FE13 Update: To Chapter 11

And here I will pause because I had almost no time to play yesterday and won't get another chance 'til tonight.  I've been busy cooking, cleaning, astronomizing, and playing in the Internet Test Kitchen.

( I dreamed I was playing an FE4 remake modeled on FE13 last night. Sweet. )

Mark's Internet Test Kitchen, Part II (2 Ingredient Flourless Nutella Cake)

Okay!  Here we go again with something that caught my eye on tumblr.  I think amusetache  was the one that reblogged it.

Flourless Nutella Cake.

I liked Nutella before Kobe Bryant endorsed it, and I like fudgy flourless brownie-type things, so this "two-ingredient" cake sounded right up my alley.  Also I've encountered the Kirbie's Cravings blog before and their taste is pretty good.

Here's the catch: this is not a beginner recipe.  A two-item ingredient list does not make something simple, easy, or non-messy. Nutella is messy as all-get-out, given that it's oily, nutty, chocolatey goop.

Things you need to make this correctly:

1) An idea of how to handle eggs.  If not, don't bother.
2) A good mixer. The host blog said a stand mixer was probably necessary but I don't have one and I busted out out my never-fail KitchenAid hand mixer.
3) At least one glass bowl.  And no, this isn't a one-bowl recipe, either.
4) A springform pan and parchment paper
5) A precise scale

Well.  I was already down on the mixer count, and my springform pan has a nine-inch diameter rather than the recommended six or seven-inch size, and I had to dig up an ancient scale from Ukrainian Grandma's over the weekend (I guess said scale is mine now).  At least I had parchment paper and some Pyrex bowls.  But I'd promised my sister-in-law a gluten-free cake for Sunday dinner and I said the hell with it and made it anyway.  The eggs whipped up nicely, the Nutella incorporated into the eggs decently enough, and I poured the mess into the too-wide pan and crossed my fingers.

Oh, and the springform pan sprung a leak and dripped egg-Nutella goo in the oven.

The result?  A very flat but extremely tasty thing with the taste and texture of a chocolate-hazelnut fudgy brownie.  I cut it in wedges and served it with sliced bananas and whipped cream.  The whole family-- a cross-section of adventurous and Midwest Bland palates-- enjoyed it.  I'd absolutely make this again... but I might invest in a new pan beforehand.

All Hail Queen Sully

"Ha!  And I suppose I'll stay here, right?  Fluff the pillows?  Bake some damn pies?"

So, is Chrom-wife Sully taking fourth-wall-busting pot shots at the Chrom/Sumia supports?

I sure laughed when that came up.