late night cake time

[threeplusfire]

Late Nite Cake, by @sadpear, originally uploaded by colmmcsky.

Summer baking is best done at night. One of my weird rare pleasures is staying up until a ridiculous hour, baking a cake or a pie. This is a cinnamon cake, layered with cinnamon buttercream frosting and pecan pieces. I'm sending it to work with Mike since his interns for the summer will be leaving soon. I think NI should give me a small stipend as a recruiter.

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[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

That looks fabulous.

Late night baking is a lot of fun. Now I live in a shared house I don't do it too much because it bothers people (my place is a lot smaller than yours!). Last time I remember midnight baking was a yearish ago, before my interview for this job, and I couldn't settle down to read or sleep, so I baked lemon biscuits. They were delicious. And I got the job!

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Thanks! our house is actually pretty small but I can see how housemates might be an impediment tot he siren call of the kitchen in the middle of the night.

Midnight baking is lucky!

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

NOM! I could use a slice right about now. :D

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Cake for everyone! I can try to put it in the internet tubes to mail to you... :P

[kuoirad.livejournal.com]

Looks (and sounds) damn tasty.

Are they plain pecan pieces? The only suggestion I would perhaps offer would be to use Austinuts' cinnamon pecans if they wouldn't be taking the cake overboard...

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Thanks! The pecans here are plain. I thought about candying them, but since the cake is already cinnamon and the frosting too, I thought plain might serve to balance out the sweetness. I think if I made it with a basic frosting without the added flavor, cinnamon pecans would be a good choice. Or perhaps on a chocolate cake!

[freznor.livejournal.com]

The plain pecans did, indeed, balance things nicely. Their size and density made it really tricky to cut a small piece, though. Oh, darn.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that is a pickle. I might go for crushed pecans next time, with some bonus halves for decoration about the edge or something.

[freznor.livejournal.com]

A cake that allows only large pieces... That's not a bug, it's a feature!

[cymry.livejournal.com]

this looks delicious. I miss midnight baking.

[tinywarrior.livejournal.com]

Ok, this is the cake I want when we come visiting with your mountain laurel!! It makes me want to eat it NOW!!!!