ginger cake

a no dairy ginger cake recipe that is simply outstanding.

photo yet, since it was eaten up like that!

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sift together dry ingredients:

3 C flour

1 T cinnamon

2 t baking soda

1 1/2 t ground cloves

1 t ground ginger

3/4 t salt

1 1/2 C granulated sugar

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whisk together wet ingredients:

1 C fancy molasses

1 C veg oil

2 eggs

1/2 C H2O

2 T minced fresh gingerroot

1/2 C chopped candied ginger

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fold the dry into the wet in three additions,

pour into a greased and floured bundt pan.

bake at 350 degrees for about an hour.

then...

cool in pan on a rack for 1/2 hour,

invert onto a plate to allow to competely cool,

dust with icing sugar.

take a picture, then eat.

from the complete canadian living cookbook.

shady

the destruction of matter

i had always taken the adage
"for something to become clean, another must become dirty"
as a truism.
figured it was a existential shortcut to explain the physics of matter itself.


i had never taken it as personally as i needed to this morning as i showered.
as i became clean
the bathroom was entirely trashed by my lovely pair of progeny.
even the toilet brush was brandished inappropriately as i feebly attempted to rinse.

so now i realize that variations of that phrase could just be the equation
i have been seeking to explain the past few years of "assistance".

'for someone to become fed, the pantry must be turned upside down'

'for laundry to become folded, it must be mauled and sullied in the process'

'for one garden plant tended, at least three must be compromised'

'for groceries to be purchased, a number of cart contents must be shredded, tossed about or partially digested'

i shall continue to study these theories.

the most important entertainment of the day

breakfast. sunday. muffins and milk foam. yummmmy.

irate pirate

esther, thomas and edgar, each demonstrating an 'arrrr' pirate face.

can you guess which one is the parrot?

buttons and beaus

two entirely inappropriate toys for children.

buttons for the 17 month old,

and digital technology for the three year old.

esther takes her first photo!

wacky cake

first step, grease and flour pan...

sift in dry ingredients

add wet ingredients,

lick hands thoroughly clean.

wacky cake

35 min @ 350 degrees.

no eggs no milk no entertainment? no problem.

all you need is a three year old.

grease and flour an 8"x 8" cake pan, into which sift

1 1/2 C flour

1 C sugar

3 T cocoa

1 t soda

1/2 t salt

dig 3 wells in the dry mixture,

one for

6 T oil

one for

1 t vanilla

and one for

1 T vinegar.

pour

1 C cold water

over the whole thing, and stir up thoroughly,

make sure you enjoy all the weird bubbling and lumps.

bake, cool, frost or not.

i suggest frosting.

with sprinkles.

lots.