Sunday is a day of worship, traditionally.
What will you be worshipping today?

Alt: What's the best icing for chocolate cake.?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:00, 111 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

I will be worshipping at the altar of tea
Alt: Chocolate naturally. If you're going to do chocolate cake, go all out
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:02, Reply)

Tea is good *slurps tea*
I was hoping for more in depth suggestions on the icing. I have cocoa powder and icing sugar and I could just mix the 2 with some water, but I thought there might be a better way. I have a good cake recipe but no idea how best to ice it.

Edit: I should add I'm going shopping before I bake so I'm not limited to these ingrediments.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:05, Reply)

I'm afraid you're chatting to the wrong person
in terms of any sort of cooking or bakery advice. Google on the other hand will be more helpful
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:14, Reply)

more help but less fun.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:22, Reply)

I think you'll get more porn from google
and more violence from Amberl
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:23, Reply)

You are correct
*smashes cake*
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:34, Reply)

You know there's decent money to be made harnessing your tallents?
All you need is an SIA badge.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:38, Reply)

I might as well become a bodyguard
for all the use my degree is giving
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:44, Reply)

And, being a woman, you'd not be short of work
Female door staff are rare and thus in demand.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:47, Reply)

Forget the doorstaff
personal bodyguarding is where it's at.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:48, Reply)

Takes a higher level of training
and involves more danger, but, I assume, it pays better.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:54, Reply)

I think we can agree
that outside of internet lies I possess none of the skills for either professional bodyguarding or doorstaff.

An article I saw a few years back was pretty interesting though. I'll see if it's online

Edit: Yup here it is www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3166760/Women-in-black-Growing-demand-for-female-bodyguards-in-Britain.html
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:59, Reply)

Shhh!
Don't go destroying your rep.

I know the basics from dating a bouncer, who, contratry to rumour was female.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:01, Reply)

unfortunately
this is reminding me of that youtube clip of the woman farting on a cake
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:49, Reply)

If you had chocolate and cream, you could melt the chocolate over a bain marie (sp?) and then when the chocolate is all melted through, add in the cream and stir it until it's all combined in a glossy sauce that's YUM on cakes.

(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:20, Reply)

I shall be worshipping at the altar
of my computer. I have a whole lot of stuff to do for work, when what I really want to do is drink tea, go out in the sunshine, sort my car out, make the house ming less. Anything but write these fucking schemes of work.

alt: I want cake, can't have cake. Shut up
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:21, Reply)

Why can't you have cake?

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:38, Reply)

Because she's too crap and lazy to make any.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:39, Reply)

also this

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:40, Reply)

you're not suppose to agree
you're suppose to be galvanised to prove me wrong.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:43, Reply)

If I go out and buy cake
1. I will not get the work done I have to get done (I'll end up making it a distraction technique)
2. I need to eat less bad things. If I get cake, I will get much cake and eat it all
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:40, Reply)

The second one is something I can sadly agree with

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:42, Reply)

It's going to be lovely cake.
I could post you a slice.....

Now get off here and back to work.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:38, Reply)

I'm switching between windows
I'm on week 9 (of 30-something)
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:41, Reply)

30 weeks of what?
I could gaz you the recipe, it's very simple.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:42, Reply)

writing the scheme of work
basically what the classes do each week. I kind of have it in rough, but I need to write it up properly. I have 2 to do today, plus a bunch of stuff for some other important thing

I can make cake. I shall not make cake
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:45, Reply)

should you not have planned all this in advance like?
/is glad he didn't decide to be a teacher.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:46, Reply)

yeah, it's planned
but they insist on things written in certain styles, ie exact aims and objectives, teaching methods, etc. Then you're meant to put in codes for all the key skills it covers (although screw that, I can do that at half term).
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:48, Reply)

I could never match this level of dedication.
I like leaving my work behind at the end of the day.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:53, Reply)

sometimes I wish I could
but to be honest, I'd be bored with something much less intense
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:55, Reply)

Well, yes, you're a hyperactive bugger
I can see how you need to be kept busy to avoid getting into evil plans for world domination.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:03, Reply)

meh
I'm lazy really, I just get bored if I don't have a purpose

that sounds pretentious, I don't mean it like that
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:11, Reply)

You seemed like a ball of energy the one time I met you in person
but it's maybe not fair to judge based on that.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:13, Reply)

a lazy ball of intermitent energy

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:17, Reply)

Awww, poor Caves
WHy you gots to be so negative moriarty?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:19, Reply)

I'm not that negative today
it's just that I have too much to do, which I blame myself for (I could have done at least some of this yesterday) and it's nice and sunny outside.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:21, Reply)

it is, isn't it.
I wish I were fit to ride. *sadface*

*buggers off to the shops*
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:26, Reply)

She could make cake in a mug

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:48, Reply)

Cream cheese mixed with melted chocolate and icing sugar and something boozy.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:41, Reply)

won't it taste cheasy? other wise I like this.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:44, Reply)

Nah', it'll add a slight sharpness to it which gets balanced out by the icing sugar and the chocolate will leave the main and after tastes of of chocolate that coat your mouth.
Think of a cheesecake.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:49, Reply)

yes,see your point.
but while I like cheesecake, never liked chocolate cheese cake, might just go with chocolate, cream and brandy.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:52, Reply)

Cool, a carmel layer between the ginash and cake works well too.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:59, Reply)

Hmm, caramel,...
Sugar and water and what? cream? I also need to find a simple toffee recipe.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:04, Reply)

Just sugar and water, you have to watch it 'cus it'll take 5-10 minutes to start and then 30 seconds to go from carmel to treckle.
The cream turns it into butterscotch.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:11, Reply)

I shall be worshipping my mind
Because circa 7am I was certain I'd lost it for good.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:52, Reply)

Hello lovelies.
I have walked the dogs, taken my mum to work, had a lovely brekkie of scrambled eggs and a cup of tea.

I also had a vivid dream that when I woke up my new tattoo had faded away. It was very disconcerting.
( girlinthehole, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:55, Reply)

oh! I dreamt something like this
not long after I got mine. I my dream I was gutted
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:58, Reply)

As soon as I really woke up this morning I checked my arm to make sure.

( girlinthehole, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:59, Reply)

I worship my body. Hence my feeding it lot's of the blood of Christ last night.

( girlinthehole, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:00, Reply)

Morning chuck.
It looks like I might be doing some cooking today. So far I have plans for making:

Humous
Falafel
Curry sauce
chocolate cake
Toffee

all from scratch and all not dopne before, or not in many many years (cake)
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:06, Reply)

WoW! you must be on the mend.
I have been making plans for what to feed everyone with when you visit : )
( girlinthehole, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:08, Reply)

Some.
still not the energy to go for a ride in the lovely sun, but want to do some stuff so a day in the kitchen sounds good, until I get distracted.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:10, Reply)

Good idea. Take things slowly and build up your energy levels.
I'm off to do some ironing and hoovering and maybe have a nap later.
( girlinthehole, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:12, Reply)

This makes me want falafel quite badly

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:15, Reply)

apparently it's very easy to make...

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:20, Reply)

Points to the lack of cooking ability

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:28, Reply)

I bought some packet falafel mix the other day
not made it yet, but it doesn't look too hard
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:36, Reply)

I didn't know you could get packet falafel
I will keep my eyes open
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:37, Reply)

I found that and packet nutroast
I think it might be the thing that saves my nutritional life
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:42, Reply)

sounds good.
I want nut roast now, oh well, too late, done my shop and now skint
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 13:43, Reply)

i just went to the shops
to get delicious super noodles. Sunday really is a day to go all out on the cooking
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:53, Reply)

It's only really mashed chick peas and some flavouring
not hard at all.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 13:38, Reply)

The recipes look quite difficult online
and I have no deep fat fryer
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:56, Reply)

I did this one
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2589/spicy-falafels

only needed a bowl a potato masher and a frying pan
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:59, Reply)

My Ma' sometimes makes it all the time... I mean, she hasn't made it in a little while, but she's made it countless times.
We used to eat it a lot in cyprus.

I have no idea how she did it, I think it's just chickpea flower, water that has been deep fried.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:41, Reply)

mashed up chickpeas and onions
garlic herbs ans spices, fried up, easy an tasty. nom.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:53, Reply)

If my head doesn't clear soon, I'll be worshipping at the temple of Armitage Shanks :-(

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:05, Reply)

this is funnier to me
as my friend played a pirate captain called Armitage Shanks in LARP. He renamed toilets 'Shanks holes'
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:10, Reply)

Hahahaha.
My mate's just got back in. At six this morning he decided he was nuts and walked to the hospital. Great days.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:41, Reply)

what kind of nuts?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:42, Reply)

Apparently he went to me "Liam, please tell me I'm not going mad"
And the sound that came out of my mouth when I replied was like a trombone. At that point he went "that's it, I'm bonkers" and left. The latest batch of ket knocking about is crackers and Barry will have no more involvement in it. First time I've done it for months too.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:46, Reply)

hahahahaha

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:55, Reply)

This made me laugh to an unhealthy extent

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:57, Reply)

Drugs: hilarious from the outside

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:58, Reply)

chocolate icing is traditional on chocolate cake
do not make it with cocoa as it will be vile. depending on your method, you need dark chocolate and icing sugar plus butter or double cream.
(berk, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:43, Reply)

I'm going for melted choc and cream and a bit of brandy
maybe a little butter, i shall busk it.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 13:40, Reply)

I don't know why, but for some reason I really fancy a slice of cake.
Chocolate cake.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:47, Reply)

I want falafel
a quick google tells me there is a place on cotham rd
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:49, Reply)

Would that be the Falafel King?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:55, Reply)

Yes indeed
I'm not often round that part of Bristol though.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:57, Reply)

If I were you, I'd check to see if they are open before getting yourself down there.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 12:58, Reply)

They are, had a google
might consider it
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 13:08, Reply)

You could always go to Tiffins instead. The food there is lovely.
www.yelp.co.uk/biz/tiffins-bristol
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 13:11, Reply)

there's a Falafel king in Camden
they deserve the name, have the garlic sauce nom nom nom
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 13:41, Reply)

I have never been to a falafel place
Perhaps I shall when next I am in the big city
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 13:42, Reply)

I'm sure you'd be able to find a falafel in Swansea if you looked hard enough.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 13:44, Reply)

Cavey does look dead hard.
it's the battle axe that does it.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 13:46, Reply)

nope, don't think so

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 13:47, Reply)

There is one in Cardiff - which doesn't help at all does it.
You could open one yourself. Knowing how much you like cooking it is sure to be a rip roaring success.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 13:52, Reply)

I can only speak for falafel king in camden
and I'll admit to rarely being sober when eating there, but I love their falafel wraps with garlic sauce.

Bugger, meant to buy wraps, grrr.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 13:46, Reply)

I have wraps!
bring falafel
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 13:48, Reply)

I am not bringing them all the way to Wales.
I shall scoff them all
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 13:49, Reply)

curses!

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:01, Reply)

Chris Brunt
Come on you Baggies!
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 13:22, Reply)

I hope you're at the game and posting from your phone.
It doesn't get much bigger than this Lighty.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 13:23, Reply)

Of course I am! Not even a double hangover could keep me away
*looks shifty*
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:10, Reply)

'Twas my bed this morning... epic lie-in. Not had one of those in ages.
And later, the shiny white altar of the washing machine.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:02, Reply)

I'm having quite a ridiculous time of it at the moment.
I feel like a supporting cast member in an episode of Barryoaks.

The ex is giving me grief, I've got a crush on somebody else's girlfriend and the girl that is interested in me doesn't have any distance to her because she's a) although hot, not otherwise interesting and b) being a 28 year old Hindu, she's under considerable pressure to marry somebody culturally suitable.

All I need to complete the plotline is to get into a physical confrontation with a squadron of rugger buggers.

Just two months ago, everything was so much more straightforward.
( Kroney, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:06, Reply)

Fucking hell, that's rough.
Go for the Hindu, I'd say. It's her own choice as to whether she's with you or not. You shouldn't let her family weigh on your decisions.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:09, Reply)

Like I said, she's not all that interesting.
I was just thinking about all the stuff that's happened in the last few weeks and it's struck me as almost soap operatic.
( Kroney, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:13, Reply)

Shag's a shag mate.

(The Luggage is haunted..., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:39, Reply)

So you fancy a mates bird?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:14, Reply)

Schoolboy errors, Jeff.
I have them.
( Kroney, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:15, Reply)

Mates birds are a lot like Chinese food.
You like what you've got, but you always fancy trying something that someone else has on their plate.

It's perfectly normal.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:30, Reply)

The mistake is made
when you lean over to grab it without asking
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:55, Reply)

but duck pancakes are delicious
/misses the point
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:56, Reply)

Quite.
Imagine dipping your prawn cracker in someone elses wonton and them catching you.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:58, Reply)

And the next thing you know,
she's got an handful of somebody else's pork balls

Hang on, was that a little crass?
( Kroney, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 15:11, Reply)

i like this

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 15:27, Reply)

The internet
alt q: more chocolate
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:14, Reply)