Let There Be Cupcakes
The cupcakes are in the oven, all dark brown and chocolatey. Keep your fingers crossed that everything turns out well. I used the food processor this time, because last time the amount of mixing required nearly burned out the motor on my stick blender with the whisk attachment. (Yes, I have no mixer. If I had room, I’d be shopping for a fancy stand mixer, possibly secondhand, but storage space is at a premium in my little studio, so only things that are really necessary can earn their space. Well, in theory at least. Once I finish clearing out, that will actually be the case.)
I’d post cupcake pics, but the camera batteries are dead and I can’t find my recharger. I know I brought it to the office because my mouse batteries were dying, and I thought I’d brought it back home, but now I can’t find it. (It is, of course, black, which means I’ll never find it in my very dark, very chaotic flat.) Hmm. If I can’t find it soonish, I’ll have to buy another one. It might be a good idea to have a backup recharger, anyway.
As an aside, oven thermometers are among the greatest inventions ever. Cheap, and more reliable than the built-in thermostats and preheat-alert gadgets and so on, at least on my overly optimistic oven, which tends to say it’s achieved 350 degrees when, in fact, it’s only at 275. It’s amazing what a difference baking at the actual correct temperature makes, really.
No CC pics? But, how will I make my screensaver w/o them? :::pout::: Maybe I’ll just have to make some cookies, takes pics, and then make a screensaver. (I’m obviously feeling whimsical or something.)
Once you get rid of the junk, you’ll have room for the stand mixer. Buy this one (http://tinyurl.com/gwzhd). It’s blood red. Nice contrasty color for your place.
BTW, I just took a poll on whether it would be worse if JKR killed Snape or made him irredeemably evil. I said it would be worse if she killed him. I was in the minority. WTF?
February 20th, 2006 | #
Ooh, that is a v. sexy mixer! Sooooo pretty. . . .
I think I must get some cake decorating tips first, though. I suck at icing. I’ve taken some cameraphone pics, and will post them — but not on Flickr. They’re too embarrassingly ugly to put up on Flickr, where actual foodie people might see them. (The sample minicupcake I tried tasted good, at least.)
I’m not sure whether I’d prefer an evil Snape or a live one. If the next book were not going to be the last one, I’d go for evil, no doubt, but I still kind of like the idea of a secretly deep-down good Snape, preferably being killed under tragic circs by Harry, who only finds out later what he’s really done. . . . I’d still love him if he turns out evil, though. He’s Snape! What’s not to love?
February 20th, 2006 | #
A bad Snape is better than a dead Snape. I just know if he turns out to be good he is a goner.
February 20th, 2006 | #