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Yesterday, we celebrated Ula's 19th birthday with a garden party. Her real birthday isn't until this coming Tuesday, but we wanted to have her party while DH was home for the weekend ( yesterday was the only full day at home he was going to have for 2 weeks, since next weekend is a public open house at the archeology field school, so he won't be able to come home). I built a small table out of bamboo in the morning and then spent all day cooking.
Ula wanted a Chocolate-Orange cake and she is allergic to eggs, so here is what I came up with ( it turned out very good! ).
Chocolate-Orange Cake
3 Cups unbleached white flour
2 Cups sugar
2/3 cup dark cocoa powder
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking soda
3/4 Cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 Cups orange juice
3 Cups unbleached white flour
2 Cups sugar
2/3 cup dark cocoa powder
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking soda
3/4 Cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 Cups orange juice
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all the dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl. Then add the liquids and blend well. split the batter between 2 round, greased and floured cake pans. Bake for 35-45 minutes.
For once I was not behind to the camera, since Nika likes playing with my camera and took this picture of me.
We ended up with tomato stars, stuffed mushrooms, banana bread, pesto rolls, Chex mix, cucumber finger sandwiches, garlic potato puffs, strawberry lemonade, and the cake.
Ula received a wireless mouse for her laptop and a pirate themed computer game. She also got another wireless internet card from her dad, but that arrived a few days ago.
For once I was not behind to the camera, since Nika likes playing with my camera and took this picture of me.
