Day 3

Yep. I’m really vested now, in this no Facebook posting for 30 days. I’ve made it 2 full days and entering day 3. Hence, Day 3.

What’s going on since Day 1? Well, for starters, I baked 2 batches of sourdough bread yesterday, plus, a sourdough chocolate cake. Can I tell you something, just between you and me? Because, let’s face it, blogging isn’t what it used to be and to be really honest, it’s probably just me and me.

Anyway, the sourdough chocolate cake, is fantastic. Almost, “how did I ever live without it?” fantastic. But, let’s get something straight here. Just because it’s sourdough, doesn’t make cake a health food. I want to believe that it’s easier to digest, however, at least the flour portion of it. I used my discard (which is a misnomer because I never discard my sourdough discard…I don’t have to) but to make it clear to sourdough lovers, I used my all purpose sourdough (almost 2 years old now) and my whole grain einka sourdough, which is not quite mature enough to fully leaven a loaf. Perfect use of immature starter.

You’ll find the recipe I used on the King Arthur website. Use your little googling fingers for that. I didn’t add espresso powder, because I didn’t have any. And, I skipped the frosting altogether. For years, when I made cake for my boys, I threw a few dark chocolate chips on top, before putting in the oven to bake. You get a little bit of gooey melted chocolate in each bite without frosting. Maybe that’s why none of my boys are really frosting fans.

I did make a simple glaze with powdered sugar and cold brew coffee with a splash of cream, for my son and hubs. And, if I calculate correctly, that still made it a reasonable treat for our quarantine days, at less than 300 calories per piece. Some of us, ahem, didn’t stop at one piece.

Besides, baking, yesterday was also cleaning day and my lovely friend, who cleans for me out here in the sticks, once every 6 weeks or so, came out and spiffed up my house from top to bottom!

I don’t care who you are, sourdough cake plus a clean house in one day. That’s a good day, even if the temperature is plummeting and snow is in the forecast.

Keeping a good attitude, because the forecast is only up from here!

Your friend,
Anne Dovel

(why not post a picture right here? Because, I already posted it on Instagram, and in a few ways, I can be really lazy, like figuring out how to post pictures on my blog, kind of lazy. I did see right away how to link, so let’s do that!)