TWD~Tiramisu Cake

Hello, My name is Noir and I am blogging in place of my owner Sabrina. She was too tired to blog so she asked me to write this for her. So while she is sitting here watching Gossip Girl, I am going to do her dirty work, because she is too busy drooling over Chuck Bass. Whatevs.

Tiramisu cake: I so wanted to make my big comeback with this cake! And sadly, this was my biggest disappointment yet. Mostly because the frosting did NOT turn out right. All that wasted marscapone makes me sad. It tasted awful, and my cream would not get thick.

I did like the cake part... very different than the traditional tiramisu I've been used to.

Making the cake was simple, and I decided to make it in a 9x13" pan instead of the 2 round ones.

So I plopped the icky frosting on top of the cake and sprinkled mini-chocolate chips on top.

It didn't taste half bad, but its not at all what I expected. I wanted the marscapone to be light and fluffy. Oh well, better luck next time.

On PBS the other day Lydia Bastianich made a lovely Limoncello Tiramisu... I would really like to try that sometime, it looked AMAZING!

I am really looking forward to next week's recipe, Lemon Tart. Love me some lemon goodness!

P.S. Thanks Noir for typing this up for me. You are the bomb diggity kitty!

I'm Chuck Bass

Turkey Lurkey

I have been convinced lately that none of my real life friends read my blog.
Turns out my lurkers are my real life friends.
How do I know this? Well yesterday I was hanging out and catching up with my pals from high school and they apparently knew everything that was going on in my life.
How & Why?
"We read your blog!"
OH.
Thanks guys! You are the best!

I no longer have any site monitoring devices on my blog, I have no way of keeping track of where people are lurking from.
But what I want to know is, I wonder how many others lurk on my blog?
I love my lurkers by the way.
So hello creepy friends! Lurk away.

Also on a totally unrelated note, I have been having really weird dreams lately. I mean these babies would put the Sci-fi Channel to shame. I usually have very vivid and colorful and outrageous dreams, but lately they are INSANE!!!! I might have to start writing them down!
They start out tame and by the end of the week, I'm growing chicken eggs inside my body.
So tonight if I have a weird dream I will blog it tomorrow and all you lurkers can decipher it for me.

Good Advice

Read in Elle Magazine May 09' issue:

Dear E. Jean:

What should I have in my bag when I'm going out and thinking I may spend the night with a guy?

E. Jean:

I always carry fuzzy slippers, binoculars, and a copy of The Brothers Karamazov, a box of triscuits, and a slingshot.

I heart E. Jean who writes for Elle Magazine. Her advice is always truthful, helpful and strait forward.

Now I'm not advocating for one night stands. Nope! Never! But if I had to pick a few things to pack in an overnight bag, I would have to have:

a pencil sharpener

3-d glasses

left over chicken salad

a copy of Dressing your Pet for Dummies

trick gum that turned your tongue black

A Pee-Wee Herman Doll

What would you pack?

APD a little late

Last week was Administrative Professional Day. Did you hug your AP? I am an Admin Prof, because technically I am the secretary of the Library\Media Center.

Now my boss was gone (out on knee surgery) so nada from the big guy. Although last year he gave me a lovely azalea plant. I just found that plant in its pot, dead, in the back yard. Guess I forgot to plant it.

I did however receive a cupcake and a certificate from my co-workers. That was special.

My cousin Kelly is also an AP and she probably does a way better job than I do. She is the real hero here. Why am I saying all this? In honor of a belated Administrative Professional Day, here are some cakes for all you APs out there! Whoot Whoot!

(photos courtesy of Cakewrecks.blogspot.com

the funniest website evah! )

No TWD

Sorry Folks... I once again, find myself so very busy.
I hope you all had success with your chocolate cream tart.
I will be back next week!

At the Cabin....

This past weekend I was invited to my co-workers cabin. This was the "cabin"...

It was once an old funeral parlor... now its just a regular old "cabin" in the woods.

We explored the basement and there was a dark dungeon room... I wonder if they put the bodies in there? I felt like David on Six Feet Under. Then we went out to the graveyard to explore that too... creepy. We even went back late at night, in the dark, with NO flashlights! Spooooky.

There was about 8 of us up there, including the guys... but they were too busy playing cards, so the fabulous foursome just ran around taking pics and being total spazoids. We bring the fun.

I'm going to miss my pals come summer when we are on our summer breaks... The up and downside of working at a school.