Amy's Place .. Poetry and Potpourri .. Apr. 4-5-6-7,2005

4-4-05 | JustAmy, St.Louie1, MamaBear, Billie

[JustAmy]

Welcome To....


'Amy's Place' welcomes all poets
and those who enjoy poetry. 'Amy's Place' is more than just about poetry.
Come in, relax, and share with fellow FReepers
your thoughts about any of the things on the *Menu*.

Enjoy! :)












Never Forget!





Like a 'Bad Penny'.



Amy's personal guardian ~
the always charming, lovable, huggable,
LouieWolf




Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[OESY]

Terri was one of the better angels of our nature who touched many but, regretfully, not all.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for this precious poem and graphic!

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Thursday!

63 degrees right now, headin' for around 73 today.

[MeekOneGOP]

Happy Let Someone Else Clean Day!

haha! Hey, that'd make a pretty good "Pancake" pic.

Not sure what a "Pancake" pic is? Kinda like this:

[OESY]

Not sure what a "Pancake" pic is?

Isn't that one of the Brown Berets you see in the French Foreign Legion, or am I getting too syrupy?

[JustAmy]

Good morning, Dolly!
Happy Thursday!
Happy Spring.

Have a great Coffee Cake Day!

[JustAmy]

Congrats on the babies. Good luck ..... I hope they make it.

[MeekOneGOP]

Isn't that one of the Brown Berets you see in the French
Foreign Legion? .....

LOL! CG and I both commented about the similarities. :)

[JustAmy]

Good morning, Mayor. Thank you for bringing us Our Daily Bread every day.



Happy Ham Radio Day.
Hope you are having a terrific Thursday!

[international american]

Bumpety bump!

[international american]

Woo Hoo 300 make a wish!

[JustAmy]

LOL

Thanks for alerting me, IA. Let me see ... hmmmmm.

I wish health, happiness and sunshine for all Amy's Place Family members.

[JustAmy]

Happy Coffee Cake Day!

[JustAmy]

Lovely graphic of Angel Terri, DollyCali.

Thank you!!

[JustAmy]

Our team thanks you, A-G



Hope you are having a Terrific Thursday.
Have a happy spring.

Happy Let Someone Else Clean Day!
I would like to celebrate this every day. :)

[JustAmy]

It is pretty cool today after a nice warm day yesterday. We had some rain this morning.

Hope you and Ying are having a Happy Ham Radio Day!

[OESY]

Where is CG? It's awfully hard to get him 'roused lately.

[MeekOneGOP]

Thank you. You have a great Ham Radio day, too. :)

[snugs]

Happy Coffee Cake Day. I know American Coffee cake is a bread based recipe but in Britain coffee or more popularly coffee and walnut is a sponge based cake. I thought therefore I would share that recipe with you.

Coffee and Walnut Cake
by Good Food Magazine


Put the kettle on and make a lovely cuppa to go with a slice of this classic teatime cake by Brigid Tobin
Servings: 6
Level of difficulty: Easy
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 25 minutes


You will need: Cake tins

Ingredients
200g butter, softened
200g caster sugar
4 eggs, beaten
200g self-raising flour
50g walnuts, chopped
1 tbsp coffee essence, (see tip below)

For the filling
200g icing sugar
85g butter, softened
2 tsp coffee, essence
1 tbsp single cream
1 orange, finely grated zest, optional

For the icing
300g icing sugar
1 tsp coffee, essence
9 walnut halves


Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas 4. Grease two 20cm deep sandwich cake tins. Line the base of each with greaseproof paper.

2. Put the butter and sugar in a bowl and cream together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs a bit at a time, sprinkling in a bit of the flour to stop the mixture curdling. Sift and fold in the remaining flour, then fold in the walnuts. Mix the coffee essence with 1 teaspoon water and fold this in, then divide the mixture equally between the prepared cake tins and level the tops. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the cakes spring back when lightly pressed in the centre with your finger. Leave the cakes in the tins for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and leave until cold.

3. Make the filling. Put all the ingredients into a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until smooth and fluffy, then use to sandwich the two cakes together.

4. Make the icing. Sift the icing sugar into a bowl, then mix in the coffee essence and 2-3 tablespoons cold water to make a smooth icing. Pour the icing onto the top of the cake and quickly spread it over the top and sides, then arrange 8 walnut halves around the outside and one in the middle. Leave the icing to set before serving.

Coffee Essence
Camp Coffee is a drink made from coffee and chicory essence. You can buy it in supermarkets and it’s great for cakes and bakes, if not modern drinking tastes. If you can’t find any, make up some strong instant coffee and use 4 teaspoons in the cake and 1 teaspoon each in the filling and icing.

Copyright Good Food Magazine

[MeekOneGOP]

I think he's been up to his ears in work here lately. :)