HAPPY DECEMBER!!
Less than two weeks before I'm back in LA!
I'll be done with finals next week Wednesday (YAY!), but that certainly means I need to start studying (ahhh).
I'm doing my laundry, and it's been quite an ordeal. My comforter did not drain properly in the dryer, so it and my fleece blanket came out sopping wet. They've been in the dryer for the past 2 hours, or so, and they are still not dry. Also, my clothing was in the dryer for 45 min, and THAT is still not dry! I added another 30 minutes... sigh.
Anyway, I promised more information about the Thanksgiving feast, and now that I've got a little time, here it is!
Here is the cake I made on Thursday for my grandfather's birthday! It was one of his four birthday cakes. We served two. It's probably not just my family, but it always happens that we ask our family not to bring anything, or if they should bring something, then it should complement whatever we won't be making. Of course, we receive two extra cakes. We promptly sent those ones back home with those who brought them. Anyway, this was an almond birthday cake with a sherry-lemon buttercream frosting. The cake itself was great... although I definitely should have made it the day of, and it probably would have been even better. The pulverized almond gave it a nice texture and that nice nutty flavor. The frosting was suuuper rich. It might have had a little bit too much cinnamon in it for my taste (the amount of cinnamon plus the sweetness equaled something vaguely resembling the flavor of cinnamon gum. I hate that flavor.). Otherwise, it was good enough for my grandmother to have a slice, who apparently never eats cake cause she doesn't like it. She's so cute :)
I know, we were supposed to eat our actual turkey dinner on Friday, but we went back to have sushi on Friday instead. The family went to a dress rehearsal of The Barber of Seville (opera) in the afternoon, and sushi was on our way home... so WHY NOT, INDEED? Anyway, this is a delicious picture of one of my favorites: oyster sushi. Mmmmm, the oyster dipped in ponzu sauce before being placed on perfect sushi rice... So good.
That night, I decided to get a head start on baking the goods that I would be bringing back to school with me... this is a picture of "Outrageous Brownies" before they had been baked. As you can see, the batter fit into two pans, and the recipe required one pound of butter and two pounds of chocolate. My heart sort of hurts while eating the brownies.
So, on Saturday, we had our actual turkey dinner, which was delicious... turkey, cranberry sauce, italian chard stuffing... I also baked this pie! Noah sent me the recipe for a silky pumpkin pie, which was DELICIOUS. I had never really made pie before, so I'd say it was a fantastic success! Poppy Wood wants me to make more as soon as I get back home :) I made everything from scratch, minus pureeing the pumpkin, but eh, who needs that kind of work.
It was nice to get back on campus. Everyone's so cheery upon arrival, so happy to see everyone! That quickly fades, though, given that we have finals the next week.
Alright, that's enough of that!
Some cool links for you to check out before I leave:
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