The most dangerous cake recipe
5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
a small splash of vanilla extract
1 large coffee mug
Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
Pour in the milk and oil and mix well. Add the chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla extract, and mix again.
Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts (high).
The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed!
Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired.
EAT! (this can serve 2 if you want to feel slightly more virtuous).
And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world?
Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or night!
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bixxy shared this on another site. I love it! It's so much fun, it's like adult Easy Bake. I added chocolate chips and a dash of salt but halved the sugar. I made it in between conference calls but had to let it cool for an hour. Feedback seems to be that the cake is a little rubbery but will satisfy a chocolate cake craving. My cake was a little hard, like overbaked brownie consistency. It tasted really good. Next time, I'm either going to add more oil or yogurt, and let it cool for a bit. Thanks, bixxy!
Lately, in the morning, I wake him up and before he opens his eyes, his first question is, "Car?". He wants to know if we are going somewhere in the car that day. Throughout the day, he asks, "Shoes, Bye-Bye, Car, Nonno?". That roughly means, "Am I going to put my shoes on, go bye-bye, ride in the car, and see Grandfather (Italian)?" He also sings the YoGabbaGabba! "Riding in the Car" song a lot. BTW, did I mention, we don't have a car? We ZipCar when we need to. Not sure how this all happened, but as a person who's taken many Gender Studies courses, this is all baffling.
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Today is Ada Lovelace Day. On Ada Lovelace Day, are you supposed to put on a piece of clothing embellished with lace, read a Lord Byron poem out loud and answer questions with true or false responses? Nope. If you're interested in feminism, science and technology, you blog about Ada Lovelace on March 24th. Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace was the daughter of the poet Lord Byron and Anne Isabella Milbanke. She was the first computer scientist, like as in, 1840. It's important to recognize that the first computer programmer was a woman because so few women are recognized in technology and science these days. Girls interested in entering the field of technology and sciences face social and academic obstacles, we need to support and encourage their interests.
From Wikipedia article, Women in computing:
Research has shown that many misconceptions about computing persist and may discourage women.One of the biggest misconceptions of computing is the "geek factor". There's avid belief amidst high school students that Computer Scientists sit in a cubicle writing code for the duration of their workday. The "geek factor" affects both male and female high school students, but it seems to have more of a negative effect on the female students. It is important to study the force driving women away from the field of computer science as these factors might eventually drive the men away as well.
More Wiki articles on Ada, her posse, and women in technology:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelac
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_co
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women,_girl
Happy Ada Lovelace Day! Girls, get your geek on.
It's kind of strange how you never see any food shows with American homecooking like this. I would love to see how people in different areas make new food out of what they've got. For example, in LA there's the new Korean-Mexican fusion thing going on. That's like Korean BBQ in a taco. Yum.
Update: I'm a flake! I got my dates mixed up. I'll be watching the tv like everybody else on Jan 20th!
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not of a white Christmas but of all of the food I'm going to eat in California next week! Here's my list to work thru so far:
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Let me know if I left anything off.
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Professionally, I need to brush up on my maths. I just need to get in a math frame of mind and start exercising my brain that way again. I've been talking for months (years?) about going back to school to brush up on my math skills. Even more so if I'm serious about going to Grad school for something. I mentioned this to Husband and he prescribed, The Manga Guide to Statistics by Shin Takahashi. Supposedly this "EduManga" format is really popular in Japan. Excerpt of the Amazon editorial review:
In The Manga Guide to Statistics, our heroine Rui is determined to learn about statistics to impress the dreamy Mr. Igarashi and begs her father for a tutor. Soon she's spending her Saturdays with geeky, bespectacled Mr. Yamamoto, who patiently teaches her all about the fundamentals of statistics: topics like data categorization, averages, graphing, and standard deviation.
After all her studying, Rui is confident in her knowledge of statistics, including complex concepts like probability, coefficients of correlation, hypothesis tests, and tests of independence. But is it enough to impress her dream guy? Or maybe there's someone better, right in front of her?
Actually, it's not bad. Kinda of dorky but engaging. I wish I had something like this in High School. I suspect the probability of a tentacle monster appearing is pretty low.
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- I can survive sleep deprivation and nobody had to call child services.
- I'm pretty proud that even though I had no clue what I was doing, I kept a little human being alive for a year.
- I'm okay with my kid licking the monkey bars
- That motherhood is a pretty tough job, but that doesn't qualify me to be Vice President of the United States.
- Although I breast fed, co-sleep, cloth diaper, am baby led weaning with organic foods, and baby wear, I'm not as crunchy earth mother-ish as I thought. I like working and I don't feel that bad about it.
Happy Birthday Andy! Even your poops are cute!
Today, instead of going to Brooklyn's new Trader Joes, we took a family trip to a new "upscale" kosher grocery store called, Pomegranate. I love checking out food markets from different cultures. Originally, I wanted to pick up celery, instead we ended up hauling out five bags of groceries. Among our haul: Half Sour Pickles, Batampte Mustard (Husband's favorite deli mustard), Kabob Seasoning, Smoked Paprika, Mixed Spices for Falafel, Shawarma Spice, Falafel Mix. From the deli section, made fresh: Vegetable Kugel, zucchini soup (not sure what this is about), Spicy Avocado Dip (OMG, so good, like a spicy guacamole) and Cinnamon Rugelach.On the way back home we gave Andy a taste of his first Rugelach. He loved it. Normally, he takes a bite of something and drops the rest on the floor. With the Rugelach, he had a kung-fu grip on the thing. For dinner, he ate a lot of Vegetable Kugel. Sometimes, I get very jaded about NYC's claim that you can get any kind of food. But then again, my baby just ate Lapis Pandan Wangi (Indonesian cake) last night for dessert and Rugelach today. So far, Andy likes Southern Indian curries, Jewish deli foods, his Nonna's Italian cooking,
ozzdo's Momz freakin awesome Curry Goat, and Hummus, to name a few. Gotta love NYC.- Mood: happy
I could go on about the horrors of Gov. Sarah Palin but I'll talk about our new favorite show, "Yo Gabba Gabba!" instead. I know we're a little late to catch on, but my kid is starting to have awareness of music and tv, might as well make it somewhat educational. Anyway, it's a kids show on Nick Jr. DJ Lance Rock, who looks like the fourth member of Deelite, hosts the show with a bunch of weird looking monsters, electronic beats, funkee dancing, an Evan Dorkin cartoon and Biz Markie teaching preschoolers beatbox.
Husband thinks it's a show for raver parents and is waiting for the kids show for parents who listen to Tom Waits and Nick Cave.
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Btw, if the RNC turns into a Hillary lovefest tonight, I think I just might throw up a little in my mouth.
I can't tell if I'm more appalled at Gov Palin's nomination (do they really think women are that dumb?) or Obama Girl (god, they really do think women are that dumb).
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Young Gore sets out for his new home, where the sky is clear, the water is clean, and there are no Republicans.
Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying Planet
EARTH—Former vice president Al Gore—who for the past three decades has unsuccessfully attempted to warn humanity of the coming destruction of our planet, only to be mocked and derided by the very people he has tried to save—launched his infant son into space Monday in the faint hope that his only child would reach the safety of another world.
"I tried to warn them, but the Elders of this planet would not listen," said Gore, who in 2000 was nearly banished to a featureless realm of nonexistence for promoting his unpopular message. "They called me foolish and laughed at my predictions. Yet even now, the Midwest is flooded, the ice caps are melting, and the cities are rocked with tremors, just as I foretold. Fools! Why didn't they heed me before it was too late?"
Al Gore—or, as he is known in his own language, Gore-Al—placed his son, Kal-Al, gently in the one-passenger rocket ship, his brow furrowed by the great weight he carried in preserving the sole survivor of humanity's hubristic folly.
....http://www.theonion.com/content/news/al_
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The Brooklyn Paper
It took animal rescuers, neighbors and a concerned pet owner 15 days — and one trip to the psych ward — to save a 7-year-old kitty that was trapped in a narrow shaft in a Carroll Gardens apartment building.
The part-Persian, part-American short-haired cat — named Rumi in honor of the famed Middle Eastern poet — owes it all to Chris Muth, the man who actually ended up in a mental hospital during the ordeal.
He has the “bizarre delusion [that he] was trying to ‘save’ a cat of his friend,” medical records show.
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/31/2
I love this story, a feel good piece.
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BTW, He's teeny.
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This week, I took Andy to see the "Hugging Saint", Ammachi, who was visiting NYC. Now I know what it's like for men to walk about with a chick magnet like a baby or a cute dog! I have to say, in my very fortunate experiences to have audience with spiritual teachers, Ammachi has THE hottest looking male devotees. These young, beautiful, fresh faced, yoga practicing men were coming up to me and ooohing and awwing over my son. Yeah! So while they were admiring my kid, I was admiring them. Finally, I get some of the action.
Oh, and Amma's cool too.
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Hey! Looks like I don't need to go to the city to get in my celebrity sightings. Yesterday, while walking the kid home in the stroller, we passed by John Hodgman aka PC Guy from the Mac commercials and Senior Analyst on The Daily Show. PC Guy was pushing a stroller and walking with another kid. Apparently, husband gave PC Guy a confused look and PC Guy returned the same befuddled, confused look. In the stroller world, he would still be the PC guy with his Maclaren and my husband would be the pretentious Mac guy with his MicraLite Toro.
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According to Babble.com*, number 23 in "The Babble List: The 26 Most Disturbing Kid Movies Ever. Family films that will scar your children for life", is Labyrinth. Hello, that's like my favoritist movie ever.
"Ironically, the Muppets aren't the least human thing in this movie. That honor would go to honorary space alien David Bowie. Androgynous, sparkle-eyeliner-wearing, spandexed, mulleted, coked-up, full-on Ziggy Stardust-mode David Bowie."
I think even scarier than watching David Bowie prance around in a cod piece, is the idea of Mommy LUSTING over said scary space alien.
#24 Dumbo. Totally get that. Had me bawling, post partum. Baby really liked the technocolored trip, anyway.
* Where you go after nerve.com
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