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[curiouswombat]

Hurrah! Long weekend! Although I have a feeling I might have to spend some time making a hundredweight of carrot cake; whenever we do anything at church that involves cake I get guilted into making it - "You will be making carrot cake, won't you? I particularly want some of your carrot cake." You can get bored making carrot cake after a while...



Now for the PIA. Especially for friends in the UK and Europe - although all are welcome - if you are at all interested in the annual get-together that is WriterConUK (anyone in any sort of fandom very welcome - writer, reader, beta, artist, vidder whatever!) but have thought 'Mid-August is not a good time for me...' then please, if you haven't joined the community before then do go and join so that you can Help decide when next year's event will be - go, vote for the months you are most able to come!


Second PIA (or possibly pimping...) Wonder why I'm using my Éomer icon? Friends who read in the Tolkien fandom you have got to go and read - MY HUSBAND is writing Éomer/Lothiriel... Actually it is an adventure story involving the Rohirrim, the Haradrim, Drow - but there is Éomer/Lohiriel romance, too - and rather well written romance even though he finds it the hardest bit to do. Legolas is in there, too - and he also writes a good Legolas & Gimli friendship I have found!

And if you are likely to have time on your hands this weekend - either because of the extra day off or, and keep safe folks, because you are holed up avoiding the big storm but still have power, then don't forget all the wonderful stories that were written for The Lord of the Rings Big Bang!.

Comments

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

You can totally get bored making carrot cake. Not sure you can get bored eating it! Mmm, carrot cake!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I'm just heading to the kitchen...

[perpetua-redux.livejournal.com]

Recipe?

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure it'll help... I use metric scales for this one.

250g plain flour
2 rounded teaspoons baking powder
1 rounded teaspoon ground ginger
1 rounded teaspoon mixed spice
150g soft brown sugar
150ml vegetable oil
3 medium eggs, lightly beaten
50ml orange juice
zest of half an orange
175g grated carrot
125g chopped pecans

Put oven on - 180*C
Put dry ingredients in a bowl, mix oil, eggs and juice in a jug and stir into dry ingredients then fold in the carrot, zest and pecans

Put into a lined 8" square tin, or a 2lb loaf tin. Bake for about an hour and leave in tin to cool for at least 30 minutes before turning onto a wire rack.

Top with cream cheese frosting flavoured with either vanilla or more orange zest. Sprinkle the top with more pecans.

I usually make double this amount and do it in my 12x10 inch baking tin for church things, then cut it into four pieces, but this is the right size for family!

[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

Enjoy your long weekend!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you - the only problem, of course, is that the work just waits for me when I get back - but I will try not to think of it until Tuesday.

[estelcontar1.livejournal.com]

It sounds totally yummy, and I've just had a most delicious lunch. I cannot imagine myself getting bored eating carrot cake. *g* Here in Brazil, we usually top it with a chocolate glaze.

I hope you have a great bank holiday weekend.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Oh! I've never had carrot cake with chocolate - I must try - I usually do it with vanilla frosting.

I don't get bored eating it - but the amount of washing up generated when making it is the bother.

[estelcontar1.livejournal.com]

It tastes delicious with a chocolate one. By the way, your icon is making my mouth water. *g*

I hate washing up period.