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I made this flourless chocolate cake this afternoon with my brand spanking new springform pan, and when I return home from work, it will either have magically transformed into something amazing, or it will still be a pan of pudding. It was starting to brown on the edges and I didn't want to scorch it, but it definitely didn't pass the "done" test. I have a tough time with egg things it seems, whether its custards or quiches. I feel like it needed a bit more baking in a dry environment, as well as cooling, but I needed to leave for work, so I just put it back in the oven (turned off). So we'll see. Maybe it will turn out okay. Maybe I will be the idiot who couldn't make a Chocolate Idiot Cake. Though at least I wasn't like that one woman in the comments section who couldn't figure out what baking in a water bath means.
I did however make an impromptu chocolate-strawberry-bourbon bit of glaze to put on top of it though. If nothing else, I will eat all of that with a spoon.
The attorney near me who doesn't have a nickname but now I will call him The Greek. The Greek is on the phone talking about weightlifting. He gave me a whole excited spiel last night about drinking vegan protein powder. "It's just rice! I'm so regular now!" He likes to say everything at least twice. Emphasis on least. I feel lucky when he only says things twice. But as big of a doofus he is, as angry as he makes me sometimes, as frustrating his worldview can be, I kinda love the guy. I just had this thought today, that as big of a guido he is, he would totally have my back in anything that ever went down here. Not that I'm anticipating anything so dramatic in my workplace environment (I would sooner walk than get embroiled), its still kinda nice to know how to make friends with lawyers. They can be a useful bunch. Its probably just on my mind because I had to write up a little self-evaluation to advocate for getting a merit-based holiday bonus. Given that my boss used the existence of a bonus during the crappy meeting about why I couldn't get paid-vacation time, I'm maybe expecting too much. We'll see.
Ok, as I was typing this, The Greek started telling the guy on the phone about vegan protein powder too, and how bad whey powder is for you and messes up your guts. And he just said "You will digest it! I'm so regular now!" Hilarious.
Also, some office services guy delivered a 12" by 15" muffin tray to me earlier. I have no idea why. It has my last name written on it. I suspect it was for a project being handled by a previous office services employee who also has my last name, but since they laid off that whole department with two weeks notice, who knows what the hell this is for. I guess I'm having muffins for breakfast tomorrow morning.
In Other NewsTM, I can't stop adding samples to my shopping cart at Lucky Scent, even though I'm holding off on buying anything for awhile.
ETA: I came home and pulled it out of the oven and apparently I am an idiot. Because it is not a cake at all. Its weird pudding with a yellow layer in the middle. I didn't really need the 4 hour project I embarked upon to distract myself from sadness to FAIL MISERABLY. Thanks, universe.
I did however make an impromptu chocolate-strawberry-bourbon bit of glaze to put on top of it though. If nothing else, I will eat all of that with a spoon.
The attorney near me who doesn't have a nickname but now I will call him The Greek. The Greek is on the phone talking about weightlifting. He gave me a whole excited spiel last night about drinking vegan protein powder. "It's just rice! I'm so regular now!" He likes to say everything at least twice. Emphasis on least. I feel lucky when he only says things twice. But as big of a doofus he is, as angry as he makes me sometimes, as frustrating his worldview can be, I kinda love the guy. I just had this thought today, that as big of a guido he is, he would totally have my back in anything that ever went down here. Not that I'm anticipating anything so dramatic in my workplace environment (I would sooner walk than get embroiled), its still kinda nice to know how to make friends with lawyers. They can be a useful bunch. Its probably just on my mind because I had to write up a little self-evaluation to advocate for getting a merit-based holiday bonus. Given that my boss used the existence of a bonus during the crappy meeting about why I couldn't get paid-vacation time, I'm maybe expecting too much. We'll see.
Ok, as I was typing this, The Greek started telling the guy on the phone about vegan protein powder too, and how bad whey powder is for you and messes up your guts. And he just said "You will digest it! I'm so regular now!" Hilarious.
Also, some office services guy delivered a 12" by 15" muffin tray to me earlier. I have no idea why. It has my last name written on it. I suspect it was for a project being handled by a previous office services employee who also has my last name, but since they laid off that whole department with two weeks notice, who knows what the hell this is for. I guess I'm having muffins for breakfast tomorrow morning.
In Other NewsTM, I can't stop adding samples to my shopping cart at Lucky Scent, even though I'm holding off on buying anything for awhile.
ETA: I came home and pulled it out of the oven and apparently I am an idiot. Because it is not a cake at all. Its weird pudding with a yellow layer in the middle. I didn't really need the 4 hour project I embarked upon to distract myself from sadness to FAIL MISERABLY. Thanks, universe.
