Sally's GF3 thread

[Sally PB]

Tomorrow is Chickenstock 2023 in Lansing, MI. I'm taking GF chocolate cake. I only make this if I can take it somewhere, so I won't eat it all. DH isn't a big fan of sweets, but I was born, not with a sweet tooth, but with all sweet teeth. Chocolate is a reason for living. It's a symbiotic relationship; I can't live without it, and in return, I grant it new life in the form of fat on my hips and thighs.

8 oz Ghirardelli 60% cacao baking chocolate
8 oz (two sticks) unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
6 large eggs
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Not cheap to make. Good chocolate, and half a pound of butter. Oh, the eggs aren't free, either; but averaging out the cost of the coop and feed, they're probably down to about $2 each by now.

Preheat oven to 375 F.
Butter the bottom of a 9" springform pan. Cut a piece of waxed paper to fit, put it on the pan bottom, then butter the paper.

Melt the chocolate and the butter in a double boiler. Pour into a mixing bowl and add the sugar. Mix until combined. Add the eggs and mix again.

Spoon the cocoa powder over the mixture and add about 1/4 cup at a time, mixing after each addition.

Pour into springform pan and bake for 25 minutes at 375F, or until it forms a thin crust on the top. Do not over bake.

Cool on a rack for 5 minutes, then remove the ring. Invert on a plate, remove pan bottom and waxed paper, then re-invert on a serving plate.

Once cooled, store in an airtight container for up to a week. Yeah, right, who am I kidding??

It also freezes well. Out of sight, out of mouth. Off the hips and thighs.

 

[NanaK]

It's hard for me to resist ice cream or anything with real chocolate. My DH is diabetic so I have to be sneaky so he's not tempted. That helps me limit when I get them. Yep, it goes right to my hips and thighs but so tasty!

 

[Sally PB]

I cut this cake into 1-2" cubes instead of slices. It's rich, really rich. Rockefeller rich. It's about as dense as fudge. Some people can't handle don't want a regular wedge type of piece, as it's "too much."

Light weights.

 

[aart]

It's about as dense as fudge.

That's what I was thinking...Fudge Quiche..nothing 'cake' about it.

 

[NanaK]

Fudge Quiche??
6 eggs in this recipe??
Heck, this is nutritious!

 

[Sally PB]

I have another "fudge quiche" cake recipe that is not GF, and it's about the same, only takes 12 eggs, a pound of chocolate, a pound of butter, some sugar and some flour. I got it from a friend who called it, "Cowflop Cake."

The first time she made it, it rose up nicely, looked beautiful. She came back later to take off the ring, and it had settled. She called her daughter in to look at it, and asked, "What does this look like?"

"Yeah, mom, it looks like a giant cowflop."

Before I had to go GF, I took this to work, and it was dubbed, "That Chocolate Cake." As in, "Sally, will you bring that chocolate cake to the potluck?"

That cake is much more work. The eggs need to be separated (so have extra on hand, to make up for broken yolks), and the whites are beaten stiff. That's the leavening for the cake, so you have to mix everything gently. It still looks like a cowflop.

Oh, and it's twice as expensive!

 

[Sally PB]

Hmmm... I think I'll rename the GF cake "Fudge Quiche."

Thanks for the idea, @aart!

 

[Sally PB]

Chickenstock was great. Small group, but good food, good people, interesting conversation. What more could you ask for?

I brought home too much Fudge Quiche. It has to go in the freezer.

I finally finished the coop brooder area. It always takes longer than you think it will. Especially when you get a better idea -- or hubby suggests one -- and you have to take things apart, because it's a MUCH better idea.

The chicks go into the coop tomorrow. It'll be terrifying, but I think they'll like it. It's 50% bigger and much brighter. They'll have a roost to try out, not just their little practice roost.

And they'll have neighbors. Big, noisy neighbors. I'm hoping nobody gets too riled up.

And then I can clean up the mudroom. All. That. Dust.

 

[Sally PB]

The littles are in the coop. The move was traumatic, but they are loving their new home.

The dust bath was a big hit. Most of the dirt is on the floor now.

More room, and nice and bright. They haven't tried the roost yet. Some new noises: An airplane flying overhead was cause for alarm. So was Snowbird crowing.

 

[Sally PB]

I planted my sweet potato slips today. I ordered 20, got 25. I think 4 didn't make it (thanks UPS, for getting them to me 4 days late), and another one looked iffy, but did have some roots.

The row of beans I planted has lots of sprouts coming up. They're Dragon Tongue, and for the last two years, they have been my best producer.

I had onions and garlic in a couple of my raised beds. I thought it was time to move the alliums to a new location, so those beds were open. Beans and alliums don't play well together, so I didn't plant beans in either place. (Peas don't like alliums either.) I planted spinach, kale, and lettuce in one of the raised beds, but it's been hot enough to make them all bolt. I am going to see what happens if I plant beans in that bed, because I need another place for beans, and I'm curious.

If you don't like someone, can you stand to live in their house if they move out?