Blue Gartr Meal Time: Bacon optional? Bacon required.

[Zetanio]

I use leftover red beans from red beans and rice as a pate substitute for sandwiches and it works pretty well. It seems to always look like poop though.

[Elizara]

I'll get a picture in a minute but..Making Neko's birthday cake. Just got it out of the oven and I just made some ganache to fill it with.

Been trying to find the Perfect Chocolate Cake (TM) without coffee (Since I'm LDS/Mormon and there is NO COFFEE IN THE HOUSE and never will be) for a while for Shadowneko's birthday. Some of you may go, why the hate on coffee? 1. I don't like the smell 2. I associate it with bad teachers who gave me and my parents a hard time 3. Religious reasons; I don't drink it and if you gave me some I'd dump it out. And I refuse to cook with what I don't willingly drink. Not to mention, I do not understand WHY you'd do that to a poor cake..that's not chocolate imo, it's chocolate and coffee, yuck.

Anyway it's cooling right now and I made some semisweet chocolate ganache for filling (that's also cooling). The main frosting is going to be chocolate cream cheese. I hope this makes a Maltilda-y chocolate cake!

[Elizara]

Made too much frosting AGAIN; at least the erm, church halloween party is soon, I'll frost a wacky cake with it.