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http://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/?p=1612 
I thought I would go ahead and post this peppermint icebox yule log cake I just made, even though Christmas is over. I think it would make the most perfect New Years Eve cake too…plus its vegan! I googled and googled trying to find a vegan version of this cake with no luck…so here is what I did. This is for our big Christmas celebration with my sister and her family tomorrow, which I cannot wait for!! I have to go wrap more gifts :) :) so exciting :) Oh and extra thanks to Katie who reminded me to make one with her yummy looking yule log.
Vegan Peppermint Icebox Yule Log Cake
This cake is best to make a day ahead of time because it needs time to freeze before and after “frosting” Plus then you can spend more time on decorating your yule log and not feel stressed. You can even make this cake over two days by making the chocolate wafer cookies a day before the cake.
-1 batch of chocolate wafer cookies completed cooled
-2 8oz carton’s of RichWhip non-dairy topping (I find these frozen in the kosher section of my grocer’s freezer)
- 6-12 peppermint candy canes (depends on what you have around I had about 6 candy canes and a handful of those circle peppermint candies which can work just as well)
-1/2 cup confectioners sugar
-1/4 cup cocoa powder sifted
1. Make the chocolate wafer cookies and allow to cool fully. I believe Nabisco brand Famous chocolate wafers are vegan so if you can find those you could skip making the cookies.
2. In food processor blend peppermint candy canes until they are a fine powder.
3. Whip one carton of richwhip with hand or stand up mixer until it holds soft peaks. Then gently mix in 1/4 cup powdered sugar and peppermint candy powder. The whipped cream mixture will turn a lovely pinkish color.
4. Lay out a sheet of foil in the area you are working. This will be used to wrap the log in progress.
5. Make stacks of cookies and cream about 6 cookies high. Use about 1 tablespoon of cream mixture between cookies. Once you have used all the cookies lay 1 stack on it’s side on foil. Add a bit more cream to the end and lay next stack of cookies up against first stack. Repeat until you have one long stack of cookies and cream on their side. Wrap with foil and freeze for about 4 hours.
6. Whip second carton of cream until soft peaks form. Add remaining sugar and cocoa powder.
7. Remove from freezer and at an angle cut a 2 inch piece off one end of the stack and save. Cut a 1 inch piece at an angle from the other end, and set aside.
8. Use cocoa whipped cream as a frosting and spread over the entire log. Then hook the two pieces you cut off onto log as little side branches. Frost them with cocoa whipped cream as well.
9. Use a fork to create lines through the cocoa whipped cream to make it look like bark. Put the whole thing back in the freezer for 3 hours.
10. You can then decorate your log by adding mushrooms, candy leaves, etc. Allow to sit at room temp for 20 mins before serving.
My favorite part was the decorating! There are just so many ways you can go with a yule log! |
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[Dec. 29th, 2009|01:16 pm] |
i drew this for a zine zine zine!!!! hot tea/cold water was its name-o!!!! so there you go-oh!!! |
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| Metric Ton |
[Dec. 29th, 2009|02:28 pm] |
Time to break on the novella until the new year and finish up my final edits on the YA. I've been writing, though. Not huge amounts, but steadily, which after the year I've had is, pardon the le Francais, a fucking miracle.
And here's what I've done since Christmas Eve:
The Witch's Alphabet
91 / 447 pages. 20% done!
"The Curse of Four"
Things accomplished in fiction: Moved the plot, sewed some backstory and foreshadowing.
Things accomplished in real life: Got through the holiday, got my home loan approved and a closing date set (!!!)
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I've been doing a lot of reading, too:
30. Richard Kadrey, Sandman Slim
This is without a doubt the best damn urban fantasy I've read this year. It's everything the genre should aspire to be, with none of the bullshit I've come to expect. If I sound like a fangirl, it's because I am. I want to write like this when I grow up.
31. Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka, Gotham Central: Book One
More great detective fiction comics from two of the best. My mom got me this for Batmas because she's awesome.
32. Caitlin R. Kiernan, The Red Tree
This was really excellent. A horror novel hasn't actually bothered me this much since Heart-Shaped Box. Properly scary, peopled with not one but a host of unreliable narrators, Gothic without being overwrought and making perfect use of New England folklore and mosaic techniques. Thoroughly enjoyable, even if the ending felt a little hurried. Must-read for anyone who enjoys quiet, exquisite, deeply disturbing horror stories.
All right. Time to make the little meters move.
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[Dec. 29th, 2009|01:05 pm] |
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My cousin and her friends.
I'm in New York right now. Making chicken salad.
It's good to get away sometimes. |
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[Dec. 29th, 2009|12:57 pm] |
I gotta say you guys, Twitter is pissing off my shit.
However I feel like a cheating spouse saying this because I am on that shit all the TIME. The thing is, it's fun but it is just the shittiest blog that ever existed.
You cannot keep up with people on a Twitter page. If you go to their Twitter "blog" all there is is unimportant nonsense and half conversations with people you don't know.
In fact the reason I am on there so much is BECAUSE it is so shitty. It has made it so hard for me to keep up with the people and artists I like that it makes me feel like I need to watch it all the time or I will miss something important and that is a shitty bag of balls.
Maybe they made it that way on purpose?
Also it feels like it's sucking everyone away from their usual haunts where I used to keep up with them very well. You know how Walmart moves into town and suddenly local businesses go under because everyone is having so much fun shopping at Walmart? That is what Twitter is, it is the Walmart of blogs. |
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