Friday Question

Getting Out of My Own Way

We're in the midst of making our double office into a solid work space.  So far, so good.  But there's a few knots to untangle.  Like my coupon station and Tim's gaming shelf, which he did a killer job on.

Now we're waiting for the coupon station to arrive from Staples.  Which was not cheap.  After coupons and rewards, we paid $47.43 OOP.  Which is just enough to annoy me.  That said, I've outgrown my current station, and that was the best deal I could find.

In baking news, I made my fourth cake.  A four-layered carrot cake with maple vanilla frosting.  The frosting was too sweet for so many layers, so I scrapped some off, saved it for another time, and took meticulous notes.

Then we hit Barnes.  Tim wrote and I studied cake.  Did you know that most cakes fit into six basic categories?  I didn't.  Actually, I never cared before.   But now I do.

It was a good weekend. 

I'm at a point where I no longer want to be in my own way, and I want to hit a few serious goals.  That, and I have some health issues that need addressed and thanks to my honey bunny, we're going to work on those bits together.

From here on, I ask myself:  How will this (step) help me reach my goal?  When I ask myself that question, I think differently about what I'm doing or not doing.  Sorta puts things in logical order, if you will. 

And that my Bubblebutts, concludes this post.  I'm off to write and bake.  Like to be done early so when the delivery dudes arrive, I can rebuild my coupon station.

Until next post, cheers and boogie boogie.

PS: Made these over the weekend as well.  100g wholemeal, 250g strong white.  Very nice in crust, crumb, and taste. 

Friday Q: Best Coffee Cake You Ever Had?

Yesterday I baked my first coffee cake.  It was horrible.  We tossed it in the bin, that's how bad it was. 

That got me thinking about a coffee cake that I had a long time ago.  It was a semi-sweet or a bitter-sweet coffee cake, I can't recall for sure.

It was a big round cake, with a swirled layer of chocolate in the center, topped with crumbly goodness.  Then topped again with a bittersweet chocolate ganache that always managed to stay the right texture, no matter how long the cake lasted.

Best coffee cake, in the history of ever.

Which brings me to Friday's Question:  Do you eat coffee cake?  And if so, what's the best one you ever had? 

Chocolate Fudge Cake

Please enjoy a slice of Chocolate Fudge Cake.  No eggs, no dairy.  Super duper fudgy and light at the same time.  And get this, I made enough frosting for two full layers.  Not like my first cake, when the back end of it went bare.

I'm getting closer.

Maybe next time I'll make enough frosting for four layers.  Until then, have a groovy Tuesday and boogie boogie.