Today is day two of the great Spartakening. I swear, this is not a food blog, but this is like a three day cake. Easy steps for tonight were: make some ganache, pour it on, put back in fridge. The easiest step, eating, comes tomorrow. At least, I hope it's easy. Gods, please let it… Continue reading Blogmas: Tossing Cookies
Category: Blogmas
Blogmas: Breakroom Cake
Listen, Russia, I get that it's fucking cold and dark 90% of the year there, and there's nothing else to do besides pose as Americans on internet forums, but why the fuck are your cakes SO DAMN COMPLICATED? I'm making this chocolate spartak cake for a coworker. The "C" in my place of business's name… Continue reading Blogmas: Breakroom Cake
Blogmas: Zoomas
It's December 3rd, and it's 80 degrees here in Hell, I mean, Florida. But that's actually kind of cool for the state average, if a bit warm for winter, so we went to the zoo today. It's adorable there and while I didn't get any good picture of the animals (I prefer to just enjoy… Continue reading Blogmas: Zoomas
Blogmas: Tannenbaum
One of the most basic of basics at Christmastime is probably the tree. I ordered a new fake tree from Amazon a few days ago and the miracle of fast shipping got the 7 and a half foot synthetic spruce to my door yesterday. But the living room wasn't really setup to properly display it,… Continue reading Blogmas: Tannenbaum
Blogmas: Christmas for the Childless Heathen
It's finally December. NaNo's over, Halloween is long past, and the high is only 80 which can mean just one thing: Christmas is right around the corner. Christmas easily tied with Halloween as my favorite holiday when I was little for probably the obvious reason: PRESENTS. As I got older it lost favor, but I… Continue reading Blogmas: Christmas for the Childless Heathen