Friday, December 16, 2005
How did I get here from there OR Uncle Abe's Favorite Chocolate Cake
There's been some talk over at Scott Adam's blog as to what he should buy his fiancée for Christmas.
(I, of course, nudged him to buy her a 100% cotton woven throw with a picture of Ada Lovelace)
Someone else mentioned that he'd never go wrong if he bought something off Oprah's Favorite Things list.
Huh? I said. So I went off to investigate and found (among other more appropriate gifts) this recipe for Uncle Abe's Favorite Chocolate Cake.
Ingredients for cake/filling/glaze are:
... and that's basically it! What's not to like?
posted by Sal Towse at 10:37 PM|
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(I, of course, nudged him to buy her a 100% cotton woven throw with a picture of Ada Lovelace)
Someone else mentioned that he'd never go wrong if he bought something off Oprah's Favorite Things list.
Huh? I said. So I went off to investigate and found (among other more appropriate gifts) this recipe for Uncle Abe's Favorite Chocolate Cake.
Ingredients for cake/filling/glaze are:
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 10 oz. + 4 oz bittersweet chocolate
- 6 large eggs
- 1C + 1 Tbsp. plus 2 tsp. sugar
- 1t. vanilla extract
- 2C + 1/2C heavy cream
... and that's basically it! What's not to like?
posted by Sal Towse at 10:37 PM|
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: views from the Hill
Bertold Brecht:
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.
