peanut butter truffle cake
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verbicideSo, not as pretty as I'd have liked. But people certainly liked how it tasted. And I'm trying to focus on that as being the measure of success. Also, my photography skills still leave a lot to be desired. I couldn't find a good sunny spot without weird shadows from the window. Boo.
We have two pieces left and I'll try to get a shot of the cross section because the layers were pretty!
Pete's thing went great. We'd just finished dinner when Jeff arrived!!!!! We'd been talking about this all week. With the push to put the house on the market early next week, Jeff's got so much to do at the house--I told him not to worry about it. That Pete would understand. He'd be sorely missed, but everyone knows what a stressful situation he's been in lately. He sadly acknowledged that he couldn't come and was really unhappy about it. But he came home early anyway!!!! I seriously ran down the hall and tackled him. It made my night!
He tasted the Ina Garten mac and cheese (so much better than the Alton Brown version) and we hung out and talked. Right around 8, the phone rang. I made some bullshit excuse and went to open the front door. Bill, Kirsten, and Amy filed in and pounced Pete! Muhahaha! Pete had thought I might do something sneaky, but when it was just me and the mac and cheese when he got here, he figured he was safe!
We had the cake and coffee and sat around talking. I wax rhapsodic about this every time, but it just makes me so freaking euphoric. My good friends. Sitting around. Eating cake. Talking companionably. These are always the happiest moments of my life. I may take a lot of things for granted, but this isn't one of them. I love my lovely friends!
Everyone left around ten with packages of food (cake and portions of the chilaquiles which had made an enormous amount) and Jeff and I finished tidying the kitchen and catching up. We watched our standard two episodes of The Office and are now heading to bed.
What a great night!!!
We have two pieces left and I'll try to get a shot of the cross section because the layers were pretty!
Pete's thing went great. We'd just finished dinner when Jeff arrived!!!!! We'd been talking about this all week. With the push to put the house on the market early next week, Jeff's got so much to do at the house--I told him not to worry about it. That Pete would understand. He'd be sorely missed, but everyone knows what a stressful situation he's been in lately. He sadly acknowledged that he couldn't come and was really unhappy about it. But he came home early anyway!!!! I seriously ran down the hall and tackled him. It made my night!
He tasted the Ina Garten mac and cheese (so much better than the Alton Brown version) and we hung out and talked. Right around 8, the phone rang. I made some bullshit excuse and went to open the front door. Bill, Kirsten, and Amy filed in and pounced Pete! Muhahaha! Pete had thought I might do something sneaky, but when it was just me and the mac and cheese when he got here, he figured he was safe!
We had the cake and coffee and sat around talking. I wax rhapsodic about this every time, but it just makes me so freaking euphoric. My good friends. Sitting around. Eating cake. Talking companionably. These are always the happiest moments of my life. I may take a lot of things for granted, but this isn't one of them. I love my lovely friends!
Everyone left around ten with packages of food (cake and portions of the chilaquiles which had made an enormous amount) and Jeff and I finished tidying the kitchen and catching up. We watched our standard two episodes of The Office and are now heading to bed.
What a great night!!!
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Date: 2008-07-26 06:31 pm (UTC)http://community.livejournal.com/food_porn/4749206.html#cutid1
Let us know how it turns out if you do make it!
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Date: 2008-07-25 03:35 pm (UTC)And that cake looks pretty damn pretty to me, I don't know what you're talking about, all "oh it's not as pretty as I would like"...whatever, dude. Whatever. Oh, and the cake looks so delicious that I might've licked the screen.
Eh, it needed cleaning anyway.
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Date: 2008-07-25 05:07 pm (UTC)Um, right. You were saying..
And I consider this a great compliment considering you live with a pastry chef!! :D
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Date: 2008-07-25 05:30 pm (UTC)Food!
Date: 2008-07-25 05:05 pm (UTC)Re: Food!
Date: 2008-07-25 05:06 pm (UTC)*grin*
Re: Food!
Date: 2008-07-25 05:17 pm (UTC)Re: Food!
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Date: 2008-07-25 05:46 pm (UTC)I'm sad that I can't eat any..
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