So, I got to thinking about the word "excuse". See, right there? You weren't sure if I meant "excuse" as in "I have a really good excuse for not writing on my blog this week." or "excuse" as in "excuse our dust, we're renovating". Now it doesn't even look like a real word at all, does it?
Anyway... please excuse the interruption in this blog. I do have a good excuse. You know all the house shuffling? Yeah, my PC ended up a casualty of relocation. It's okay, though, because all you would've heard about on here was how I didn't get as much done each day as I would've liked to, but we continue to chip away at projects.
Speaking of chips, I found a recipe in "The Great Book of Chocolate" while I was standing at the kitchen computer updating my iPhone -- they're called Black Bottom Cupcakes, but that name doesn't really make them sound too awesome. Instead, I'll rename them:
Dark Chocolate Cupcakes filled with Chocolate Chip Cheesecake
You heard me.
Filling:
8oz Cream Cheese (Room temp)
1/3 cup sugar
1 large egg
2 oz semisweet or bittersweet chocolate coarsely chopped
Cupcakes:
1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour
1 cup packed light brown sugar
5T natural unsweetened cocoa powder (not dutch-process)
1t baking soda
1/4t salt
1 cup water
1/3 cup veg oil
1T white or cider vinegar
1t vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350. Line muffin tins with paper (this recipe makes 12).
Make filling: beat everything except chips till smooth, stir in chips.
Make cupcake batter: sift together [flour, brown sugar, cocoa, baking soda, salt], mix together [water, oil, vinegar, vanilla]. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and stir in the wet ingredients, stirring until just smooth (then stop).
Divide batter between muffin cups, Spoon a few tablespoons of filling into the center of each cupcake, dividing evenly. (Cups will be almost full, and that's OK)
Bake 25 mins or until the tops are a little golden and springy.
Good for 2-3 days unrefrigerated.
These will be made this week. Pictures forthcoming.
As long as we're playing games with words and their pronunciation, I thought I'd drag out this old saw: The English pronunciation of the word spelled "ghoti" is the same as the more conventional looking word "fish". You know, the little gold things that swim peacefully in bowls throughout the world. The rationale for "ghoti" being "fish" is this: 'gh' as in 'enough', 'o' as in 'women', and 'ti' as in 'nation' and many other words. So if you insist that excuse looks like it should be pronounced with an 's' and can't tolerate it sounding like a 'z', I think you are just 'ghotiing' for trouble.
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