Since blogger is being mean today and not letting me embed the preview of the movie I will just leave a link here for anyone who wants to check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbfhb-43UNQ
Its my life like it or not, follow the life of a girl living in a messed up world with a weird family to boot.
Tips:For those who can never get enough chocolate, a chocolate cake is frosted with an easy chocolate buttercream, then finished with a dark chocolate glaze. Everything can be made with a hand-held electric mixer,or a food processor. A great cake for a party!
(****this cake is not overly sweet or chocolaty which was a shock ,it is nice and relaxing with just the right amount of chocolate and sugar.*****)
Cake:
For Cake: Grease bottoms of two nine inch layer cake pans (pans MUST be two inches deep) with solid vegetable shortening. Line pan bottoms with wax paper cut to fit; then grease and lightly flour both pans (the sides, too), knocking out any excess flour. Set aside.
In small heatproof bowl set over simmering water on low heat (water should not touch bottom of bowl), melt chopped chocolate and butter, stirring often just until smooth.
Remove from heat and hot water; cool at least 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Adjust oven rack to center of oven; preheat oven to 350'F.
Into large bowl, sift cake flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt. Add chocolate mixture (which may still be slightly warm), buttermilk, water, eggs, and vanilla.
With hand-held electric mixer, beat at lowest speed for thirty seconds. Scrape bowl and beater(s) with rubber spatula. Beat batter at medium speed for one minute.
Divide batter evenly among pans and spread level. Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 35 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center emerges with only a few moist crumbs clinging to it. Do not overbake. Cool 10 minutes, then loosen cakes gently from sides of pans. Invert onto cooling racks; gently peel off wax paper on bottoms. Re-invert and cool layers completely, right side up.
For Light Chocolate Frosting: In large bowl, combine softened butter and salt. With powerful hand-held electric mixer, beat until well-mixed. Gradually add about half of confectioners' sugar and 2 Tbsp. milk (reserve remainder). Beat at low speed to mix, then at medium speed until fluffy. Beat in cocoa. Add remaining sugar and enough milk to make a good spreading consistency, then add vanilla. Increase speed to high; beat until fluffy and well-blended.
Frost cooled cake, making frosting on top and sides as smooth as possible.
Chill frosted cake, uncovered, at least 30 minutes before applying glaze.
For Glaze: In small heatproof bowl set over simmering water on low heat (water should not touch bottom of bowl), combine chopped chocolate, butter, and salt. Stir often until smooth. Remove from heat and hot water.
Add confectioners' sugar and 2 Tbsp. hot water (reserve remainder); whisk well to combine. Gradually add enough of the remaining hot water to acieve a thick glaze consistency. Whisk in vanilla.Let stand at room temperature 10-15 minutes, whisking occasionally, to cool and thicken slightly.
Slowly pour glaze onto top center of chilled cake. Working quickly, smooth glaze onto cake sides first (an offset spatula is a big help here), then smooth glaze evenly over cake top. Try not to work over the glaze too much; it won't look as smooth if you do (it'll still taste great, though). Return cake to refrigerator. When glaze is set, wrap cake airtight. Store in refrigerator. If possible, let stand at cool room temperature 15-20 minutes before serving. Slice with a large, sharp, heavy knife (I use one with serrated edges, but a straight edge might work better for some people).
12-16 servings
Please someone tell me why. I hate the slush and the cold, I love snow but alas it never stays as snow here in hickvilla because Alberta does not like snow just loves minus 35 and slush. Boy do they love their cold weather. Now because the babies are Dobermans and Dobermans have very little hair, the poor babies must wear clothing, sweaters and coats to keep them warm and t
hey cannot stay outside very long. Also because of the salt on the roads they have to wear booties, to protect their feet. Salt gets up into their paws and burns them.
So of
course thanks to the snow and cold, we had to drag out the old towels, sweaters, and booties. Stock up in extra toys and treats because these babies get bored fast. Since I am the only one home in the day time it is left up to me to babysit and do the routine.
Get everyone in sweaters and booties and put outside on deck, have them sit at the gate and beg so they can go to pen, drag on my stuff. Go outside to face the cold walk them to the pen unlock the pen and go inside, close pen door. stand there freezing while they run around because as soon as I head back to the house they will scream to come home, bring them home, dry them off , take of sweaters and booties, dry feet and we are done.
Sigh, once inside they follow me and jump on me and bring me toys and lean on me and because I am a push over, I cave and give them what they want. Hugs and treats and more time then I can afford in playing. When they finally sleep they look so sweet.
So I told everyone about my website and realized that my link shows my real name, something I was not ready to show but oh well. I am still wildly happy and everything seems to be going my way. I want to share a story with you, I was so happy after my post I was snacking on celery and hot cheese (because I am trying to be healthy) and a bit of cheese feel, and it fell into the shape of a flower.
I took pictures right away because that is just so kool.
(it's not that great cause it got out of focus, but you can still see it)
On a side note I forgot thanksgiving was Monday until my brother showed up here for the holiday, so I was in shook because thanksgiving means dads birthday which I forgot, crap his birthday is Tuesday. So I am going to make him a triple chocolate cake, his fav and hope he is happy.
I hope you in joyed the pictures as I just found my lost camera and I will be posting more because I love taking pictures and video.
Hey guys and gals , okay so really quick post but I had to stop in to tell you about this site because if I don’t my oh so NICE pal Nick has sworn to post all my deep dark secrets on his blog before I do. So Nick works in construction and he has been looking around for a job site to help him find new construction jobs, when he came across the site http://www.ConstructionCrossing.com, he feel in love with this site. It was so easy to navigate and had helpful info on every type of construction job position. It updates it’s self so fast with jobs from tens of thousands of employers websites and job boards. He wants everyone to know about this site because having access to thousands of jobs just for your job category is the best strategy for finding a new job fast, so if you know someone in construction or work in construction and are looking for work or a new job you should check this site out.
Now Nick darling, my ever so sweet pal, now that i have spread the news of this wonderful site , can we keep the wild blog post about me to my site?