Thursday, November 18, 2010

doom, gloom and BAKING!

this week's weather was typical fall/winter fare around here:  wet.  and cold (perhaps a flurry or two!). and oh so dark.  those are the three things that make winters here hard to face.  but alas, in 34 days (yes, I am counting down and yes that might make me seem crazy, but it's what I do to try and keep from actually going crazy) the days will slowly begin to stretch, until that glorious summer day when sun sticks around till like, 10pm.


in the meantime, I look for things that counteract the gloom of the season(s):  time with family, coffee shops, new recipes with whatever the season has to offer [plus old favorites of course], friends, games, hot chocolate, baking etc -- those are just some of my go-to 'winter busters'.

monday night I went down the baking route and attempted german[ish] chocolate cake.  sadly, I was a little eager on the peel-it-out-of-the-pan-and-ice-it ball, which gave me a falling apart cake that didn't take too well to icing, but it was yummy nonetheless.  (you live and you learn I suppose!)


ironically, despite actually following a recipe (for once!), I still made changes along the way.  too many changes, as it turns out.  so the final recipe is sort of a mystery.  maybe one day i'll have a recipe for you, but until then, pictures will have to suffice. if you're really that eager to know, I can try and retrace my steps just for you!  


what do you do to beat the winter blues?

5 comments:

  1. You get chocolate curls in your coffee too now?

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  2. and is that an espresso truffle???

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  3. It makes me a little bit sad that I can't decipher your drink... I've been away from the green apron for too long. (Although I shouldn't complain about that.) What I have been doing to beat the winter blues is sit around with a bunch of high school kids and cut out paper snowflakes to hang on my classroom windows. :) It makes things surprisingly whimsical.

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  4. Ann, that is an old pic (2 winters ago, I think - back in the day when I worked for sbux so apparently I used to and yes it is)

    Laura - I'm getting to that point too, it is a tad bit sad isn't it? I still remember this one though - its a 1/2 caf, no whip, with chocolate curls, espresso truffle! snowflake making does sound lovely - i hope its a reflection of your teaching experience so far! :)

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  5. Can you make snowflakes for my window's Laura?? I was thinking of making them from Vinyl but I've been too lazy!

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