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Post by Emily Wilson on Oct 15, 2021 23:55:17 GMT
Nice video. Really sad seeing those dead plants. The running fountain looks visually like the mall's last breath amidst its demise.
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Post by Emily Wilson on Oct 20, 2021 23:03:36 GMT
Today for the very first time, I baked a cake and made frosting from scratch! I also used my brand new bundt cake pan!
The baked cake mix was absolutely outstanding and tastes so much like the boxed kind! Although chocolate cake recipes like the one I was following usually call for cocoa powder, I instead opted for cacao powder for the mix and also used it on the cake pan before adding the batter. I also brushed olive oil instead of using generic cooking spray on the bundt pan since I didn't use simple round pans. (Don't have them right now anyways.)
CAKE BATTER:
Dry Ingredients
- 1 Cup - Cake Flour (I used Swans Down)
- 1 Cup - Oat Flour
- 3/4 Cup - Cacao Powder
- 1/2 Cup - Coconut Sugar
- 1 Cup - Truvia: Stevia/Cane Sugar Blend (to taste; Also worth noting: This is a REDUCED sugar blend, meaning there's far more stevia than sugar, which is actually a good thing.)
- 2 TSP - Baking Powder
- 1 TSP - Baking Soda
- 1/2 TSP - Salt
Wet Ingredients
- 1 Cup - Brewed Coffee
- 1/2 Cup - Applesauce (I'm using homemade applesauce instead of pre-made)
- 1/4 Cup - Coconut Oil
- 1 - Egg
- 1/3 Cup - Egg Whites
- 1/3 Cup - Almond Milk (Using unsweetened Silk)
- 2 TSP - Vanilla Extract
DIRECTIONS - Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Sift the cake flour, oat flour, and cacao powder together. After sifting, combine with dry ingredients.
- In a separate bowl, combine all the wet ingredients.
- After combining, mix together both wet and dry ingredients.
- Brush bundt pan with extra virgin olive oil and then dust with cacao powder. Pour batter into pan.
- Bake for 30 minutes / when toothpick comes out clean.
- After removing cake from the pan and letting it cool, add frosting!
Icing was pretty good too, which was made with Truvia Confections (aka: Stevia sweetener), vanilla extract, and plain water. I had to add a little more water sometimes to get to the right consistency until it was no longer too thick, but not too thin. It does harden a teeny bit after sitting on the cake for awhile, but while I was having a slice, I could actually feel the texture melting softly in my mouth. It was really good. I guess I could've made more icing if I was doing a multi-tier cake, but again, since I was using a single-tier bundt pan, I surprisingly had plenty to work with.
ICING:
- 1 cup Truvia Powdered Confectioner (Stevia Sweetener) - 1 tsp vanilla extract - Water (originally had 3 tablespoons, but added some more a few times while stirring for better consistency)
DIRECTIONS: Mix together ingredients in the bowl. If it's too thick, add a teeny bit more water. Use either an icing offset blade or rubber spatula spreader to spread on top of bundt cake.
Since I made a chocolate cake, today's song pick is Alice's Cooper's Devil's Food:
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Post by The Ocean on Oct 20, 2021 23:25:56 GMT
Anytime someone mentions a mall, I always think about the Granite Run Mall in Media, PA which was my favorite mall when I was young. It was always such a treat to go shopping there. It's so sad what became of it. Here's a video that someone filmed shortly before it was demolished. I went to Penn State Delaware County (Brandywine now) down the street from there. Used to go to that mall almost every day. |
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Post by Emily Wilson on Oct 24, 2021 18:08:04 GMT
Still have some pieces of that cake left! Plus, earlier this month, I managed to get an unused air fryer at a garage sale. On retail, it's very pricey (about $160+), so I'm glad this one was only $20. Used it this week to make sweet potato fries.
Today is also a celebration for me, because I finally achieved my weight loss goal after exactly 7 months of hard work! Madness to the Method was my go-to theme for the last couple of months, because I love the instrumentals in this one. It was also the song I played when I weighed myself this morning, especially towards the end. (I wanted the moment to feel epic.  )
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Post by Emily Wilson on Nov 18, 2021 22:32:22 GMT
I did a test run on a homemade pizza dough recipe tonight. This recipe below makes one dough ball, but I had three made so the yogurt could be used up:
- 1 cup: Whole Wheat Flour
- 1 cup: Plain Greek Yogurt
- 1 1/2 tsp: Baking Powder - 1/2 tsp: Salt
Preheat oven to 450 F. Mix the ingredients together until you get a dough. On the first pizza, I was trying to follow the recipe, which told me to fold the dough a few times before rolling it out, but it ended up being a small personal crust. For the others, since they already had decent balls going, I skipped the folding part and had bigger pizza crusts as a result.
Spray your pizza pan(s) and transfer crust over. Add desired sauce, toppings, cheese, and seasonings, and let it cook in the top oven rack for 10-15 minutes. Cool off and devour.
First pizza: First attempt. Smaller crust, has vegetables and spinach below the cheese. On top of the cheese is seasonings and pepperoni slices. Second pizza: Simple plain pepperoni pizza. Bigger crust without the vegetables and seasonings. Third pizza: Same as the first one, but without pepperoni and a bigger crust.
I've been in a huge mood for Helluva Boss after watching episode 7. So today's song choice is House of Asmodeus:
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Post by wrax on Dec 16, 2021 23:38:13 GMT
Who remembers the BOCFANS cookbook? Curated by a true fan with BOC-inspired menus from true fans. I regret not sending in my recipe for Seven Screaming Cheeseburgers.
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Post by Emily Wilson on Dec 31, 2021 20:21:33 GMT
I've heard about the cookbook a few times and seen some pages circulating around on social media. One of the recipes I saw was the Black and Blue pizza.
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Post by Emily Wilson on Dec 31, 2021 20:31:06 GMT
Also, hey! Baked some pumpkin cheesecake brownies for New Year's!
Batter recipe: 1 Cup - Oat Flour 1/2 Cup - Cocoa Powder 3 TBSP - Sweetener (to taste) 1/2 TSP - Baking Powder 1/2 TSP - Salt 1 Cup - Pumpkin Puree 2 TBSP - Honey 3 TBSP - Coconut oil 1/4 Cup - Unsweetened Applesauce 2 TBSP - Milk 1 Egg White (reserve yolk) 1 TSP - Vanilla Extract
Swirl: 1/3 Cup - Pumpkin Puree 2 TBSP - Softened Cream Cheese 1-2 TBSP - Sweetener 1 Egg Yolk (Reserved) 1/2 TSP - Cinnamon
Instructions: - Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. - Mix all the batter ingredients together. Pour into brownie dish - Mix your swirl ingredients in a separate bowl. Add dollops on top of the brownie batter and use a toothpick to swirl. - Bake for 20-25 minutes. Let it cool before serving.
Been listening to the B-52's more lately:
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Post by luxexterior on Jan 1, 2022 14:50:39 GMT
Wow! That looks great. Coping that recipe now!  |
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