I feel like a bad friend, but I'm not the best driver on a dry day in broad daylight, much less driving 30+ miles in the dark while it sleets and snows. Yes, I'm lame.
But I can't say I wasn't happy to sit around and bake all day.
I started everything out by baking a KitteeKake!
Confession time: I'm a poor baker. Poor meaning, I don't have any money. No money to buy nice things like 9" round cake pans, mixing bowls, food processors or other such kitchen luxuries. So I mix things in plastic tupperware or baking dishes with a serving spoon, and I make layer cakes the low-rent way: by baking a sheet cake and cutting it in half. Hey, it works. My layer cakes are rectangle, baby.
Anyway, the kittee part of this kitteekake is the vanilla cake recipe, and the idea to put other stuff between the cake layers besides plain ol' frosting. So. Vanilla cake with cherry preserves between the layers, with thick shortening-based frosting and dried cherries on top. Behold, "Cherries in the Snow"! (har har)
This cake was so sugary, it tasted like wedding cake. So good. Next time, I will absolutely top it with a fresh cherry compote of some sort.
Miles was apparently on a Brat-Tastic Voyage last night, as he decided to knock the cake holder off the kitchen counter and push it around the kitchen. he didn't manage to get it open, but the cake is now destroyed. Bad kitty!
We wanted to have something warm and comfy last night for dinner, so I put together a quick and easy lasagna. I made the marinara from scratch using Joanna's recipe from Yellow Rose Recipes. I loved the marinara. It was simple, and it tasted very deep and flavorful. I will definitely be making that again.
The rest of the lasagna was a pre-packaged nightmare of Vegan Gourmet Mozzarella, Yves Ground Crumbles, frozen broccoli, and of course lasagna noodles. It was so delicious, though.
I (once again) made Kris' Garlic Rolls from The Damn Tasty Vegan Baking Guide (no longer in print, boo.). These are always perfect. Of course I had to go all fatty and pour melted Earth Balance over them.
And that was my Saturday off.
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I was thinking of you as I dined at last night. I'm contemplating purchasing their cookbook, but as the resident vegan cookbook expert, I was wondering if you know anything about it.
Hi Mrs Harriet. I've never eaten at Angelica's Kitchen, and have heard mixed reviews about the place. But if you are interested in buying their cookbook, then my guess is that you enjoyed it!
I haven't heard anything about the cookbook either, although for 30 bucks it better be damn good. ;)
hey, a kitteekate that needs a bit of improv and gets messed up a little bit is a TRUE kitteekake. Plus, that slice looks really moist and delish!
and garlic rolls with EB? ..... :O~~~~~~ yeah, you need to take more saturdays off, yep. (at my house :D)
Don't worry, I had to make a bunch of my cakes just like that for a long time. Everything looks really good. Too bad that one book is out of print now~!!!
Well....I made crock pot vegetable soup and cornbread (and even managed not to forget the oil this time). So...yeah, that's major cooking for me. I'll leave the fancee stuff to you.
you should try to hit a garage sale if you ever have a saturday off (or could go in later and hit the sales early) cos you could find some real kitchen bargins that way. not that yr way is bad . . . but you can find inexpensive stuff at garage sales.
yr cake is beautiful!
I love your rectangle cake!! And the cherries in the snow is so cute. Has all your snow melted?
C- I liked your soup and cornbread! I really need to use my crock pot more often.
Lori- I hear you. I do love garage sales, too. I've picked up some fun old pyrex for cheap that way. I'm still keeping my eye out for a used food processor.
Noodle- Sadly, most of our snow has already melted. :( That's Georgia.
Thanks, Leigh! I think I'm going to hold out for Veganomicon, but I'm going to try to scare up the Angelica book from the library, if they can track down a copy for me. The food was really excellent. Everything was delicious. They definitely did away with any associations of veganism with deprivation. The service could have been better and it would have been nice if they had had more than one one-seater bathroom, but other than that, I'd say it's definitely worth the trip. And the prices were reasonable (for NY anyway).
yay! kitteekake! as long as it's a double layer, who cares what shape it is. i see cake pans and baking stuff at thrift stores ALL THE TIME, so check it out!
xoxo
kittee
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