oh good lord
I have just purchased two pounds of cocoa butter. I will apparently be making dairy-free white chocolate from scratch. Why do I have such a severe lack of impulse control. Why, lord, why?
Next thing, I probably will be making jam. I had to go to the store yesterday and did I check out the pectin section? Yes I did.
Why did I have to go to the store yesterday? Because I got a midday phone call from my mom which opened with the words "Where is my peanut butter?" and ended shortly thereafter.
Now, my mom does know where I purchase peanut butter. This store is not out of the way and she could easily get there. But somehow I have become the designated peanut butter purchaser and when I do not fulfill this role I get guilt trips and midday "wtf" phone calls. So it's not so much that I had to go to the store as that it was politically expedient for me to go to the store. So to the store I went. And though I had resolved that I would not do any more shopping for weirdo/vegan cake supplies until the next paycheck, somehow I lost my mind in the store.
My cake-mind had seemed so settled, but apparently I was just hiding from the issue. I was doomed the minute I walked into the peanut butter aisle, because I was reminded of the peanut butter chocolate cake. And then I toured the bakery section, just looking at the cake designs. And then I decided to just visit the baking section, and then I just happened to find orange blossom water and rosewater, and then I decided for no reason at all to re-visit the notion of coconut oil, and then while I was at it figured it couldn't hurt to re-visit the notions of vegenaise and vegan margarine, too. Cutting to the chase, I came home from the store with everything I could possibly need, and more. (I also purchased the little jar of cocoa butter yesterday.)
Now I'm thinking of what I'll need to return. The NOW Cocoa Butter is only a 7 oz container. Realizing that I'd need more than that is what prompted today's online purchase. (2 lbs of cocoa butter for $16 plus shipping was a better deal.) I spent a good amount of time poking around the internet to see if I could maybe sub coconut oil for cocoa butter and the answer seems to be no. (Possibly I could sub coconut butter, but I'm not yet ready to submit to the idea of a coconut-flavored ganache filling for this cake. I'm very close to considering the idea, but not there yet.) There are tons of other things that I could use coconut oil for, but I'm trying to resist them. Right now the prime candidates for return are the little jar of cocoa butter and the bigger jar of coconut oil. And the vegenaise, just because I'm feeling nervous about doing such a direct translation of the mayo cake recipe.
Anyway. It's done. I'm committed to the cocoa butter project.
Next thing, I probably will be making jam. I had to go to the store yesterday and did I check out the pectin section? Yes I did.
Why did I have to go to the store yesterday? Because I got a midday phone call from my mom which opened with the words "Where is my peanut butter?" and ended shortly thereafter.
Now, my mom does know where I purchase peanut butter. This store is not out of the way and she could easily get there. But somehow I have become the designated peanut butter purchaser and when I do not fulfill this role I get guilt trips and midday "wtf" phone calls. So it's not so much that I had to go to the store as that it was politically expedient for me to go to the store. So to the store I went. And though I had resolved that I would not do any more shopping for weirdo/vegan cake supplies until the next paycheck, somehow I lost my mind in the store.
My cake-mind had seemed so settled, but apparently I was just hiding from the issue. I was doomed the minute I walked into the peanut butter aisle, because I was reminded of the peanut butter chocolate cake. And then I toured the bakery section, just looking at the cake designs. And then I decided to just visit the baking section, and then I just happened to find orange blossom water and rosewater, and then I decided for no reason at all to re-visit the notion of coconut oil, and then while I was at it figured it couldn't hurt to re-visit the notions of vegenaise and vegan margarine, too. Cutting to the chase, I came home from the store with everything I could possibly need, and more. (I also purchased the little jar of cocoa butter yesterday.)
Now I'm thinking of what I'll need to return. The NOW Cocoa Butter is only a 7 oz container. Realizing that I'd need more than that is what prompted today's online purchase. (2 lbs of cocoa butter for $16 plus shipping was a better deal.) I spent a good amount of time poking around the internet to see if I could maybe sub coconut oil for cocoa butter and the answer seems to be no. (Possibly I could sub coconut butter, but I'm not yet ready to submit to the idea of a coconut-flavored ganache filling for this cake. I'm very close to considering the idea, but not there yet.) There are tons of other things that I could use coconut oil for, but I'm trying to resist them. Right now the prime candidates for return are the little jar of cocoa butter and the bigger jar of coconut oil. And the vegenaise, just because I'm feeling nervous about doing such a direct translation of the mayo cake recipe.
Anyway. It's done. I'm committed to the cocoa butter project.