Such is life

[Versatronic]

No, really

Well Bethann and Micky, I understand what the cake thing means. And Mickey, I remember exactly the incident you are referring to. That was Robert who offered the cake and difussed that situation. But I don't think it came from nowhere. I'm thinking I used to watch some sitcom when I was a kid and the boys would get in trouble or fight or something and so there was always this time when the mom and dad used to have to have the stern and important life lesson talk with the boy(s). The boy would say like Gee Whiz, I never really thought of it that way. And then the mom would say "Alright, now, who wants some cake?" and the boys would go nuts "me me me" and they'd go running to the kitchen.

Dennis The Menace??????

 

[Versatronic]

Thanks Veg

Never mind. Some day when I least expect it I'll hear that line and I'll go "Aha! I knew I wasn't crazy!"

 

[mickeyd]

Answer by tomorrow at 3pm or earlier

Mikey

I'll find out tomorrow at work (school) and let you know. Are you sure it was Robert? I distinctly remember him saying something like: Gosh can't I leave even for a moment? I go to the gym to work out for an hour and all hell breaks loose.

I'll never forget that day. Wonder if it imprinted on everyone the way it did on me.

Nighty, night, Dude...........CAKE ANYONE HAHAHAHAHAHAH

Mikey

 

[frigilux]

I remember the 'cake' thread, too. It was awesome. Bethann and I had posted pics of cakes we'd baked. Mine was a humble (but delicious) walnut cake, recipe courtesy of Toggle. Bethann's cake was a complete and total work of art, and I was jokingly acting very pissed off about her one-upsmanship. That whole exchange definitely ranks in my Top 3 AW.ORG moments. Even when we get a little hot under the collar, we can eventually defuse it and have fun. I love this site.

 

[appnut]

Hey, when we get angry and someone says, who wants cake? Then we can finish putting together the cake to serve cuz we're making the frosting out of us not getting frosted at each other lol.

 

[DADoES]

Been a while since I *made* a cake personally, but I fetched a "Cherry/Vanilla Dr Pepper Cake" and a "Hawaiian Punch" cake and a chocklick cake from WM in recent weeks. They were half-cakes, actually.

 

[toggleswitch]

Like any family, we have our tiffs and ups and downs.
The love and the history remain. ALWAYS.
When we met each other live and in-person, we already *know* each other.
It is truly hard to describe the way this site impacts one.

 

[panthera]

I am glad Kelly is staying

...not last 'cause of his jokes.
I do tend to voice my feelings strongly, forget sometimes that the directness which is so valued in Europe (where freedom of speech was bought with blood before my time and not at my cost, I just reap the profit) is no longer considered a desirable commodity in a country which has split into two groups:
I am right and you are wrong on the one side
and
I am right and you are wrong on the other side

It is only a matter of time before the one side starts putting the other side into KZ for their "own good."

Since I can't grind my abrasive surfaces down to the politically correct levels required by some people, I shall just try hard to keep my mouth shut on controversial topics. Everyone feel free to remind me of this if I slip and accidentally make a comment which the Republicans and Jerry Fallwell & Co. would dislike.

Keven

 

[maytagbear]

My carrot cake recipe

is already here, and in two or three threads, at that, so I won't post it this time. Just use the search function.

I might post my variation of Oatmeal Spice Cake later, if there are any requests for it. It's based on the standard one.

Oh, Keven, read yer flippin' email sometime.

Love and laughter,

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[panthera]

I did - nothin' there

Hey Lawrence, whatever you sent must have got eaten by my three-headed filter dog...send again?
Please?
Pretty please?
Huh?
ps: You can add the Oatmeal Spice Cake recipie on here! Yummy!

 

[maytagbear]

Sent!

And yes, I will post Oatmeal Spice Cake later today.

Stay tuned, Grills and Buoys!

L/Mb

 

[knitwits1975]

Hi neighbor. I would just like to say that it's best to just let the s++t roll. Now I'm actually one of the few straight males in this forum, but I can be your penpal and you can be my penpal. I certainly hope that you will not just avoid saying or asking anything, that doesn't mean we all will agree, but hey, this is America and you are entitled to it. Hell I have caught crap for simply stating that I like my Direct Drive Whirlpool washer. But the beauty is that they can go their way and I can go mine. As much as I enjoy my vintage appliances, they can be hard to find parts for. This would make wearing them out a very undesirable situation. Oh and by the way, I used to think I was crazy too for having this fascination. Then on June 28, 2005, I found this website and all of that changed. Well anyway, hope to hear again from you soon.

 

[maytagbear]

Oatmeal Spice Cake!

If using a KitchenAid, Kenwood, or other big mixer, use the flat beater. I have also made this with my KitchenAid portable mixer.

13x9, greased and floured
350F

Combine and let sit for 20 or so minutes:
1 cup Oatmeal(raw), Old Fashioned or quick, but not instant!
1 1/2 cups boiling water. I boil the water in my 4 cup Pyrex measure in the Radarange, and dump the oatmeal into that. Stir, set aside.

Cream together:
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed. I like dark brown sugar for this.

Cream it well. When using a stand mixer, I let it wail on it for a good 5-7 minutes.

Add:
2 "large" eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Also add the cooked, and slightly cooled, oatmeal.

Stir together these drys:

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, preferably freshly grated. I never measure, just grate until I've had enough

Stir the drys into the wets.

Mix on medium speed (KA 45, about speed 4) for three minutes.

Pour into prepared pan, bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until it looks good and smells better.

Toothpick test works.

There is an optional broiled topping with coconut, but I generally don't bother with it. A sprinkling of powdered sugar is a nice idea, if I feel it needs it.

Keeps nicely until eaten, if covered with foil or plastic wrap. (is usally gone within 2-3 days.)

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[sikiguya]

Sounds great!

That cake sounds great! I can't make it because my son is allergic to eggs (mostly whites but we stay away from it all).

Anyone have any good recipes for "eggless" eggs or cookies?

Thanks!

Heather

 

[mixfinder]

Oatmeal cake

In 1963, we "hit it rich!"
The DOT bought the property our house was on.
We got enough money to move the old house and put on an addition.
We also got running water and the first electric stove. I digress..(no one is surprised)

The local paper had a recipe column featuring a local cook each week. I was featured my senior year in high school. Another digression...

The winter we built/moved and moved out of the house to be moved etc. Mom cooked lunch every day, for the carpenters. We spent the winter in a neighbors migrant labor cabin and cooked on a wood stove. I would make the desserts every night after chores. I digress, yet again..

The recipe for the Oatmeal Cake was featured in Recipe Corner about the time construction began. We made it once and it was so popular with the crew they asked for it over and over through the winter.

The recipe we used had 1 cup raisins added at the point you pour the boiling water over the oats and the raisins would plump.

The frosting was:

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup cream
3 egg yolks or 2 whole eggs and 1 TBS flour
Cook over low/medium heat in a heavy saucepan, stirring constantly, (no one had heard of a whisk yet) until mixture thickens and boils. Remove from heat and add
2 cups coconut
1 cup walnuts
1 tsp vanilla
Spread on cake.

We baked it in a 9X13. We were poor and if we were out of raisins, so be it. There were times the frosting was just the cooked part with no (as the industry calls it) particulates. We had chickens and cows, so cream, butter and eggs were always in ample supply.

It was years before any of us good face Oatmeal Cake after that winter.

I made Oatmeal cake one time when the kids were little and Kati, who is 26, still asks for it for her birthday cake.

Oh crap, I just digressed!

Kelly

 

[mixfinder]

Lazy Daizy

I was showing this site to a friend this morning.
I wanted her to know where I have been the past week and where why butt looked so flat!
She said her family made Oatmeal Cake for years. She pulled up the original recipe, with the Broiled icing, cut from the back of a box of oatmeal. It was called Lazy Daizy Cake.
Kelly

 

[maytagbear]

I said!

that mine was just tweaks on the standard recipe. Did not even intend to pass it off as orginal with me, and if anyone thought I tried to do so, I am deeply sorry.

I'm not sure if I'd like it with raisins. I think they'd be an unwelcome distraction. I am one of those weirdies who do not like nuts in brownies, too.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[mixfinder]

Mercy Dear

I never meant in any way to intimate you had made an attempt at sycophancy.

I love the recipe and was supporting you in knowing it is a very good cake.

I have seen many incarnations and increments of the recipe you shared under many names.

Oatmeal cake came into my life at a very significant time and it has always held warm memories.

I was doing a consulting with Starbuck, on the pastry line they were going to add.

In 1993, they had determined, from focus group studies and national profiles, people 60 and older saw raisins, nuts and embellishments as symbols of excess/success.

45-60 Less sugar, some evidence of whole grain or healthy and god forbid, no raisins.

25 - 35 Very sweet, no whole grains, no raisns, nuts or predominant flavors like cinnamon. Mostly just sweet.

There are similar age sensitive studies related to scents and what makes people feel secure.

Mr. Bear, I love your tender heart and the way you so perfect nurture us all. If in any pushy way, loving to see my words in print, I was unthoughtful, please forgive me.

My hope is, someone here will make Oatmeal cake and it will become a memory. A memory connenected to Lawerence, the maytagbear.

Kelly

 

[Maytagmom]

CAKE!!!!!

Or maybe it's just that people over 60 think they see raisins and they think they are prunes...

Gotta bulk it up when ya get to the Depends-Age

LMAO
Sowwy...bad joke, and I am feeling it today...

*ducks & runs*

 

[mixfinder]

Mr Magoo

Oh cupcake! People over 60 see raisins, without their glasses on and think they are flies!

A busy colon is a happy colon.

Three old men in a nursing home.

First one says, "I get up in the morning and I stand there and I try to pee and I just can't."

Second man days, "I know what you mean, I get up in the morning, sit on the pot and I try to popp and nothing happens."

Third man says, "I pee like a race horse and poop like I mule! Then I wake up."

Kelly