[ STOP. if someone gave her a lemon cake, she'd be thrilled. ]
We could do a small cake. [ not quite cupcake but not quite a Big Boi but a ""personal"" sized cake. nods. ] It would be a waste to make a big cake and have some of it go to waste.
[ hmmm... serious cake conversations indeed. ]
Would a normal buttermilk frosting be too sweet for a cake like this?
I know someone who hasn't had cake before, so I think I'd like to take a piece to them, if we can account for that as well.
[ they're here for cake times and to make the best damn cake in the realm ]
The coffee and chocolate balance each other so we might be able to get away with buttermilk. We could make a little of different kinds and try some while the cake's cooling.
[ they could bake any left over batter to try it with. is this just an excuse to eat cake?
but let's fast-forward the measuring bits unless reasons for disaster because of investigation. (i am not tagging you purely because of investigations, promise.)
[ a cakie that they’re now mixing and i guess greasin’ some pans for pouring the mix into because i have samosas cookin’ and i want to eat them and i keep getting distracted don’t tag a food thread when hungry. ]
I guess we just add in the almonds towards the end and mix them well so they don’t sink?
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We could do a small cake. [ not quite cupcake but not quite a Big Boi but a ""personal"" sized cake. nods. ] It would be a waste to make a big cake and have some of it go to waste.
[ hmmm... serious cake conversations indeed. ]
Would a normal buttermilk frosting be too sweet for a cake like this?
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[ they're here for cake times and to make the best damn cake in the realm ]
The coffee and chocolate balance each other so we might be able to get away with buttermilk. We could make a little of different kinds and try some while the cake's cooling.
[ they could bake any left over batter to try it with. is this just an excuse to eat cake?
yes. ]
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[ sorry even though alex is bringing up a good point, izumo is going to be stuck on that because hello?? who?? cake is so great???
???? ]
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I guess we all really do come from very different places. Or, at least, one of us comes from somewhere where he wasn't given cake.
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If they end up liking it, maybe we can make them a small one.
[ mini cakie. ]
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That's a nice idea. We could try a different flavour as well, so they can see if they can choose a favourite.
[ all the mini cakies ]
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Yeah, and any extras we'll just leave around for whoever wants it.
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As long as it gets eaten, that sounds fine to me. But first... this mocha-almond cake.
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Right, the moch-almond cake.
[ time to get the dry goods together. ]
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I'll get the eggs out so they can warm up a bit. Um... the almonds are in the pantry; I'm happy to chop them up if you're fine with that?
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I'm fine with that, and make sure you grab the butter as well.
[ cold butter bad. ]
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Will do. You're getting the flour?
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Yes, leave the dry ingredients to me.
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Alright then... milk, eggs, butter... chop up the almonds...
[ handwave that last bit happening here because it's too close to investigation for me to go into huge detail. ]
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but let's fast-forward the measuring bits unless reasons for disaster because of investigation. (i am not tagging you purely because of investigations, promise.)
a cakie is being made by two good girls. ]
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I guess we just add in the almonds towards the end and mix them well so they don’t sink?
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I think that's what you do. [ hmmm. ] The almonds I don't think would be very heavy, but it wouldn't hurt.
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I've sliced them pretty thin, so they should... float? [ is that the word in this case? ]
And if someone has a problem if they don't, they can just not eat the cake.
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Exactly. They should be grateful that we were even sharing them with them.
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I'm not sure we could eat a whole cake by ourselves though.
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but. ah....true. ]
Why not feed some of it to the birds?
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That seems like a waste of the cake too, honestly. They wouldn't eat much of it, would they? [ izumo?? ]
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Maybe stale cake.
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What would we do with the extras if people don't eat them?
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