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Election Night Cake

Black coffee and bourbon. Oh, yeah. And chocolate. This is an old family recipe from Texas. Election Night Cake 5...

Election Night Cake -- comment #1 from Alex Cohen

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:47:08 -0500

Hmm, this is the way I'd do it:

Generously grease a nine inch Bundt pan—10 cup capacity. Position rack in center of oven ans heat oven to 325° F.

Hit reload on pollster.com

Melt chocolate in the top pan of a double boiler over hot, not boiling, water. (Or melt the chocolate in your microwave.) Remove chocolate before it is completely melted and stir until smooth. Set aside.

Hit reload on fivethirtyeight.com

(Repeat as necessary, or as as required by obsessive-compulsive disorder.)

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Posted November 4, 2008 4:47 PM by Alex Cohen

Election Night Cake -- comment #2 from Xopher

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:03:45 -0500

My compliments on the recipe, James, and I'm certain it will complement the Schadenfreude Pie very nicely.

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Posted November 4, 2008 5:03 PM by Xopher

Election Night Cake -- comment #3 from Michael Roberts

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:18:00 -0500

Har! Xopher, you scamp!

Election Night Cake says, "Oh, Schadenfreude Pie, you look great tonight!"

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Posted November 4, 2008 5:18 PM by Michael Roberts

Election Night Cake -- comment #4 from TomB

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:04:09 -0500

Looks very tasty.

Could I just make 1.25 cups of strong coffee and let it cool, instead of the water + instant?

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Posted November 4, 2008 6:04 PM by TomB

Election Night Cake -- comment #5 from Adam Lipkin

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:08:20 -0500

Eating Election Night Cake and Schadenfreude Pie on the same night immediately escalates health care to the most important issue in the election.

Alas, the sour cream in the house is reserved for the stroganoff I've got in the slow cooker right now, so I'll have to try this one on a different night. Sounds wonderful, though.

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Posted November 4, 2008 6:08 PM by Adam Lipkin

Election Night Cake -- comment #6 from Erik Nelson

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:17:12 -0500

#1:

That's why I call my computer King Alfred.

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Posted November 4, 2008 6:17 PM by Erik Nelson

Election Night Cake -- comment #7 from Singing Wren

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:24:21 -0500

Is there a substitution for those among us who weren't paying attention and bought self-rising flour instead of all-purpose flour on the last trip to the grocery store?

It works fine when I'm making beer bread, and the crepes turned out OK, but I'm not sure what adjustments to make for things like cakes and cookies.

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Posted November 4, 2008 7:24 PM by Singing Wren

Election Night Cake -- comment #8 from Ted Major

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:29:11 -0500

If I were making this w/ self-rising flour, I'd just leave out the baking soda.

ymmv.

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Posted November 4, 2008 7:29 PM by Ted Major

Election Night Cake -- comment #9 from Audrey

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:01:46 -0500

I'm baking election cupcakes. Chocolate blueberry (the basic butter cake from the King Arthur Anniversary Cookbook, plus 4 oz. melted chocolate and about half a cup dried blueberries) with frosting TBD (vanilla bourbon creme fraiche?). It just seemed like the right year for some kind of election cake.

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Posted November 4, 2008 8:01 PM by Audrey

Election Night Cake -- comment #10 from Diatryma

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:58:14 -0500

I am so glad I'm not the only one baking. Mine is for ignoring the election, though; every bit of unpleasant news sends me straight back to we're gonna lose we're gonna lose we're gonna lose.

So I did what work I could at work, left early, cleaned up the garden, finished a book, took a nap, and the embarked upon American-as apple pie. Which somehow required me to make cornbread and blueberry muffins first. If I am not careful, the remaining two apples might turn into something baked and yummy.

No matter how any election goes, no matter what passes and fails and stays and defeats the incumbent and causes outrage on any side, I am having pie for breakfast tomorrow.

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Posted November 4, 2008 8:58 PM by Diatryma

Election Night Cake -- comment #11 from Diatryma

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:15:26 -0500

I am so glad I'm not the only one baking. Mine is for ignoring the election, though; every bit of unpleasant news sends me straight back to we're gonna lose we're gonna lose we're gonna lose.

No matter how any election goes, no matter what passes and fails and stays and defeats the incumbent and causes outrage on any side, I am having pie for breakfast tomorrow.

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Posted November 4, 2008 9:15 PM by Diatryma

Election Night Cake -- comment #12 from TomB

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:08:27 -0500

I came home to find out it's going to be election night apple pie at our place. I can live with that. Especially once it comes out of the oven.

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Posted November 4, 2008 10:08 PM by TomB

Election Night Cake -- comment #13 from Megan Messinger

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:27:28 -0500

I'm glad other people are baking, too. I use yogurt in place of the sour cream and it works out fine -- also, I love baking with coffee. Yum. I actually don't have any in the apartment tonight and that mini-cupcake pan is giving me bedroom eyes, so it might be gingerbread pecan muffins instead...which would probably still be better with coffee.... Mmm, coffee.

Ahem. Whee, rum. We'll see how this baking project turns out!

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Posted November 4, 2008 10:27 PM by Megan Messinger

Election Night Cake -- comment #14 from Erik Nelson

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:38:31 -0500

Schadenfreude inappropriate here. What the winner wins is responsibility. Including responsibility TO the loser. Gloating wrong under those circumstances.

(p.s. "internal server error" message the first time I tried to post this)

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Posted November 4, 2008 11:38 PM by Erik Nelson

Election Night Cake -- comment #15 from Torrilin

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:32:14 -0500

Curses! I do not have a Bundt pan. (or any other kind of cake pan really...)

There will be a batch of celebratory brownies later today tho.

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Posted November 5, 2008 8:32 AM by Torrilin

Election Night Cake -- comment #16 from Erik Nelson

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:11:00 -0500

Election night cake:

In a close election, use plenty of margarine for error.

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Posted November 5, 2008 6:11 PM by Erik Nelson

Election Night Cake -- comment #17 from Ginger

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:00:36 -0500

Erik@16: Oh, I think the election was larded with errors -- it happens every time a politician tries to butter up the populace.

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Posted November 5, 2008 8:00 PM by Ginger

Election Night Cake -- comment #18 from Serge

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:53:13 -0500

Icing the National Anthem.

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Posted November 5, 2008 10:53 PM by Serge

Election Night Cake -- comment #19 from Stefan Jones

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:32:15 -0500

#18: D'ough!

How about shortening up this thread? We don't knead foodies loafing about.

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Posted November 6, 2008 1:32 AM by Stefan Jones

Election Night Cake -- comment #20 from Serge

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:53:34 -0500

Stefan Jones @ 19... How about shortening up this thread?

"Do you yield the flour to your honorable opponent?"
"No, Mister Speaker, I donut. He'll have to batter me first!"

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Posted November 6, 2008 7:53 AM by Serge

Election Night Cake -- comment #21 from Michael I

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:54:03 -0500

Serge@20

Presumably getting a frosty stare in response...

Of course, there are many layers to that particular dispute...

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Posted November 6, 2008 10:54 AM by Michael I

Election Night Cake -- comment #22 from Stefan Jones

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:21:36 -0500

It's the yeast I could do.

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Posted November 6, 2008 1:21 PM by Stefan Jones