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Friday, December 25th, 2009
collected_fudz [ wiebke ]	10:37p	Recipe: Sandtorte Pasting in from my LJ -- lovely cake! -- Mom made Sandtorte tonight and not only did I help but I finally remembered to get the recipe. This is probably the only one of Oma's recipes I hadn't gotten. So without further delay, the recipe for the bestest German poundcake (and coffee accompanier) ever! Sandtorte Makes one 10" ring-shaped poundcake Total time under 2 hrs. Ingredients 1 lb. unsalted sweet butter 2 cups sugar 10 large eggs (or 12 if they are smallish eggs) 1/2 lemon's worth of lemon OR 1 tsp. lemon juice (optional lemon zest, 1/2 tsp.) 3 cups flour 1 tsp. baking powder 2 tbsp. (min.) rum, almond flavoring, amaretto, anisette, vanilla, etc. Directions Pre-heat oven 325 F. Soften butter and cream with a mixer 'til all the lumps are gone, gone, gone. Add 2 cups sugar, continue blending with mixer. Add 10-12 eggs. 10 if they are regular large, more if they are undersized. Add lemon juice and/or zest. Slowly add about 3 cups flour, adding 1/2 cup at a time and making sure it's well-blended. Add the baking powder. (Tonight we forgot and it came out OK but for proper rising, add it!) Add liquid flavoring or liqueur to taste. Mom says start with 2 tbsp. to know there's enough and then add in, tasting 'til it meets your taste. Make sure mixture isn't too thick. Should not be thin but shouldn't be like dough either. Keep mixer going at least 10 min. more to get it very creamy and lump-free. Grease 2-piece angel food cake pan -- kind with removable base & pole. Pour batter into pan. Put in 325 F oven for 1 hr., then raise temp up to 350 for 15 min. Insert strand of spaghetti to test for done-ness. Should come out drive. Allow to cool a bit. Because it's a 2-piece pan, to take it out you just push up bottom and pole and there's the cake! Recommended Serving Sandtorte is meant to be eaten in thin slices, not big slabs. It should stick together well enough to do this or you've made it wrong or it's not baked enough. Really good with coffee, esp. dunked. Current Music: "Because of My Poor Education" -Morrissey (Comment on this)
Friday, December 18th, 2009
hp_costuming [ sorakachan ]	1:12a	Draco Wig Help? Okay, guys, so....I find myself in a predicament. I can't keep bleaching my hair for every time I dress up as Draco! For one, my hair will go throw itself off a cliff. Secondly, my father wants me to no longer have that blonde as my hair color. However, I still want to cosplay Draco for so many things! I just know I could simply save the bleaching my hair bit for more important events. For the more casual events, I was hoping maybe I could get a wig. Now, a natural-looking gelled-back look is preferred, but I know that is very hard to achieve with a wig. If anyone can direct me to/make one for me I would greatly appreciate it. However, I understand that is very hard, so I am fine with settling for Draco's POA-OoTP look. That bowl-cut type hair. I don't pull off the older Draco as well as the younger one, but I feel that for casual events this should be fine. If anyone can direct me toward/make me a wig like this, I would be very thankful. Can anyone help? (3 Comments |Comment on this)
hp_costuming [ sith_haldir ]	12:00a	Need Robe Tutorials Has anyone else done proper Robe/Cloak Tutorials Page for your School Robes? Can post the link? Will like to collect them for my Tutorial Page so others reading it will have a much wider choice of which tutorial to use that may suit the pattern they managed to get hold off, or draft it from scratch. Thanks ^_^ Current Mood: sleepy (5 Comments |Comment on this)