Hello, Brain? Yes, this is Stomach. WTF is wrong with you?

[bloodsong1]

For the record, this is all the fault of the bloody antidepressants, in which the side effect "craving baked goods" is so damned strong in me, my work breakfasts usually consist of muffins, cupcakes and brownies. No, I'm NOT kidding.

I was craving frosted cupcakes SO DAMNED BAD this afternoon that I went to the bother, THE BOTHER, of making a cake, as I didn't have cupcake papers and parchment paper is a bitch when cutting for regular old round cake tins.

I took a basic, one-bowl cake recipe from Joy Of Cooking and added ginger, cloves, cinnamon & fresh nutmeg. I also dumped in currants before the final mixing. The idea was to get a spicy tea cake. The batter tasted just like I wanted it to, so, yay. Poured the batter into my two round cake pans and baked accordingly

Once they were baked and cooled to tepid, I took one out, spread several tablespoons of strawberry jam on top, layered the second cake and dusted the top of that with powdered sugar.

Here 'tis.

Comments

[sheherazahde.livejournal.com]

YAY!

You can has CAKE!

That does look very good.

[bloodsong1.livejournal.com]

My cake is not a lie.

The kiddos didn't like it, not sweet enough. Which now means I have an entire cake to eat.

*George Takai voice* Oh my. */George Takai voice*