Diablo - May 8

[Veronica]

Alright, I say Heather Farms it is then. Thom read a weather report that said showers would be coming in Sunday afternoon, so he suggested an early start to get us off the mountain before it rains. How is 9?

I'll miss you Jo - and Lee too of course.

Who else is coming? Right now I now I'm thinking Cindy and BF, Jenny and Jason, SK and Bubba, Kim (bring the Pilot!), T and me. But SK is good for bringing the hordes.

V.

[SadieKate]

Mother's Day has thinned out the troops. I think Andrew is coming so Kim can make fun of him but I haven't heard from him yet.

Still awaiting confirmation from Yellow and hubby. We may have to take a back seat to the spring snow.

[yellow]

Oh I am most definitely NOT skiing, I am riding (it's still winter up there in thar mountains, not spring. OK, well maybe it's almost spring, but it sure ain't t-shirt skiing weather).

SK, send me an email and let me know what time we need to be at your place! Maybe I'll be able to get hubby to bake a cake. Yellow or white or carrot or spice?

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[SadieKate]

We like this hubby! Fishes, rides and bakes! I want one! Oh yeah, I got one and he's keeper size too. When it comes to cake, I'm a carrot kinda gal but it isn't my b-day. Can I vote again in October?

We're leaving our house at 7:30 am in an attempt to be there on time and keep the clan from freezing while we get ready.

Reminder to self, be sure to check where North is on the map. It wasn't my fault!!!!!!!!

[Veronica]

Will there be frosting? I LIKE frosting.

V.

[yellow]

Will there be frosting? I LIKE frosting.

But of course. I like carrot too so I'll request that, with cream cheese frosting for youse guys and some other non-dairy alternative for me.

Kim & CindySue, you OK with carrot cake?

Hubby is the cook in the family. I do OK with spaghetti, though. And I can punch buttons on a microwave.

[SadieKate]

OK with carrot cake?

Jason may follow you home and move in.

[SadieKate]

But SK is good for bringing the hordes.

I'm going to tell Robb you called him a horde.

Just emailed you again. Swapped out the Word doc for a JPG. Maybe that'll work.

[Veronica]

Swapped out the Word doc for a JPG. Maybe that'll work.

Our e mail at work is being wonky. I sent some stuff to other teachers from my house last night and it still hasn't arrived.

I'll blame it on Outlook. Or maybe it's because we have like 5 tech people to cover the entire district of 21 schools.

V.

[aka_kim]

I love carrot cake, with rich creamy frosting.

Better start doing the rain dance, Yellow, it's all up to you.

[slinkedog]

Okay, I know I keep hijacking this thread, but I have to pipe in about carrot cake. The world's best carrot cake can be had at a local bakery (for all you South Bay women) called Icing on the Cake in Los Gatos. Blaine and I had it for our wedding cake and I have it every year for my birthday and we have it for our anniversary. We actually ate some on our first date. It's heavenly. If we ever all get together, I promise to bring some.

[cindysue]

I'm in and I love carrot cake. My BF - another "Andrew" loves all dessert and will be quite tickled to be so rewarded. It will be his first time up Diablo. In fact he has not been on a road bike in many many years with the exception of two weeks ago - we rode to Danville and back to get his feet wet again. You may recall we are riding to Santa Barbara this spring (June 13...). So this will be a good test ride, as there will be plenty of hills between here and SB.

[slinkedog]

Cindy... please post it in the recipes thread when you get a moment! I'm always looking for a good carrot cake recipe and have yet to find one I'm very happy with! I'm sure yours will be truly fabulous!

Your trip to SB sounds like SO MUCH fun! Are you guys going to camp or stay in motels or what? Where are you going to start from? Are you driving back or riding back?

[SadieKate]

It shouldn't amaze me any longer at how fast we can go from dicussing biking to eating.

[cindysue]

Carrot Cake - from "the Silver Palate"

3 cups flour
3 cups granulated sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tbl baking soda
1 tbl ground cinnamon
1 1/2 cups corn oil
4 large eggs - lightly beaten
1 tbl vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts
1 1/2 cups shredded coconut
1 1/3 cups prueed cooked carrots
3/4 cup drained crushed pineapple

1) Preheat oven to 350*. Grease two 9-inch layer cake pans lined with wax paper.
2) sift dry ingredients into a bowl. Add oil, eggs and vanilla. Beat well. Fold in walnuts, coconut, carrots, pineapple.
3) pour batter into prepared pans. Set on middle rack of the oven. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until edges have pulled away from sides and a cake tester inserted comes out clean.
4) Cool on a cake rack for 3 hours. Fill cake and frost sides with cream-cheese frosting. Dust w/ powdered sugar.

Frosting

8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
6 tbl sweet butter, room temperature
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
juice of 1/2 lemon (optional)

1) cream together cream cheese and butter in a mixing bowl
2) slowy sift in confectioners' sugar. Continue beating until fully incorporated. Mixture should be free of lumps.
Stir in vanilla and lemon juice