Good Evening!
Sorrry to have been errant and truant for most of the day, but I kind of wanted to have a day off where I wasn't attached to my laptop all day whilst watching TV. That's just way too easy to do, so... Instead...
Baking: A German Chocolate Cake - yet one more special order, this time from Ms. Anne Duquesnay. Her dresser gave her a slice of the one I made last week, and she loved it. In fact, I was sort of summoned to her dressing room the other night. I had no idea why she wanted to see me since she normally doesn't seen anyone before the show (as part of her pre-show routine). Well... She asked if I was the one who made the cake, and I told her I was. She then proceeded to tell me how delicious it was, and that it was just sweet enough and not too sweet like German Chocolate Cakes tend to be. She even said it made her cry! And that she was tearing up just thinking about it! High praise indeed! Very sweet of her too. And it made my evening! She asked if I would make her a German Chocolate Cake, so I made her a German Chocolate Cake today. -And she'll be paying me for it too!
*The funny thing is is that I tried a new recipe last week for the cake from this month's Cook's Illustrated. I just trusted that it would come out well. I've never tried it myself, so... Let's hope it came out well again today.
-Green Tea Poundcake, and an Amazon Cake - basically a chocolate cake. I came across the recipe in the New York Times a few years ago. Very easy to mix up, and no eggs either. Incredibly moist. And it get it's name from the fact that it's a very dark cake, almost black as a result of using cocoa in the batter. I made two "layers", and I'll probably stop by Safeway and pick up a can of Redi-Whip to go with it tomorrow.
And speaking of tomorrow...
I have a Noon matinee tomorrow/today, and, let's see... It's almost 2:00AM now, so...
I skimmed the posts, and I'll be sure to give them a closer read once I'm back up in Fairfax tomorrow. I just wanted to make sure to check in before heading to bed. *I'm hoping to be on the road by 8:30 - with the road closings and some possible snow tomorrow... -Just goes to show my
obsession addiction devotion to
the internet HHW.
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Oh, I also drove around for a bit taking care of errands, and I ended up over at Steve's place where we watched "American Idol". It was a nice "break" for me from all the baking. And, as always, it was nice spending time with Steve. *He found the limited edition Chex Mix at Target the other day - Cocoa! And it even has mini-marshmallows in it!
-Oh, and I got stopped by a cop for running a yellow (I said), red (he said) light on the way over to Steve's. Thankfully, he did not write me a ticket. "You're my first one of the evening, and I always let my first one go." "Thank you, officer." -Again, I guess it pays to have a near spotless driving record. In fact, I started thinking back to my last moving violation, and I think it's been a eight or nine years. And that was for.. well, running a stop light. So...
OK... 1:56AM... I have to be out of bed in 5 hours and 4 minutes. DO NOT HIT THE SNOOZE BUTTON!!! *Well, since I have to get out of bed to hit the snooze button...
... And I get to go to bed in an apartment smelling of chocolate and vanilla!
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OH!!
DR ozderek - Were you referring to "The Front Runner"? -Patricia Nell Warren's book?
OK...
That's all for tonight. I must get to bed and get some sleep.
Goodnight.