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Alright. So creativity, or in this case domesticity has kicked in already. Mom slept in today and I decided I wanted to make a banana cake. Then I realized that most of my family is not as banana crazed as I am. Which is sad but that is alright I can always do a smaller cake for myself later. In the process of looking up a banana cake recipe though I found a vanilla pound cake one. This is the cake I make.
I normally try to measure out all my ingredients first, or at the very least make sure I have everything. I am very glad I did today, because as it were, I do not have enough flour. I need three cups, but have less than one cup. I have all my other ingredients though. Thankfully at that.

All of my ingredients, the eggs are in the fridge at this point so they don't spoil while I wait to go to the store for flour. I am however still excited to make the cake because I normally make them from a box instead of scratch. Though this does not feel from scratch all that much. Hopefully the cake will be enough for my family tomorrow.

I will update this post with more on my cake adventure as it progresses. Until then!

Thought I might share the recipe I am working with. I found this on www.cook.com

VANILLA POUND CAKE
2 1/4 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. butter (3 sticks), softened
1 tbsp. vanilla extract
3/4 tsp. salt
6 lg. eggs
3 c. cake flour


1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour 10 inch bundt pan.


2. In large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat sugar and butter just until blended. Increase speed to high; beat until light and fluffy about 5 minutes. Add vanilla, salt and eggs on low speed; beat until well blended. Increase speed to high; beat 3 minutes. Fold in cake flour just until smooth.


3. Spoon batter into pan. Bake 60 to 70 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely on rack.


Since I can't make the cake right now I decided to start some laundry and water the plants. I also thought it would be advantageous of me to make the icing while I wait. Now I'm no genius, especially when it comes to cooking so again I had to look up a recipe. I know my moms icing recipe but that doesn't make the kind of icing I was looking for. So I found this one. Again at www.cook.com. I did not use the cake recipe found there because I already am measured out for the one above, but if you do not want to go to the link here is the information.

ICING:

1 stick butter
1 box confectioners' sugar  (which is about two cups according to an internet search saying a box is 16oz.)
1 tbsp. water
Minute Maid lemon juice

Icing: Mix butter (softened) and powdered sugar together then add water and lemon juice (as much as you would like for a lemony taste.)

This is DELICIOUS! Very simple to do as well. Very similar to my moms frosting too.

Those are the ingredients, Yes the counter is a little cluttered but it is workable!

This on the right is the finish product in the fridge. Behind it is other things in the fridge no need to worry about those. I added a couple of drops of food coloring to make it look more "lemon-y" because I am strange like that. It takes wonderful and I am glad I decided to go with a lemon icing, should complement the vanilla cake very well. Very please I just hope that it comes out nice looking when on the cake.

FLOUR HAS BE OBTAINED!!!! And the pound cake is in the oven. This will sit there for one hour cooking. I am actually really excited now.

This cake took an hour to cook. I almost burned it because I was a bit distracted and forgot to set an alarm but my mom reminded me to check the cake. This is the cake I ended up producing. There are a few pictures from different angles. I really like how it ended up looking. I wish I had

 a picture from when it was in the carrier but I was just all to excited to actually get one. Cutting was difficult after refrigeration but it was delicious never the less. Everyone who had the cake (with strawberries and whipped cream too) said they liked it. I am a proud cake maker today.

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~Luna Rae Anselm

Hallo, ich heiße...

Hallo!
I am Luna Rae Anselm, or at least that's what I'd like to be known as. I like to use this name because it is one that represents my creative side. Luna- yes, from the Harry Potter series. She is the character I most strongly identified with. Rae- is my name shortened, and is still part of me so must be present in my creativity. Anselm was a search I did for a character I was working with and I just liked the name so that makes up my pen name. Though many of you who will be reading this blog know who I am in real life, you also will know that I use this name a lot. That being said, now for the reason I am here.

I used to write a lot in high school, and I miss it. I participate in National Novel Writing Month as much as I can. I have been writing for this wonderful event since 2006. Last year was my first win, but I was a rebel and did not really write a novel but more of a brain dump every day. I had to work quick because I had other events going on during the month of November, so I was not very proud of my work, but had finally proved to myself that in one month, fifty thousand words is not a lot and that I could do it! I used to write every day during class when I could, because it gave me an escape from reality if only for a little while. I had a blue notebook that was covered in what looked like bubbles, I wrote on the back of my notes, in my agenda, anywhere I could. Then college came and I just couldn't keep up with it. I want writing to be part of my daily life. Not just writing but any form of creativity.

I have a separate blog here for my writing, though I'm not fully sure if I will be posting those on line right now, I am very guarded about what others can see from my mind. I may post topics and general themes and if someone would like to read it they can email me. I may also post character creations on that blog so I can understand them better. Writing is only one aspect of creativity that I like though, I like to design clothing. I am not good at making patterns but seeing the colors and lines come together like a dance is something that makes me smile. I would love to one day make my own clothing but that is a long way down the line. So in this blog I want to show sketches of costumes and other things that I have designed, and maybe that will motivate me to work on this as well.

I LOVE to cook, I am no where near the best, heck I'd say I'm barely a novice. I cook from recipes, and hardly ever venture out on my own without one. Cooking, is hard for me, but I am proud of something when it is done and on the table. I can make cookies and jello no problem. Heck Mac'n'cheese is a specialty of mine, when it comes from the box, and I am getting better at making bacon without freaking out. This is an area I want to improve on. How is this creative though? It is a edible medium to work with, you can combine so many things, or just two, and the results can be beautiful, or just plain disastrous! There is an art form with plating a dish, and I have fun with that when I have the time. With creativity in creations comes better cooking, so I will write about this too. If I make a fun dish, or something that goes horribly wrong I want to remember it so I can learn from my mistakes and improve.

Writing however is my hidden passion. I can write anywhere, and get away from the real world. The reality of my stories comes to life in my head. The characters will talk to me and give me input if I give them enough room. I can see the worlds they live in, even if I can not travel there myself. Every time I write, regardless if I like it at the end, I am happy. This is the one time where I can be safe and not have to worry about the cruel eye of another. When I am done writing, that is when I am the most afraid because anyone could read it and tear it to shreds right in front of my eyes.

All of that being said, welcome to the insanity that is my brain. Anyone can comment on here, you do not have to be signed up to do that, and you can say what you like by leaving an anonymous post. I will forever wonder who you are if you do this, but understand that if I am not willing to leave my own name for others to know then I can only expect the same from anyone reading this.

Fingers Crossed I can keep up with my desire to be creative.

~Luna Rae Anselm