i have a serious brain disease. please bring me a cat.
I finally dove into My Sweet Vegan and tried the Mexican Chocolate Tart. I haven’t actually cut into it yet, so can’t comment on how it is, but the parts were tasty as I was making it. The candied pecans would even be nice to have around as a munchie. And of course I cannot resist the chocolate chilie combination. Next time I might either use more cayenne in the filling or switch it to ground red chilies for a little more warmth.
Girl Kitty’s new favorite place. (Yeah, I know. She’s starting to recognize “girl kitty” as her name. I suck.) Seriously, who can sleep with that kind of bouncing around going on?
Holy crap! I think I went into an instant sugar coma after biting into these. Mine ended up muffining out out over the top and sinking in the middle. But the eat up just fine. And the little dent was the perfect place to stick the frosting. The black cherry preserves and small bit of whiskey add a lot of dimension to the flavor of the cupcakes also. Crazy good. Oh yeah, they’re the Brooklyn Brownie Cupcakes from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World.
When Leigh offered up some fresh dates she got from a customer at the store (thanks!!!) I knew exactly what I’d make. This is the Spice Island Banana Bread from Passionate Vegetarian. The vegan option, of course. I’ve never used fresh dates when making this. They left these moist little date bombs throughout the bread. Even after baking 55 minutes, I was wondering if it still wasn’t quite done. But I couldn’t let the outside brown anymore than it had. I think part of the problem is that I of course hacked into it shortly after it came out of the oven. Hey, I was hungry! The second piece I cut (hey, it’s dinner!) was a little drier so I think it’s fine.
In other news, I’m now pretty well convinced that my super power is getting a crazy amount of shit home in my car. Today I got a kitchen cart, a fold-out sofa bed, mattress, cover, two side tables, an area rug, 2 curtain rods, two bags of miscellaneous stuff, a bag from the liquor store, 2 gallons of paint and another bag of stuff from Lowe’s into my car and/or hanging slightly or even a lot outside of it. The key is to never go anywhere without tie downs. Fuck, now I guess I have to paint the 2nd bedroom and put together all this shit. I feel really, really tired all of a sudden…
With the cake finally gone, it was time to move on to the next food project. I had some pumpkin puree in the freezer so how about some pumpkin chocolate chip muffins? I used this recipe but instead of the whole wheat flour used unbleached white flour. Why pretend these are going to be healthy, right? Anyway, they’re yummy!
