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Oh, man, was this exactly what I needed today!
I’m determined to make Ryan a gluten free birthday cake… He had an awesome ice cream cake on Saturday, but his actual birthday is today, and WHAT is a birthday WITHOUT a cake?!
So, attempt one failed…. I need to learn that when a recipe says ‘do not overbake’ that I am not who they are speaking to, since I tend to underbake things anyway….When I went to put the cake on a serving plate, the whole bottom was goo….sad, sad goo.
Attempt two is in the oven now, and I’ve got high hopes. It’s not chocolate (I ran out of cocoa), but the batter was the type that once you licked it, you wanted to KEEP licking it… that should be a good sign. I WILL NOT UNDERBAKE (I need that on a t-shirt).

OK… the tea… It’s been absolutely heavenly in between my baking trials.
As soon as the water hit the leaf, the aroma was amazing…floral, but grounded and earthy. I was in love (LOVE!) with the scent…. The liquor was honey-coloured and so, so sweet…
This tea is bright and crisp, with rock candy, apricot, and buttery notes…almost like an apricot strudel, or something, but with the most lovely floral thing going on. My first cup had absolutely no bitterness at all, and when I resteeped, the notes brought forward were welcomed and so delicious (candied citrus peel!). And the aftertaste…sweet and perfect.
This was just a sample with my last Butiki order, and I am certainly going to have to order more…. this was a favourite. :)

…now, I’ll go check on that cake.

Preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 3 min, 0 sec 3 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML
ifjuly

ugh, i so know what you mean about being a chronic underbaker! i have had the whole “oh hey, it’s molten cake, by accident” discovery too. i suppose i’m so cautious about overbaking sometimes to the detriment of the cake because there are few things culinarily sadder than cake that’s too dry! :O

i love your description of the notes…rock candy, apricot, butter; strudel-y but also floral…YUM! i love the lingering aftertaste in a good darjeeling too; i feel like it doesn’t get enough love sometimes for that. fist bump!

if you are victorious with the cake i would love to know the recipe! i haven’t done enough GF baking…

DeliriumsFrogs

dry cake is horrible….horrible. thanks for understanding. lol

I can’t wait to try more darjeelings, since I don’t know anything about them…the variegated leaf (which is from the process, I guess?) is absolutely gorgeous….the greens and browns all floating together in your cup. :)

The cake DID turn out alright! I just used this recipe, not adjusting anything….sort of sad I didn’t have to use a scale. ha!
http://glutenfreehomemaker.com/gluten-free-yellow-cake-recipe/

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ifjuly

ugh, i so know what you mean about being a chronic underbaker! i have had the whole “oh hey, it’s molten cake, by accident” discovery too. i suppose i’m so cautious about overbaking sometimes to the detriment of the cake because there are few things culinarily sadder than cake that’s too dry! :O

i love your description of the notes…rock candy, apricot, butter; strudel-y but also floral…YUM! i love the lingering aftertaste in a good darjeeling too; i feel like it doesn’t get enough love sometimes for that. fist bump!

if you are victorious with the cake i would love to know the recipe! i haven’t done enough GF baking…

DeliriumsFrogs

dry cake is horrible….horrible. thanks for understanding. lol

I can’t wait to try more darjeelings, since I don’t know anything about them…the variegated leaf (which is from the process, I guess?) is absolutely gorgeous….the greens and browns all floating together in your cup. :)

The cake DID turn out alright! I just used this recipe, not adjusting anything….sort of sad I didn’t have to use a scale. ha!
http://glutenfreehomemaker.com/gluten-free-yellow-cake-recipe/

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Oh, tea….
you’ve taken over my life, but I’m ok with that.

I’m pretty new to the tea scene, only drinking tea bags most of my life, but my friend ifjuly really got me into it (that sounds bad…). Butiki, Harney, and Verdant seem to be my ‘go to’ places to order from, but I LOVE trying new teas and companies. The variety is partly why I love tea so much…you can’t possibly get sick of it.
Well, that, and the transporting aroma of each cup…. I love that. It’s why I love wine, and tea does it just was well.

Really want to learn about different tea vendors out there, and about tea in general… it’s all so interesting to me.
I’m really excited to be part of this community and learn from all of you.

I don’t usually sweeten or add milk to my teas, so my notes are based on that….also, the rating system kind of throws me—I’ve always been horrible with giving number ratings to things, so don’t take those as set in stone (Honestly, I usually don’t even use the numbers…).

Everything in my cupboard has at least one serving left in it…I try to keep it updated. :) (I actually just added all my sample sizes to my cupboard, so MOST of the tea in my cupboard is of that ‘sample’ size…)

random info: music and art are pretty important in my life… i also thoroughly enjoy nerdy things like video games, anime, knitting, Doctor Who (the 10th is my favourite…), A Song of Ice and Fire, and random cartoons and such…. and i love, love, love to read. :)

I’m married to my best friend (I’ve known him since I was 15….we were totally going to be in a band together. It was going to be HUGE…), and we’ve got three kiddos. They’re pretty neat, too, even if they try to put sugar in my Verdant tea when they drink it….

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