In lieu of line
Nov. 25th, 2014 06:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
desperanceSo a terrible thing happened yesterday: people came to haul me away for a cheese-crawl up through Marin and Sonoma, BEFORE I HAD FINISHED MY POT OF COFFEE. I STILL HAD A MUGFUL LEFT.
Not that anyone would have guessed, mind you: I bravely lied to my friends, assured them that I was fully caffeinated, and sallied forth unheedingly. I may have been a little quiet in the car.
But: this left a problem that has been hanging around all day, in the form of an undrunk mug of coffee. And as far as I'm concerned, there is no way to reheat a mug of strong black coffee without ruining it; and yet, I abhor waste. Which is why that mug has hung around all day.
Happily, as everyone knows, nothing enhances a chocolate cake more than a little strong black coffee, that needs to be cold before adding. And this is a guestly season. That mug is suddenly not a problem, it's a feature!
All my life longFor a long time now, I have wanted to bake a flourless chocolate cake, but I never did it ere this.
Eight eggs, a pound of 72% chocolate and a quarter-cup of coffee later? The cake is in the oven, and we'll see. And there is still a lot of coffee left. I may have to make another cake.
Not that anyone would have guessed, mind you: I bravely lied to my friends, assured them that I was fully caffeinated, and sallied forth unheedingly. I may have been a little quiet in the car.
But: this left a problem that has been hanging around all day, in the form of an undrunk mug of coffee. And as far as I'm concerned, there is no way to reheat a mug of strong black coffee without ruining it; and yet, I abhor waste. Which is why that mug has hung around all day.
Happily, as everyone knows, nothing enhances a chocolate cake more than a little strong black coffee, that needs to be cold before adding. And this is a guestly season. That mug is suddenly not a problem, it's a feature!
Eight eggs, a pound of 72% chocolate and a quarter-cup of coffee later? The cake is in the oven, and we'll see. And there is still a lot of coffee left. I may have to make another cake.