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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 10:08:29 -0500
- From: "Mary A. Mark" <mmbt+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: Black Death Birthdays (Recipe Included)
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- "Hey Mike, can you give me a hand with these doors?"
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- "Sure thing, Merrigold." replies Mike, walking to the
- back of the bar, and holding open the door to the callahan's
- kitchen. "Hey, that does look good! "
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- Merrigold backs into the room, pulling a chef's trolley.
- She grins at Mike: "Thanks for letting me use your kitchen!"
- then turns the trolley, and herself, around to face the room.
- She is wearing a once-white chef's apron, now
- liberally dusted with a covering of powdered Belgian
- chocolate, and the chef's cap on her head reads
- "Callebaut chocolate: the only *true* chocolate is dark chocolate"
- Her hands have been washed clean, but there's still a streak
- of chocolate down one cheek, which she seems to have missed.
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- On the trolley before her sit (In Chorus: "OOOOhhhh, AAAAAAh")
- 1) A very large, absolutely black, chocolate cake (Remember the
- absolutely black ship that gets stolen by Zaphod Beeblebrox? Well,
- this cake is *that* absolutely black. Yes, really. Absorbs light.)
- 2) A large bowl of whipped cream (no sugar, no flavoring, just cream)
- 3) A stack of plates, spoons, forks, etc.
- 4) A large serving knife
-
- Merrigold lifts the knife, cuts the cake (you can see her *working*
- to push the knife through the cake: it's *really* dense) and puts
- the first two slices onto a pair of plates. She then loads them
- with whipped cream, and adds forks.
-
- "Once I've handed these two slices out, the cake is fair game!
- But I've brought this cake here in honour of two friends of mine,
- Chris Welch (Urban Spaceman) and John Ockerbloom, and the first
- two slices go to them. They're both celebrating birthdays this week
- (Chris on the 16th and John on the 18th) and I wanted to celebrate them.
- Since I can't manage to be in the UK, Chris, I hope you'll accept
- this virtual cake, with virtual hugs, and warmth and affection.
- And since John lives in Pittsburgh, I can offer him an actual hug!"
-
- "Happy Birthdays to you both!"
-
- "Oh, and Mike, could you mix me up a mint tea, please, and a
- hot mulled cider? For Chris and John, to go with their cake..."
-
- "I don't normally do virtual birthdays, so I thought I would
- justify this one by making it possible for people to make the
- actual cake! Here's the recipe. P'relan, Toothpick, and
- John Ockerbloom have had the chance to taste this in actuality,
- in the past, so they can vouch that it's worth making (and eating).
- As P'relan said 'It's to die for!' Hence the name. I hope
- you'll all enjoy it. "
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- THE BLACK DEATH
- (AKA. Chocolate Yoghurt Poundcake)
-
- Ingrediants:
- 1 pound butter, softened
- 3 cups sugar
- 6 eggs
- 3 1/2 cups unbleached white flour
- 1 cup cocoa
- 1 cup plain yoghurt
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla, almond, or lemon extract
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
-
- Preheat oven to 350'F.
-
- Generously butter a 10-inch bundt pan. Dust the inside with sifted cocoa.
- This will prevent the cake from sticking to the pan, and give it a lovely
- dark smooth finish.
-
- Cream the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs. Add two cups of flour
- and beat well. Mix in the milk and extract. Combine the baking powder,
- the remaining flour, and the cocoa, and add them to the batter. Beat well.
-
- Pour the batter into the Bundt pan. Bake about 1 hour, until the cake
- pulls slightly away from the sides of the pan, and a knife inserted into
- the middle of the pan comes out clean.
-
- Remove from oven, and turn upside down over a plate to cool. Leave the
- bundt pan on top of the cake for about 20 minutes, so the cake will
- hold it's shape.
-
- If you wish, brush melted sweet chocolate over the cooled cake. Or,
- do as I prefer: serve it with pure whipped cream. And cut those slices
- small - they're pretty deadly! It's the only cake I know of that you
- serve with the cream to *lighten it up*, not to make it richer!
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- Mary Mark email: mmbt+@andrew.cmu.edu
- Department of Psychology
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