Aug 2 - another annoyingly hot day. Ran the AC and crocheted in the living room for a while to get out of the heat upstairs. Made toad-in-the-hole and some steamed veg for supper.
Aug 3 - my birthday! Ran the AC while I baked myself a cake, so i wouldn't also bake. We had both apricot jam and chocolate on hand, so I decided to go with making something vaguely inspired by sachertorte:
Three thin 6" wide layers of dark chocolate brownie, moistened with some orange juice since the layers dried out a bit too much in cooking (I should have checked them earlier than I did; their small size meant they cooked very quickly), then stacked with apricot jam between the layers and drizzled with semi-sweet chocolate ganache. Very delicious.
Have ordered myself several small presents over the last couple of weeks, only a few of which have arrived so far; a yarn swift and winder, some fancy hand-dyed yarn. I'll likely be posting about the larger purchases once they show up.
Was thinking of making a batch of pizzas for my birthday, but by the time the cake was baking my get up and go was going, so I decided to make those tomorrow or the next day instead, and did a nice simple chili from the freezer with rice, and have left the dishes for tomorrow. Except for most of the things from cake-making, which I already cleaned up.
