Last Saturday was absolutely gorgeous. It was the first day since before Thanksgiving that I went out without a jacket on. It was sunny, and there wasn't a single cloud in the sky. I allowed myself to think, just for a fraction of a second, that Spring might be right around the corner.
Silly, silly me.
Sunday morning we awoke to howling winds and sideways snow fall. Crap. Why oh why are we teased mercilessly???
Same thing happened this week. Tuesday was beautiful. It was warm and most of the snow had melted. Out on playground duty, I didn't have to yell at kids to stay off the ice. Then Wednesday lowered the boom again. Out on playground duty, it was snowing. Double crap.
Now I'm sitting here, catching up on all my blogging, and I'm watching snow falling at an alarming rate. The only upside of this is that perhaps it will blizzard all night long and get me out of JURY DUTY tomorrow. Yeah, I know.....
I made my very first ever from scratch homemade cake at 7,500 feet above sea level today. I have made many homemade cakes before, but that was back home in Savannah, which is practically 2 feet below sea level.
After many dismal failures (including box mixes) I have finally made a cake from scratch that turned out decent. No- better than decent. I think this is the best cake I've ever made. No joke.
It all started when my fried Emmy posted on her blog about receiving as a gift from her hubby, a copy of "The Joy of Cooking." By the way, you should go read her blog. She is nauseatingly multi-talented. She cooks and knits beautifully, as well as a bunch of other stuff I learn about every freakin' time I read her blog. So go over to her blog right now.
Anyhoo...she read the high altitude instructions and cranked out a beautiful red velvet cake that made me drool. After reading that, I decided it was time to stop being a wuss about baking at high altitude and try a…
After many dismal failures (including box mixes) I have finally made a cake from scratch that turned out decent. No- better than decent. I think this is the best cake I've ever made. No joke.
It all started when my fried Emmy posted on her blog about receiving as a gift from her hubby, a copy of "The Joy of Cooking." By the way, you should go read her blog. She is nauseatingly multi-talented. She cooks and knits beautifully, as well as a bunch of other stuff I learn about every freakin' time I read her blog. So go over to her blog right now.
Anyhoo...she read the high altitude instructions and cranked out a beautiful red velvet cake that made me drool. After reading that, I decided it was time to stop being a wuss about baking at high altitude and try a…
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Di
it makes you appreciate the really beautiful days, though. really :)