Most of us are just poking fun at it the whole Doomsday today thing, but for now, it's big news.
For me, I'm just going to recognize the day with a cake. Lemon Buttermilk Bundt Cake (recipe in the comments for now). It's incredibly tender, moist and take a look at the tender crumbs on the plate from just slicing one piece.
I made it for my guys, team members who are pulling duty through the holidays. Thank you. I'll likely relieve one of them with small children for duty on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, something I usually do, but unannounced. I've been the "probie" and it's never fun.
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Cake Batter
• 2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
•2 cups sugar
•2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
•2 teaspoons baking powder
•4 large eggs
•3 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
•2 and 3/4 teaspoons grated lemon zest
•1 tablespoon strained lemon juice
•1 teaspoon Watkins lemon extract
•1 teaspoon Watkins vanilla extract
Lemon Glaze:
•1/2 cup water
•1/2 cup sugar
•1/3 cup lemon juice
•2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions
Preheat oven to 315. Place rack in bottom third of the oven. Butter and flour a 10-12 cup bundt pan. Sprinkle some flour on the buttered surface and shake out the excess.
Combine softened butter, sugar, flour and baking powder with a mixer on low until there are no chunks of butter (about 2 to 2 1/2 minutes).
Combine remaining ingredients and add to mixer in three additions, beating 1 minute between each addition and scraping down the side of the bowl between as well.
Spread batter into prepared pan and bake for 55-60 minutes or until cake is well risen, darkened in color and a knife inserted between the edge and tube emerges clean. Cool cake on wire rack for 10 minutes.
For glaze, combine water and sugar and bring to a boil in a saucepan. Remove from heat and add lemon juice and vanilla. Unmold cake while it's still slightly warm and drizzle glaze over top so it soaks in.
Those Mayans, just have to learn to make bigger calendars so they can enjoy a piece of lemon cake. Their calendar stopped just before the greatest celebration all. Lemon Cake n Coffee.
Merry Christmas
I've had similar concoctions, and they're very good. With your touch added to the mix (bad pun alert), it must be wonderful.
Have a great Christmas, B.
You should find a way to work some Mayannaise (get it? get it?) into the recipe. ;-)
Strange. I'm in Michigan and our kids had school today as usual.
Ok, just looked it up, it's in <a href="http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/12/20/mayan-apocalypse-rumors-prompt-33-michigan-schools-to-close-early/> Lapeer County</a>, not the most um sophisticated districts shall we say, and their teacher's union is strong and knows how to get an early day off for Christmas break...
Sheesh.
Aaron - thanks for clearing that up. Our media was sounding like it was everyone when they announced it at first (and you know the media, ALWAYS a reliable news source :-)
Bob - good one!
Rev Paul - this is just a basic recipe I tweaked a bit. It was pretty good, none left actually. But it turned out really good.
John Bord - now I wish I had a piece left for breakfast with coffee. But I made it to share, not for myself.
Jeez... It's a good thing I don't live closer or check posts more often... or my lack of will power would have me over the weight limit to fly... ground or air...
They said it would come late afternoon on our East Coast, what a bunch of maroo
New translation of an inscription at the very bottom of the Mayan calendar stone: "HA! You just got punked!"
The day is not over yet. By the way is that cake even legal?
Brighid - you'd only need a small trebuchet to launch yourself over here (you're a golfer, yell "fore" first though).
armedlaughing - that was pretty much the sentiment around these parts.
RabidAlien - ha!!!
Duke - Legal in the Midwest anyway.
The truncated sentence was supposed to appear as if it had happened!
gfa
Mmmm. Moist, not over-sweet lemon cake is one of my great dietary weaknesses. Always reminds me of Granny.
Yum!
Thanks for the recipe.
JOC
P.S. Yes that's my grandbaby. She has grown into a beautiful little 5-year-old princess, thanks to her wonderful parents and God's grace.
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