ACTIVATED!

activated charcoal from coconut.

y'know the stuff?

people are brushing their teeth with it.

it's superfine exxxtra-dusty dark black burnt stuff,

and it doesn't taste like anything, really.

it does turn frosting a weird blue-grey though, and that's pretty cool.

no, but, really, it looks good.

i went in on another 'nother single layer cake for the second day in a row,

only this new hottness was a coconut overload.

yup.

check it out:

SO MUCH COCONUT!

...it's almost more than you need, 

only too much is the right amount, and that's a fact.

there's coconut all up in it to win it,

and somehow, it's still soft and moist.

that's expert.

i'm going to tell you what's what, and if you're so inclined,

you can make one of your very own.

here goes:

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COCONUT ACTIVATION!

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preheat your oven to 350℉ convection-style.

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in a medium mixing bowl, thoroughly combine:

1 stick (8T) vegan earth balance butter substitute;

1/2 tsp salt.

1 tsp vanilla.

1 tsp coconut extract;

2/3 cup demerara sugar;

1/2 cup medium flake unsweetened coconut.

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stir in 2/3 coconut yogurt, and mix well-

add:

1 cup coconut flour;

1 cup flour;

1 tsp bakey soda;

1 1/2 tsp bakey powder;

1 cup coconut milk (the carton kind) or any other non-dairy milk.

mix until combined, and chunky, and thick.

spoon it evenly into your reliably awesome single layer 9" springform pan,

and bake for 35 minutes, or until golden af...

word.

then, y'gotta ice it up like trap rap.

mmhmmm.

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activated charcoal added to an already very tasty coconut-packed frosting attack

is basically an exxxplosion of aesthetic excellence.

i mean,

c'mon.

two-tone double coconut swirls??

AND flaky sprankles???

that's that oh-my-gooooooodness good-good, you guys.

for serious.

reppin' on one thematic flavor, 

extrapolated in several forms,

to build complex layers of taste and texture?

all in a one-story stack of packed powerful palm-seed sexxxiness?

F* yeah, man.

that's IT, and i doo-doo that freaky sh!t.

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girl is home. that's good.

weather is warm. that's good.

tattoos are scheduled. that's good.

rain is falling......and that's something.

it's ALL really happening,

but that rain's not cool, 

because all the remaining ice is slick as heck.

i'll be carefully half-steppin' with crabtree through the ice-floes 

and luge tracks that compose

the defrosting dog-walk route.

i'm confident i'll take the gold,

but there's always the chance that vacation week 

second-homers could complicate the journey.

it's forever those out-of-town clowns that wreck the routine, neighbors.

let's hope that the rain keeps them in, 

while it keeps me watchin' where i step.

i can live with looking lame 

as long as i'm not also looking at some dude who doesn't say hello,

jogging past to tempt the terrier as some sort of bait....

nobody likes that.

i s'pose we'll have to wait and see;

never quiet, never soft.....