We travelled over to College Station to celebrate Matthew’s birthday. It was a quiet affair with a nice lunch, then later a sandwich dinner, and dessert. We sat and talked to both Matthew and Beth and had a nice but quiet and simple time. After lunch we went shopping for shoes and just looking at things in the mall – the puppies caught Beth’s eye too. We brought a brown-sugar cake so our dessert was ice cream and cake in his apartment – btw, this was the first time we had visited him and saw the new apartment which is very nice. Because I had to run the next day we left about 8:30 PM to head back to Austin. Earlier in the day we had bought tickets for them to see a movie, but it was too late for us to stay and see. We hope they enjoyed the movie. We enjoyed the day very much.
Update:Brown Sugar Cake from Doris Anna Watt
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
2 cups flour – less 2 T.
1/2 cup soft butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup plus 1/3 cup white sugar
1 1/2 tsp. baking power
7/8 cup milk
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
Heat Oven 350 degrees. Put all ingredients in 1 bowl and mix with electric beater until well mixed. Bake in circular cake pan for 35-40 minutes. Serves: 12
Panoche Frosting
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/8 cup or 2T hot milk
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup or more of confectioners sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
When first three ingredients are melted, add confectioners sugar and vanilla. Spread on top and sides of cake.
I recently made a brown sugar cake for Stephanie and her mom, just before she left to head back to France. They raved like I’ve never seen them rave before. I’ve been meaning to blog about it, but just never got the chance.
Comment by justin — February 8, 2006 @ 6:16 am
We tried our new plastic cake pan for baking and it worked well. The cake was quite moist. I tried to help with the frosting and it was quite fluid and dripped down over the edge. Initially I thought the frosting was a failure, but actually it was smooth and creamy and yummy.
Comment by Bri — February 9, 2006 @ 2:56 am