gotta get the butter to room temperature

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y'know if you don't have a stand mixer doing a stand mixer recipe is a lot of work

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it meets the description

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measuring out the marmalade

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marmaladed and now back into the freezer

this thing spends a lot of time in the freezer

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top layer and into the fridge this time

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i take my pinches seriously

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glazed, cross-hatched, sined, seeled…

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…and delivered (into the oven)

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it looks like it’s rising so that’s good

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didn’t rise much, but regardless, time to cool

45 minutes exactly as per recipe, hopefully not overdone

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yep that’s a flat cake

hopefully good but that is to be seen

but either way it's in plenty of time for #monsterdon

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actually quite tasty

dense but not offputtingly so

very good with tea which makes sense, often served with strong coffee

wouldn’t want to make this that often because it’s a massive calorie load but I will be keeping this recipe ^_^

[much later: oh shit I never hit post on this lol]

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@moira I like the scoring pattern you did!
@moira Mine rose just an itty bitty amount (just enough it was no longer flat), so I think it's the nature of the recipe?
@SRLevine Maybe! know mine rose at least a little, because the thin fork scratches got stretched out. So there's that.
@moira this cake looks very much like something I would like to eat

@kinsale42 it's very flat so i am somewhat nervous

but I _think_ that's normal?

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@moira your average pound cake is pretty dense so it seems reasonable for it to be flat

@kinsale42 this is definitely dense!

but either way we'll see

@moira

sloppy, imprecise pinches just won't do. particularly in baking.

@moira Every time I see one of those sets I always have a little voice that goes "WANT" in my head. I have so far resisted, but it's a real act of will!

@SRLevine I grant they're a little silly but I really like having it, when I'm unsure it's good to have something I can grab and say THIS. THIS much.

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