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i made oatmeal-raisin cookies, from the american book, again. this time, i managed to use some real rolled oats, and not instant oats.
the last time i made them, my refrigerator died. this time, i managed to get the logs of dough to harden enough for good slicing.
cookies done, on some very parched parchment paper. these came out quite crispy; i hope they soften in the next few days. i like oatmeal-raisin cookies to be chwey. and i can't smell the cinnamon in these =(

and then i made the devil's fudge cake. i can't help but always veer back to a chocolate cake nowadays. somehow, the recent cakes i made all managed to use up cocoa powder without melted chocolate, and i like that, because there is a lot of unused cocoa lying around in the kitchen.
my hand brushed against the side of the oven when i was trying to get the cakes out, so i got quite a burn. and then i realised that the cake had broken - literally - into a devilish smile. quite apt.
i have said before that i am terrible at icing cakes. today i sliced the cake so nicely, set up my table very well for icing the cake, but the problem appeared in the icing.
it became way too fluid, and to right it again i had to mix in a hell lot of icing sugar, by which time i can't really smell the vanilla, nor tell if what i was tasting was indeed chocolate, or brown sugar syrup.
anyhow, i got on with the icing. it was very sticky, adhered to the cake well. at least it didn't flow everywhere like a glaze, though after a while it lost its shine.