I really need to get back to the program. This week I haven't even been logging because it seems absurd to post my diary when it includes so much cake. I did indeed bake a cake. And then another one. It's a slippery slope.

I made the Green & Black's version first. The taste was fabulous but it came out with a dense layer on the bottom. My baking powder was suspect but in all the confusion I'm not sure I turned the oven setting from "preheat" to "bake". I was ready to make a second attempt when The Mister heard Nigella Lawson on NPR (he still listens) and urged me to try her recipe next.



That's what I've been eating this week until I sent the last of it into the office with The Mister this morning.
A nice cake but not as flavorful or dense as the Green & Black's version which I'm still determined to try one more time.

Meanwhile I'm losing about an ounce a day, hovering between 142 and 143. For this time of year that's actually quite an accomplishment for me (thank you Zumba). In a few weeks I'll be on a bike and should be able to lose again.


Not everyone in New York would pay to see Andrew Lloyd Webber
May his trousers fall down as he bows to the queen and the crown
I don't know what tune the orchestra played
But it went by me sickly sentimental

Can I have another piece of chocolate cake
Tammy Baker's got a lot on her plate
Can I buy another cheap Picasso fake
Andy Warhol must be laughing in his grave

The band of the night takes you to ethereal heights over dinner
And you wander the streets never reaching the heights that you seek
And the sugar that dripped from the violin's bow made the children go crazy
Put a hole in the tooth of a hag

Can I have another piece of chocolate cake
Tammy Baker must be losing her faith, yeah
Can I buy another cheap Picasso fake
Andy Warhol must be laughing in his grave

And dogs are on the road, we're all tempting fate
Cars are shooting by with no number plates
And here comes Misses Hairy legs

I saw Elvis Presley walk out of a Seven Eleven
And a woman gave birth to a baby and then bowled 257
Now the excess of fat on your American bones
Will cushion the impact as you sink like a stone

Can I have another piece of chocolate cake
Tammy Baker, Tammy Baker
Can I buy another cheap Picasso fake
Cheap Picasso, cheap Picasso fake

Can I have another piece of chocolate cake
Kathy Straker boy could she lose some weight
Can I buy another slice of real estate
Liberace must be laughing in his grave

Chocolate Cake by Crowded House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMgU5B2TZIA