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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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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 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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Crumb will be at the Big Boss Brewery tour this Saturday June 12 from 2pm-4pm. Come out, take the tour, buy some cake, have a few pints. It’s a great way to spend the afternoon. Tour information can be found here.

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Farm to Fork is pretty much the coolest thing ever. How cool? The only phrase that comes close to describing the awesomeness is: fucking badass! How badass? Like Shaft and Superfly rolled into one. Those who were there know what were talking about. Those that weren’t should make plans now to attend next year.

We finally got to try some Fullsteam. The Pasternaak Parsnip Ale and Carver’s Sweet Potato Ale were both excellent. The strawberry Sangria from 18 Seaboard was very refreshing after cutting cakes for two and a half hours. The strawberry gazpacho with cucumber and basil from Herons at the Umstead was a great twist on a classic dish. Our favorite food was from Fired Flour, tasty and unique pizza, cooked on the spot, with ingredients such as fig preserves, goat cheese, mustard, onion marmalade, nuts, and so much more (not all together of course). Keep an eye out for these guys.  The list of delicious food could just keep going on and on and on and on and on…….

@durhamfoodie doing unnatural things to an unnatural bull

Fullsteam's awesome truck

a few of fullsteam's taps

Fired Flour's oven

people waiting for cake

Cake with Escazu's chocolate, Big Boss's Big Operator, and Celebrity Dairy's goat cheese

Strawberry cake

a sign

beautiful weather, open fields

fresh veggies!

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Crumb is very pleased to be taking part in this year’s Farm to Fork celebration of local foods and local farms.  For those going, this is what you are getting from us. For those not going, this is what you are missing out on.

We are doing three different types of cake:

1] An untitled cake featuring chocolate from Escazu Artisan Chocolate (Raleigh, NC), beer from Big Boss (Raleigh, NC), and goat cheese and yogurt from Celebrity Dairy (Siler City, NC)

2] Strawberry cake with strawberry buttercream featuring strawberries from Barefoot Farms (Meadow, NC)

3] Sweet Potato cake with brown sugar/bourbon buttercream featuring Beauregard Sweet Potatoes from L & G Farms (Meadow, NC)

All cakes use flour from Lindley Mills (Graham, NC), cream and buttermilk from Maple View Farm (Hillsborough, NC), and eggs from Latta’s Egg Ranch (Hillsborough, NC)

Thanks to Escazu, Big Boss, and Celebrity Dairy for donating ingredients.

As a side note, this is the last weekend to buy strawberries from Barefoot farms at the Raleigh Farmer’s Market. Go and get some, they are the perfect strawberry: red to the core, tart, and sweet without being sugary.

Pictures will be posted on Monday.

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