Vera is a postdoc in our lab. She was in the lab when I got there, left for a bit, and then came back. She is friendly and helpful and informed and very nice. I very much appreciate all the time and effort she has spent on helping me get through grad school (truly, it's been a group effort).
Her birthday is tomorrow, Tuesday, June 8. But I made cake Sunday to bring in on Monday. I decided to try one of the more cake-like Amish friendship bread recipes, though wanted one that didn't use pudding. I found one that looked like it worked up to being basically spice cake and decided I'd try it.
After feeding Pablo, I used 1 cup of starter to mix up the batter. Knowing how sweet the bread turned out without adding any extra sugar, I cut the amount of sugar in the cake recipe in half, since I know my lab people prefer not-too-sweet things.
The batter was still pretty sweet; we'll see how it turns out. I also maybe should have made a little more for two 9" cake pans (the recipe says it makes two loaves), but they'll just be small layers.
They baked up fine and turned out of the pans well.
They smelled really good as they sat there and cooled. I decided to "frost" the cake with lemon curd. I've been doing this a lot, lately, for cakes I take to my lab, as it's much preferred over the sweeter, more conventional frosting.
They're a little leany, but they'll eat just as well. Here's hoping it's good!
And, Pablo got a new home out of the deal.
Happy birthday, Vera! We love having you in the lab!
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