Good morning Lounge

[MissHoneychurch]

How was your weekend? Did you have a good time?
I visited DUer neweurope (who lives not too far from me) and we had a great time - as always. And as always I brought some cake with me.

Picture of the day (the cake I baked. It's called "Frankfurter Kranz" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurter_Kranz)

[Adsos Letter]

1. Good Morning MissHoneychurch...

that cake looks great! I'll have to take my diabetic meds just looking at it...

:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

2. Good morning adso

:hi:

The cake is heavy. Yummy but heavy, better not telling you what I put in :hide:

How are you doing?

[Adsos Letter]

3. I'm doing ok...

heading into the home stretch with Grad school, so I've been doing a LOT of reading...but one more semester and I should be done.

I haven't had any time for photography (too lazy, actually).

How are things with you?

[MissHoneychurch]

4. Things are fine

will be moving in a month. That ought to keep me busy this month ... besides Christmas :)

[Adsos Letter]

5. Where are you heading?

[MissHoneychurch]

6. I'll move within Frankfurt

I bought a condo.

[Adsos Letter]

7. Great!

Hope ya got a good deal.

I'm about to hit the hay...enjoy yer day! :D

[MissHoneychurch]

8. Sweet dreams

:)

I got a fantastic deal.

[Guava Jelly]

9. Yum

I want a piece :cry:
Good Morning MissH.:hi:
I had a non eventful weekend.
Now its back to work.
I hope you are having a nice afternoon

[MissHoneychurch]

10. Come on over

there is still enough left :D

[Callalily]

11. Good morning MissH!

That cake looks scrumptious. Good thing it's on another continent! :)

Had a great time the last couple of days. I'm glad that I was traveling back home Saturday versus Sunday. It's been snowing steadily since yesterday. My back yard looks beautiful.

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

[MissHoneychurch]

12. Here is the recipe

http://www.sheries-kitchen.com/recipes/german/frankfurter_kranz.htm :D

I am happy for you that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

It is cold here, but no snow :(

:loveya: :hug: :hi:

[Callalily]

13. Lots of wonderful

ingredients in that cake. A slice right now with a cup of coffee sure would make a good breakfast.

Temps about 28F here and still snowing, but only light snow. Guess winter has truly arrived.

Got to get myself motivated this morning. After being off of work for 5 days it's kinda hard. I should be getting ready for work. ;)

[MissHoneychurch]

14. It is tasty

but one piece and it is enough. That butter cream is heavy. Two pieces and you need a schnaps afterwards ... LOL

Have your coffee and then you should be somewhat more motivated ... or not :D

Temps are in the higher 30s here.

[GalleryGod]

15. Hi,there! D.H. is winging her way home to you!

and Thomas, of course!
We had a great time....the visit was way too short!
Good news on the Condo Deal!

[MissHoneychurch]

16. That is what she told me too

that you had a great time .... and I wasn't there :(
Too bad our meeting didn't work out in April. Oh well, another time.
Visits to the U.S. are always too short ...

[Inchworm]

17. G'morning

That looks yummmmmmy!! I'll leave proper cake building to the professionals :)

My weekend was good. The best thing that happened was I got internets fixed here at the house. I really never did figure out what the problem was, but we did a "work around" by adding another computer to the network lol.

:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

18. Good morning Inchworm

I am by far no professional when it comes to baking. But I seem to have a hand for it. It was my first try with butter cream and it worked amazingly :)

Computer are strange things. I never figure out when they work and when not. After I move next year I want to go from DSL to WLAN. It will be a change ... I am expecting problems ... LOL

:hi:

[blueraven95]

19. Good Afternoon, MissH!

that cake looks simply divine!!! Did it taste as good as it looks?



My long weekend was good - I don't think 4 days have ever flown by so fast! A good friend from college visited yesterday and asked me to be a bridesmaid. (actually she told me I was going to be one; I don't think I even had the option to say no!) I'm quite excited about it - particularly because she isn't the type to turn bridezilla! :woohoo:


:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

22. Good morning blueraven

congrats on being a bridesmade!! Will you catch the bouquet??? :D

The cake tasted delicious. It's just that you can't eat too much without getting sick. But yummy as hell :) I am so proud of myself that I got the buttercream done without mistakes or problems. First try turns out always to be the best. Just don't ask how my kitchen looked afterwards :rofl:

[blueraven95]

25. god I hope not

because chances of me being married next are slim-to-none - I'd have to find a guy I want to date first. :D


I'm definitely going to have to try that recipe. I love making buttercream icing - I find adding a touch of liqueur to it is wonderful!

[MissHoneychurch]

27. LOL

sounds like me ...

I added some rum to the batter. :)
Try it, it really tastes gorgeous.
Interesting enough the recipe calls for water in the cream, I used milk. Here is another recipe http://recipes.wikia.com/wiki/Frankfurter_Kranz_(Frankfurt_Crown_Cake) that sounds closer to how I did it.

[blueraven95]

29. weird, the link won't come up for me

:shrug:


Rum in the batter sounds delicious, though! I'll have to try it.

I think I'm going to make brownies tonight. I'll probably bring them into work tomorrow. I've been craving chocolate!

[MissHoneychurch]

30. Strange

Does this link work? It is actually a recipe with milk

http://www.germancookbooks.com/Frankfurt_Wreath_Recipe.htm

Hmmmm .... brownies .... I haven't baked them in a while. And I love them.

[blueraven95]

33. yep, that one came up.

looks wonderful. I'm going to have to find a time to make it myself. Maybe for New Years!


Sorry I'm taking so long to reply - it's a little hectic here at work.

[MissHoneychurch]

35. That is a perfect timing

I baked the dough the evening before. That way it can cool off entirely. And then do the buttercream the next day. And really make sure the pudding and the butter have the same temp.

No problem. I am busy here too.

[blueraven95]

39. I can't believe how much butter is in that cake

it is actually reminding me of a cake my mother makes (I don't remember what it is called) but instead of nuts it has caramelized sugar sprinkled on it.



I don't know why I'm so busy. Wednesday was practically dead, and I come in today with a huge pile of stuff to do. :shrug:

[MissHoneychurch]

40. Oh yes, a LOT of butter

and eggs.

hello calories :hi: Definitely not a cake when you are on diet :rofl:

Hmmm .... were people in Friday?

[blueraven95]

41. nope, they just all check their emails over the weekend

like crazy people! I can't figure out why.

It means a lot to do today, and no one wants to be busy the day after a holiday. It's just not right. :rofl:



on edit: how is AirmensMom doing? I know she was having a rough day last Wed, but I haven't seen her since.

[MissHoneychurch]

42. May I ask

what your job is?

AM is doing OK, she is busy at home. And got a cold over the weekend.

[blueraven95]

43. I am an administrative person

in a really cool department in a rather prestigious university. (Don't want to give out too much information). But it is a geek's dream department. :D

So basically, while all these really cool things are being invented around me, I do the purchasing and reimbursements, and schedule meetings and travel, and layout reports, etc, etc, etc. I actually really like it, but there are always a ton of little things that need doing, so it gets a little hectic. (But it is still nowhere near as stressful as my last job, which was a casting associate - as in for tv, film, commericals. As much as I loved the real work, there was a lot of other stuff involved which made it a nightmare.)

P.S. I'm glad she's feeling better! If you talk to her, send her this from me :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

44. Thanks

sounds like an interesting job.

I will let her know.

[blueraven95]

45. it has it's ups and downs.

but mostly I like it. You work at a library, right?

[MissHoneychurch]

46. Yes, I'm a librarian

less hectic but we have our days too :)

I love it at my current position. If I don't totally screw up I will stay here till I retire. At least I think so at the moment. Who knows what the future has in store for me. But I plan on staying here. With buying that condo et al.

[blueraven95]

47. I've always thought being a librarian would be cool

My sister works for one of the local library systems. She's in the marketing department, and she loves it.

[MissHoneychurch]

48. It is really fun

if you enjoy working with books and also enjoy working with people. I learn something new daily. I worked in a library as pupil during the school holidays and when I started my studies after the first internship I know I picked the perfect job for me. Funnily my brother is a book seller.

[blueraven95]

49. I think any job that gives you real opportunities to learn

is a good job. So many don't.


Now that I think about it, my other sister also works in her college's library. I think she reshelves books.

[Crazy Dave]

20. Good morning MHC

Did you drop it :rofl:

[MissHoneychurch]

23. Morning Dave

ever had Frankfurter Kranz?

And no, I didn't drop it. Was extra careful not to :rofl:

[Crazy Dave]

26. I know, I know....

I was kidding.

I never had a "Frankfurter Kranz" even though our landlord's boyfriend was a baker.

[MissHoneychurch]

28. How long did you live here?

:spank:

You missed out on something :D

[malta blue]

21. want!

Wow MissH. - that cake looks amazing :9

We had a nice weekend - turkey soup party, I got lost yesterday picking little MB up from a sleepover, and am back at work today.

:hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

24. Thank you

:hug:

I bet your turkey soup was yummy too.

Did little MB enjoy her sleepover?

And you DID find it in the end :)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

31. That looks delicious! Good Morning, MissHc

I saw a Momma bear and her 2 cubs running through the woods on Thanksgiving Day! That was the highlight. I got home Saturday and woke up yesterday to the phone ringing, begging me to come into work x( They called 3 times!! I quit answering the phone. They call from their cell phones so Caller ID does not tell that it is work calling. Ugh!

:hug: :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

32. Good morning Tuesday

:hi:

Wow, that is amazing. Too bad you couldn't take a pic.

Is there nobody else who can cover for their asses? You were off!!!

:hug: :loveya: :hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

34. I couldn't get my crappy old cell phone camera out fast enough.

We wondered why all these cars had pulled over to the side of the road. We drove slowly past and I looked down the ravine into the woods and saw them. By the time we had turned around and pulled off the road they were tromping away into the deep woods.
:wow: :loveya: :wow:

As for work, I guess they had a lot of people call out. x( :shrug:

edited to fix typos;)

[MissHoneychurch]

36. Sounds almost like the time in August when we saw an elk

we were driving the small road towards our cabin and I was sitting in the back, looking into the woods. Suddenly I screamed "Stop!! drive back!!! There was an elk!!" LOL

[Tuesday Afternoon]

37. good shot --

you have that really nice Cannon, right? :)

[MissHoneychurch]

38. Yup

and a big fat zoom 70-300mm :D