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[felis_ultharus]

I have made honey cake. It looks delicious -- fit for drugging the three-headed dog of the underworld. I've never had a recipe that called for brewed coffee before. Also, it took about twice the time to bake right through that the The Joy of Cooking claimed it would.

I started on my re-write of my novel, but I intend to take it very slowly. I've proven I can stick to writing, I've proven I can treat it like a job, but if I rush and force myself, the end result isn't as good.

I suspect the reason I've re-written the climax from scratch four times is because I've been treating it as a deadline. Now I'm going to aim for two pages a day, and will go over them more than once in that day.

I'm bored and over-posting today. Sorry for spamming everyone's friends-page ^_^

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[montrealais.livejournal.com]

Not at all. Looking forward to trying it. And cute icon :)

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

Thank you ^_^

[sugar-spun.livejournal.com]

Are you willing to share this recipe with the copyright dodgers among us? I'd like to make honey cake.

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

It was a bit complicated, and I wasn't overly proud of results, but here it is:

Preheat the oven to 300 Fahrenhei, and grease a 13 by 9 inch glass baking pan. Combine in a medium saucepan and cook, stirring gently over low heat until well blended:

1.5 cups honey
1 cup brewed coffee
0.75 cup of vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla

Remove from heat and set aside to cool. Whisk thoroughly in a large bowl:

3.75 cups all-purpose flour
1.5 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
0.5 teaspoon ground ginger.
(optional 0.75 cup raisins or chapped walnuts -- both of which would've triggered my allergies)

Beat in a medium bowl on high speed until thick and pale yellow, 4 to 5 minutes:

3 large eggs
0.75 cup sugar

Beat the cooled honey mixture into the eggs. Add the dry ingredients and beat until well-blended. Scrape the batter into the pan and spread evenly. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes (says the recipe -- for me it took 1.5 hours).

Remove from over, and perforate the surface of the cake repeatedly with a fork. Heat 0.25 of a cup of honey to lukewarm, and spread it evenly over the surface that it soaks in through the perforations. Let it cool completely before cutting.

Actually, it'd probably just be easier to make a Portal cake: