A Weekend Mix

There's lots of randomness here for you today. I've been having very strange and detailed celebrity dreams recently. Last week, I dreamt that me, Janet Jackson, and some other friends had big plans for a girls night out. We were so psyched!

Janet was married to a basketball player who was injured in a game, so she had to cancel our plans and go take care of him. Her plan had been to do The View in the morning, then she had a big concert that same night in Boston. Because she had to cancel, she said that we could still all get together, but she wouldn't be in Boston for another six years. Hmmmm....


Last night I dreamt that Steve Martin was visiting me at home. I have no idea why. I remembered that I had the book Shopgirl and wanted him to autograph it for me.

Above is a picture of my sunroom. It's my favorite room in my apartment, because of all the windows. It's this nice cozy little nook where I keep my books, that aren't cookbooks, along with many of my plants. They just love all the sun. I've always had a very green thumb except for African Violets. I always killed them and for the brief period of time that they were alive, they never bloomed. Well, I've discovered the secret. Just let them be.

I water my plants often. Someone told me that they were no good with any plants, because they didn't take care of them, except for African Violets. So I figured that I'd pretend that I didn't care about the plant and just let it die. Then maybe in turn, it would actually live.

This must be my fifth or sixth African Violet. It started blooming a couple of weeks ago. I haven't watered it in over a month, maybe two. I guess it likes tough love. So why am I telling you this in the middle of my Steve Martin dream?

Well, I actually do own a copy of Shopgirl, and it's located in this room. So in the dream, I was looking for it, but couldn't find it. I knew I had it, but it wasn't there and I started tossing books around looking for it. The one time that Steve Martin was actually over my house. Wouldn't you know? The dream was so real, that I actually looked for the book today to make sure it was still there.

*Updated 4/5/09* While, I didn't get one of Steve Martin's business cards in my dream, apparently, some people have received one in real life. Strangely enough, Steve Martin's business card frenzy started yesterday. Maybe that's why I couldn't find the book in my dream? Because he wouldn't have autographed it anyway...

Well, that's enough random celebrity dreaming for now. I baked a cake last night. A good one too. Here's the recipe. Hopefully I'll be updating the Recipe Index soon!



Banana-Coconut Cake
{Adapted from Lots-Of-Ways Banana Cake - Baking From My Home To Yours}
{makes a one layer cake}
1/3 cup Smart Balance
1 egg
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1 1/3 cups flour
2 ripe bananas
1/4 cup vanilla rice milk
3/4 tsp. vanilla extract
1 T banana schnapps
1/2 cup shredded coconut

In a medium bowl, mash bananas. Stir in vanilla extract and schnapps. In a separate bowl, combine softened Smart Balance, sugars, and egg. Add in banana mixture. Add salt, baking soda, nutmeg, and rice milk. Stir in flour, then coconut.

Oil and flour a round cake pan. Use parchment paper or wax paper if you like to line the pan. Pour batter in pan and bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes. Remove from pan and cool. Tastes great plain or with some whipped cream on top. Enjoy!

*Updated 4/22/09* Please check out Shirley's gluten free version of this cake. You'll be glad you did!

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