Amy's Place .. Poetry and Potpourri .. Apr. 30, May 1 - 2, 2004

4-30-04 | JustAmy, St.Louie1, MamaBear and Billie

[SAMWolf]

Sorry, I spent all the money on the Lei. :-(

[Victoria Delsoul]

LOL!!! You made me laugh!

[Alberta's Child]

How was your day?

Not too bad, all things considered. LOL.

That picture is a classic -- That would have been me (the guy, that is) if I didn't take it easy at work over the last few months. LOL!!

[Victoria Delsoul]

LOL, knock on wood.

[Alberta's Child]

LOL, knock on wood.

I just did. LOL.

Sometimes I just have to step back and realize that most of the pennies in my life have fallen "heads-up"!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Well, pennies are better than no pennies. LOL.

Need to get dinner. Be back in a bit.

[Bob Eimiller]

Hey freepers.,.. click on Victoria's post #220 and have a toe tappin' experience! lol ...Thanks again Victoria

[Alberta's Child]

I need to grab a bite to eat, too. See y'all in a bit.

[Syncro]

I found it here, but no video stream but I don't know about that stuff...

If you meant you looked for "flute flower stream" LOL good luck...a 45 with 500 copies made...heheh

[Syncro]

Here meant Here

1970

[Victoria Delsoul]

If you meant you looked for "flute flower stream"

Are kidding me? No way Jose, I was looking for "Leanin' On My Dream" LOL, you're funny.

But guess what? You'll never find another love like mine…

[ladyinred]

I am going to post the recipe we talked about last night for the best chocolate cake in the world! It is complicated, but worth every last minute it takes to prepare! The best darn cake ever!

Chocolate Spoonful Cake

Ingredients: For cake layers:
3 oz semisweet chocolate, chopped
3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
1-1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1-3/4 cups sour cream
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla
3 large eggs
2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch processed)
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
for filling/frosting
3 oz semisweet chocolate, chopped
2 cups sour cream
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tsp vanilla
For glazed top:
3 oz semi sweet chocolate, chopped
2 tbsp unsalted butter
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
For coating sides:
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate shavings, shaved with a vegetable peeler from a bar of chocolate, for coating of cake.
Preparation Make cake layers:
Preheat oven to 375*
Butter and flour two 9 by 2 inch round cake pans, knocking out excess flour.
In a double boiler or a metal bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water melt chocolate, stirring until smooth, and cool.
In a large bowl with an electric mixer beat together butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
Beat in sour cream and vanilla until combined.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
In a bowl whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt and gradually add to sour cream mixture, beating until just combined.
Beat in chocolate until batter is just combined and divide between pans.
Bake layers in middle of oven until a tester comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
Make filling/Frosting:
In a double broiler or a metal bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water, melt chocolate, stirring until smooth, and cool to room temperature.
In a large bowl with an electric mixer beat together sour cream, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla until thickened Beat in chocolate until combined.
Make Glaze
In a double boiler or metal pan set over a pan of barely simmering water, melt chocolate and butter, stirring until smooth, and cool.
Assemble cake:
With a long serrated knife halve cake layers horizontally. Stack layers on a cake plate, spreading 1 cup filling/frosting between each layer.
Spread side of cake with remaining filling/frosting.
Pour glaze on top of cake, spreading to just cover top. and coat side with chocolate shavings.

This does seem like a lot of work, and I won't lie, it is, but for those who really wish to impress their guests, and enjoy a fantastic cake, this is the one! If I can do it, anyone can, believe me. I made this for chadsey's birthday and it was a hit! Yum Yum!

[Conspiracy Guy]

Some people have dirty minds.

[SAMWolf]

Good My reputation as class clown is still good after all these years. :-)

[Darksheare]

True.
Or they wander through wierd threads and are thus warped.

[Victoria Delsoul]

My reputation as class clown is still good after all these years.

Anything else? LOL

Hey, where is everybody? Is anybody home?

[Alberta's Child]

LOL. I'm here. I've been running around getting a few things done -- so I'm checking messages periodically.

What was for dinner tonight?

[Victoria Delsoul]

Pizza.

[Alberta's Child]

Damn -- I was so tempted for pizza tonight, too!

Gotta go with pasta on Saturday nights before hockey games, though. LOL.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Oh right, you play hockey on Sundays, huh? Yeah, pasta is good for that stuff. :-)