Party pooper LJ!

[wiseheart]

Well, folks, it seems that LJ has decided to crash our birthday party - the original post is no longer visible. But I still have most of the comments in my inbox, and will re-post the original entry and list the available comments with the simple mentioning of the names, if it's all right with you. If not, tell me, and I'll delete yours.

We won't allow LJ to crash our party!

Original post

Hi folks! *waves*

Time is flying by, isn't it? It's that time of a year again - I'm getting older. In this case, I'm turning 56 on October 9, which means I'd have been retired for a year already, back under the old regime. Women could retire at the age of 55 back then. So I've decided to ignore all that fantastic headway we've supposedly made towards democracy in the last two decades and have considered myself retired for the last year, blithley overlooking the fact that I'll have to work another 6 or 7 or only God knows how many years.

So, let's party! Last years virtual birthday party yielded 943 comments on 7 pages, which won't be easy to top, but we're good, aren't we? WE CAN DO IT! WE CAN BREAK THE 1000-COMMENT-BARRIER! So, let's give it a try! In the recent years, it has always been great fun, so let's have fun again!

You're all cordially invited to help yourself to a slice of virtual cake of your choice. If you want to post your favourite recipe in a comment, be my guest. If not, just drop by and say hello.

Cheers!

Note: The party will be closed on October 9, at midnight, sharp.
Join us and have fun! Feel free to start any thread, any topic you want; we can discuss it, mock the general stupidity of life and laugh at it.

Last count was 1328 comments on 6 pages.

NB: Shoud the original party post mysteriously reappear, I'll delete this one.

Comments

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

wiseheart
replied to a comment left by songfire3 (songfire3) in a
LiveJournal post (http://wiseheart.livejournal.com/517868.html). The
comment they replied to was:

> My favourite:

> target="_blank">Chocolate-Guiness Cake (via [Unknown site tag] user="bluestocking79">)

>
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>

Recipe:

> 1/4 cup cocoa powder 1 cup butter (2 sticks or 1/2 pound) 1 cup Guinness
> (normal or Extra Stout) 2/3 cup cocoa powder 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups
> all-purpose flour (not self-raising/rising flour) 2 cups granulated sugar
> 1 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 2 eggs 1/2 cup sour cream (or creme fraiche)

> 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly dust two greased 8-inch cake pans
> with the 1/4 cup of cocoa powder. (You can also use 8-inch springform
> pans or 9-inch pans for this; just adjust the cooking time a bit, if
> necessary.)

> 2. In heavy saucepan, heat butter, Guinness and cocoa powder until butter
> is melted. Cool to room temp.

> 3. Sift dry ingredients together, add the Guinness-cocoa mixture and beat
> for 1 minute on medium speed. Add eggs and sour cream (or creme fraiche)
> and beat for 2 minutes on medium.

> 4. Pour batter into prepared pans and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until
> inserted knife comes out clean. (Note: I had to add an additional seven
> minutes to the 30 minutes, so be sure to do the knife test and go by
> whether the center of the cake is set.) Cool 15 minutes, remove from pans
> and finish cooling. (Note: use a spatula to gently remove cake from pan
> if necessary, because the cake is very dense and moist. Don't worry; it
> should be able to take it!)

> 5. Use a serrated knife to even tops, if necessary. Frost (recipe
> provided below). Makes 16 servings, or 8-10 if everybody's feeling a bit
> indulgent. ;-)

> Frosting:

> 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened 1-1/2 cups confectioners'
> sugar 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

> In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Add confectioners’ sugar
> and cream; beat until smooth (do not over-beat). Remove cake from the pan
> and place on a platter or cake stand. Ice top of cake so that it
> resembles a frothy pint of beer. Refrigerate leftovers.

Their reply was:

Oh, yummy! I'll definitely try it one day. The Guiness alone would be
reason enough to do so, and the chocolate coming with it... *mhm*