#rumcake

Side characters of FOE: Uncertain Ties, all non-Stable 36!

Pinebuck - 30 year old mayor/sheriff of Hoofsten, friendly and moral, sister of Rumcake 

Legion - 37 year old gun store owner, former merc, distant, gruff, boyfriend of Primrose 

Rumcake - 33 year old tavern owner, social charmer and money minded, sister of Pinebuck 

Primrose - 40 year old apparel store owner, flamboyant, charming and generous, boyfriend of Legion 

DJ "Axel Rod" - 28 year old DJ of "Raven Radio", creative, tells it as it is, loud 

Rumcake Valentine’s Day 💙

Attempted rum cake with Kelly and Deborah this weekend after our Detroit excursion!!! I’m so happy they were able to come :) we engorged ourselves on Shake Shack, had delicious black tea/flan/milk cap drinks at Tou & Mai accompanied by a halo halo concoction, had late night arancini and thin, wood-fired pizza that just super hit the spot, discovered a cute brunch place called Fowl & Fodder in Sylvania, OH that served up interesting juices (fizzy tumeric tonic for deborah and I tried this activated charcoal sparkling lemonade that was very light and refreshing). And, last but not last, we baked rum cake!

Recipe found here: http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/almost-tortuga-rum-cake-108524

The only adjustments we made were omitting nuts and using only half of the glaze because the other half dried up (T-T) before we could let it all soak in (also the glaze made more of a crusty outer crunch rather than getting into the cake so I’m not all sure the glaze is that necessary...) 

Cake is definitely moist (thanks to pudding mix I’m guessing), it surprisingly held its shape up in the bundt pan though it was a little difficult getting it to to come out, and we cooked it a little more than the recipe suggested (more like an hour and 10min rather than 55) ... overall though delicious cake, and the only future adjustment I’d make is to put more rum in the batter. I felt a light rum flavor that progressively became more lost with each subsequent bite, and that’s kinda missing the point of rum cake :/ will try less sugar, upping the rum to about 1 cup instead of 1/2 cup, and making less of the glaze next time and see how it goes!!

My wife is trying to start up a bakery which would specialize in alcohol-infused pastries (up to 5% alcohol by volume) in a smaller college town. Of course she’ll also offer more traditional cakes, pastries and pies too, but she thinks alcoholic products will make her really stand out.

She’s had a hard time getting start-up funding from banks and decided to try crowdfunding. https://www.gofundme.com/green-fairy-pastries

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