Games and dairy
Newsflash: reading blogs pays off! In Cranium points, that is. :)
My friends were over last week for somewhat of a last hurrah before the semester began. Games, food, laughter, good company -- fun stuff. It was also XL's birthday; I'm almost empty on gift ideas, what with Christmas and all that, so I decided to make her a strawberry cheesecake. YUM!No one has to know that I'd been craving for cheesecake anyway.
I cheated a bit because I was too lazy to melt the butter, which was what the recipe called for, but I didn't think it would make much of a difference; and no one noticed anything amiss, so all was good. Shh. ;)
I had a wonderful epiphany the night before to use Nutella for icing, so I hopped out of bed and made a mess in the kitchen. I was too tired to take pictures, but I'm seriously thinking of investing in a piping bag now; plastic bags are just too flimsy for intricate art like this, hur.
Two more birthdays this month, and a gazillion others in February. Ideas, anyone?
***
While shopping for groceries today...
Me (looking at my list): "I need to get unsalted butter."
M: "What's the difference between salted and unsalted butter?"
Me: "..."
How do I answer these questions, I ask you.
My friends were over last week for somewhat of a last hurrah before the semester began. Games, food, laughter, good company -- fun stuff. It was also XL's birthday; I'm almost empty on gift ideas, what with Christmas and all that, so I decided to make her a strawberry cheesecake. YUM!
I cheated a bit because I was too lazy to melt the butter, which was what the recipe called for, but I didn't think it would make much of a difference; and no one noticed anything amiss, so all was good. Shh. ;)
I had a wonderful epiphany the night before to use Nutella for icing, so I hopped out of bed and made a mess in the kitchen. I was too tired to take pictures, but I'm seriously thinking of investing in a piping bag now; plastic bags are just too flimsy for intricate art like this, hur.
Two more birthdays this month, and a gazillion others in February. Ideas, anyone?
***
While shopping for groceries today...
Me (looking at my list): "I need to get unsalted butter."
M: "What's the difference between salted and unsalted butter?"
Me: "..."
How do I answer these questions, I ask you.
posted by Laughingcow at 5:22 pm
5 Comments:
On New Year's Day, I had chocolate cake made with salted butter!
you know...she might have been thinking in terms of the effects of salted versus unsalted on the waistline.;)
Woof!: Ahem, to each his/her own, I guess. :p
ABoY: He. And you give him too much credit. I was trying to think of a possible answer beyond "THE SALT?!?!?!" :D
Did the nutella as icing work? Was it good?
Ok la, at the end of it all, at least you can still bake a cake. It's something I'll never be able to do!
Yup, it worked very well. :) I didn't want to put any icing initially because I thought the extra sugar would be an overkill, but then I thought of Nutella, and how it isn't too sweet, and yet would add a nice nutty touch, so it really was quite yummy.
And anyone can bake a cake, bet you've never even tried. ;)
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