#and cake!

[darkpoisonouslove]

🎉🎇🥳 Happy New Year! 🥳🎆🎊

[xxdunce-demonxx]

Hor hor hor hor hor

[fiendishpal]

Fiend what’s your comfort food?

mmmmm anything with chocolate, i'd say

[bgharison]

Cracktastic Coffee Catastrophe

Happy Birthday, @ariestaurus21​  

Your gift, as per my usual habit, isn’t finished, but since it’s your birthday, it’s only fair that I let you have a peek . . . 

“We can explain,” Steve said.  He folded his arms across his chest.  That usually made him look more authoritative.  

Kono’s eyes lit up.

Maybe it worked better when he had a shirt on.

Danny was no help at all.  He had his hands clasped behind his back, looking up at Steve expectantly.  He looked amused, but not concerned in the least.  And not remotely authoritative, standing there in his boxers, with the rookie giving him the same slow once-over she’d just given Steve.

Kono’s lips curved up in a grin.

They heard Chin before he appeared.

“Okay, the equipment is set u--”

To Chin’s credit, his eyebrows only went up about half-way to his hairline.

“They can explain,” Kono said, drawling it out and somehow making the word sound very, very naughty.

“I think I’d rather they didn’t,” Chin said.  Steve thought, in passing, that Chin was a credit to the team.  A consummate professional.  Unflappable even in extraordinary circumstances.  

Like these.

“See, there was coffee, and . . .” Steve gestured first to himself, then Danny.  “And then there was -- we both -- and the bed --”

“Yes, just the one,” Kono said, helpfully gesturing between the one bed, completely destroyed, and the other, perfectly made.  With hospital corners, and everything.

Danny still wasn’t helping.  He was just standing there, enjoying Steve’s discomfort.  Or Kono’s unabashedly admiring glances.  Or both.

Bastard, Steve thought.  Probably both.

Chin nudged Kono’s shoulder toward the hallway.  She simply planted her feet more firmly and favored Steve with a full-blown, no holds barred smile.  He was glad he’d snagged her for Five-O before some agency had decided to make her a toothpaste model.  Or maybe she did that, on the side, for all he knew.  

Chin slipped two fingers through one of Kono’s belt loops, and yanked.

“Cuz, come help me set up the surveillance van,” he said.  “Commander.  Detective.  Let us know when you’re, ah, ready.  And dressed.  Please.”

He didn’t attempt to close the door behind him, so it was open enough for them to hear the fading conversation -- an indiscernible murmur from Chin, followed by Kono’s loud protest.

“Come on, you can’t blame a girl, they’re both delicious . . . hey, did you notice the room smelled like coffee?  Like, really a lot . . . like, you think that’s a thing or . . . ”

[paladinsagainstshaladins]

Gender Reveal Parties Aren't Evil And Y'all Need To Get A Grip On Reality

[serpensthesia]

As a (belated) birthday gift for the ever-amazing @o0o-chibaken-o0o, here are some Ron Weasley cupcakes inspired by (probably) the first time that she and I ever actually talked! Chibi, keep breaking all the rules and generally being fucking awesome!

I make a lot of cupcakes, and I've definitely done lots of cupcakes that lean savory but I was really worried that I was going to fuck these up for some reason? But these were super easy to make (probably because there's no icing) and packed with lots of fun flavors which is honestly so Ron - unconcerned with looking fashionable but full of the best kind of goodness on the inside. Also stuffed with just... lots of food.

These are a tomato-based muffin and they have carrots (because @h-holy was also totally right that these needed carrots), green onions (because I definitely thought chives were the same as green onions, and they are definitely a different thing... but they are often used interchangeably ¯\_(ツ)_/¯), goat cheese, more tomato and pancetta (which is just fancy bacon mostly). I used King Arthur Flour's basic muffin recipe as a sort of starting point.

I was worried that these flavors might not all work together, and even more concerned that I would hate them because I hate tomatoes, but they were actually delicious - not tomato-y enough to be off-putting to someone like me, only very subtly sweet, a good balance of flavor and the pancetta adds the perfect amount of salt (which is why there is no other salt in the recipe).

Ron Weasley muffins (or What Happens When You Raid the Hogwarts Kitchens Muffins) (makes ~12 muffins)

280 g flour 2 1/2 tsp powder 1/2 tsp soda pinch black pepper 42g (3 tbsp) butter 38 g (3 tbsp) sugar 1 fl oz (2 tbsp) olive oil 1 1/2 tbsp tomato paste 2 eggs 6 fl oz milk 2 fl oz sour cream 70 g shredded carrot 60 g chopped cherry tomatoes 20 g (2 tbsp) chopped green onion 1 tbsp chopped and sautéed green onion 50 g goat cheese 20 g crispy pancetta

Preheat oven to 400.

Prepare all the ingredients you'll mix in first.

Cook the pancetta so it's nice and crispy - I bought thinly sliced pancetta because it's all I could find, but I'm sure you could also buy a thicker piece and cube it. I saved some of pancetta pieces to put a larger slice on top of the muffin while it baked, and rough chopped the remaining pieces.

Grate your carrot. I bought smaller organic carrots because I wanted carrots with the stems (for the aesthetic), but 70 g is probs the equivalent of one large carrot?

Chop your tomatoes; I used cherry tomatoes that were pretty fall colors (also because HGD likes cherry tomatoes), but I imagine you could probably use any kind of tomato you like... just remember you’re still a monster because tomatoes are gross. I also thinly sliced some of them to place on top of muffins while they baked.

Slice your green onions - I did 20 g of the green part of the onion, and then chopped some of the white end and sauted it in the pancetta fat until browned and semi-translucent.

Whisk together the flour, powder, soda and pepper.

Cream together the butter and sugar. Once combined, add the olive oil and tomato paste, beating until combined. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating until well combined. Add the milk.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until nearly combined.

Fold in carrots, tomatoes, green onions, goat cheese, pancetta and sour cream. Mix until just combined.

Bake for 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick comes out covered with only a few crumbs.

[pandoraspocksao3]

A belated birthday shoutout to my friend, CORA RILEY!!!!

Thank you for being my friend, teaching me about Tumblr, making me laugh, and just being you!!! You are so special and an amazing woman! 

Wishing you so much joy and happiness, this year and always!!! 

Hugs and love,

Pandora

 @corariley