A really, really progressive day
Oct. 2nd, 2019 07:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheartAs expected, I was very busy today - again. First, I've all but finished my ladybug page. The basis is completely done, now I'll have to make the six little bugs that will be fastened to the dots by Velcro. I promise there will be photos when I'm done.
Then my muse clearly got the full-blown panic that I might abandon her (instead the other way round, as usual) and in about two hours I wrote more than four pages (!) for Chapter 33 of Kansas 2. I don't entertain high hopes that it will continue that way, but it was a pleasant surprise.
Then my only private student was here for her German lesson. That took 90 minutes, after which I decided that I really should start on the Linzer Torte I was planning to make (among other things) for my birthday party on Friday. But first I phoned to colleague E, whom I love very much, because I needed someone to cheer me up.
This wasn't the first time that I made this cake, actually, but the third. My second attempt looked like this:
It was delicious, but fairly ugly: too compact, and the gitter muster on top grew completely closed in the oven. Now, I know the reason for this was that the measures were given for a baking tin with a diameter of 22 cm and mine is only 20 cm across. But knowing the reason and living with the consequences are two different cups of tea - or coffee, in my case.
Anyway, some time ago Mum and I visited the nearest really big Tesco's (nearest being relative if you don't have a car, which is why we rarely go there), and I finally found there what I'd been looking for for more than a year: a lose-bottom baking tin, with a diameter of 23 cm. I already have one such tin, but it is 28 cm across - I couldn't find a smaller one until now.
That is, I did see one in St. Pölten, at Thalia's, but that was a Jamie Oliver item and cost about 30€. Well, I'm willing to do a lot for my baking obsession, but even I do draw the line somewhere. This was that place. Imagine my delight when I found this pretty little thing at Tesco's for the equivalent of 5€. Was it cool or was it cool?
So I bought the little darling and today was the day to finally give it a try. Below, you can admire the results, the before-after versions of my ultimate Linzer Torte. The measures are the same, the outcome can't even be compared with the previous version.
Before baking:
After baking:
Quite the difference, don't you think? Granted, the muster is a tad crooked because I don't have any of these fancy kitchen tools (probably couldn't, even if I wanted) and therefore do everything free hand. But I'm very happy with the outcome.
Mum was very busy, too. She promised her absolutely amazing salad de boeuf for the party, and since it requires vegetables cooked in chicken soup, we had chicken soup today, followed by Wiener Schnitzel made of chicken breast, with potatoes baked in the oil used for the Wiener Schnitzel and mixed salad. Yum!
Then my muse clearly got the full-blown panic that I might abandon her (instead the other way round, as usual) and in about two hours I wrote more than four pages (!) for Chapter 33 of Kansas 2. I don't entertain high hopes that it will continue that way, but it was a pleasant surprise.
Then my only private student was here for her German lesson. That took 90 minutes, after which I decided that I really should start on the Linzer Torte I was planning to make (among other things) for my birthday party on Friday. But first I phoned to colleague E, whom I love very much, because I needed someone to cheer me up.
This wasn't the first time that I made this cake, actually, but the third. My second attempt looked like this:
It was delicious, but fairly ugly: too compact, and the gitter muster on top grew completely closed in the oven. Now, I know the reason for this was that the measures were given for a baking tin with a diameter of 22 cm and mine is only 20 cm across. But knowing the reason and living with the consequences are two different cups of tea - or coffee, in my case.
Anyway, some time ago Mum and I visited the nearest really big Tesco's (nearest being relative if you don't have a car, which is why we rarely go there), and I finally found there what I'd been looking for for more than a year: a lose-bottom baking tin, with a diameter of 23 cm. I already have one such tin, but it is 28 cm across - I couldn't find a smaller one until now.
That is, I did see one in St. Pölten, at Thalia's, but that was a Jamie Oliver item and cost about 30€. Well, I'm willing to do a lot for my baking obsession, but even I do draw the line somewhere. This was that place. Imagine my delight when I found this pretty little thing at Tesco's for the equivalent of 5€. Was it cool or was it cool?
So I bought the little darling and today was the day to finally give it a try. Below, you can admire the results, the before-after versions of my ultimate Linzer Torte. The measures are the same, the outcome can't even be compared with the previous version.
Before baking:
After baking:
Quite the difference, don't you think? Granted, the muster is a tad crooked because I don't have any of these fancy kitchen tools (probably couldn't, even if I wanted) and therefore do everything free hand. But I'm very happy with the outcome.
Mum was very busy, too. She promised her absolutely amazing salad de boeuf for the party, and since it requires vegetables cooked in chicken soup, we had chicken soup today, followed by Wiener Schnitzel made of chicken breast, with potatoes baked in the oil used for the Wiener Schnitzel and mixed salad. Yum!
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Date: 2019-10-03 04:08 pm (UTC)