’ll be at RebusFest! Come out for the music, food, and art. Festivites don’t begin till noon so you have plenty of time to sleep off that hangover! This is a great opportunity to check out the excellent art by Luke Buchanan.

We will be serving:

-Brownies! (remember those from the Handmade market??)

-big chocolate chip cookies!

-Devitos (mini chocolate cups of cake) topped with the very special GHOST CHILE GANACHE!

All items $2.

We will also be selling our new tshirts designed by David Eichenberger and printed by Adam Peele.

RebusFest takes place at RebusWorks (301-2 Kinsey St.) from 12-6pm.

Cash only at both events.

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Crumb will be taking part in this year’s annual hipster paradise known as Rebus Fest. Taking place at Rebus Works (301-2 Kinsey St, Raleigh, NC), Rebus Fest is a full day of music, food, and art taking place on Sunday June 13 from 12-6pm. Along with Crumb, food will be provided by Fired Flour (great pizza), Only Burger (best burger truck in the Triangle), Carolina Brewing Company (beer!) and Locopops.

Did we mention we’ll have the new Crumb shirts designed by David Eichenberger for sale?

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