EQUINOX!

springing around with pep in your step?
you should be.
i mean, it's officially a better season,
and also,
it was a full supermoon, full of super-werewolfen berserker fury,
and also magical berfday joy.
yup.
that's a LOT of things, man.
for real.
my ma's berfday is also the first day of spring,
and i made a cake to enjoy in honor of my mama, y'heard?
check it out:

LEMON-COCONUT SPRINGTIME GOODNESS!!
those flavors are F*ing elite!
the frosting is fluffy,
the crumb is dense and moist,
(and i confess the center was underdone)
i should've baked it longer- that's my bad,
and crabtree snagged a a HUGE mouthful of this bad boy off the table,
as a big bad werewolf bad boi of poor manners and poorer behavior.
so, i only had a little slice,
and had to scrap half of that piece due to batterish bummerism,
if you know what i'm sayin'.
so,
basically, i made a very pretty mess.
and had to toss it out shortly thereafter.
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so, maybe i'll give you the recipe, with a more accurate baking time,
and also, the recommendation to keep it away from the edge of your countertops.
yeah.
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L-C-B-CAKE!
(Lemon Coconut Berfday)
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preheat your oven to 360℉
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grease a 9" springform pan
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in your stand-up mixer, which i hope you have, cream up:
1 stick softened vegan butter;
1/2 cup vanilla non-dairy yogurt;
1/3 cup brown sugar;
2 tsp vanilla;
3 T vegan sour cream;
1/2 tsp salt;
1/2 tsp lemon extract;
1 tsp lemon zest;
1 cup sugar.
then sift in:
2 1/4 cups king arthur flour;
2 tsp baking powder;
1 tsp baking soda;
1/3 cup unsweetened medium flake coconut shreds;
1 cup non-dairy milk.
whisk it until fluffy, spoon it evenly into your pan,
and bake it for 35-50 minutes, or until a tester comes away very cleanly from the center.
don't pull it out too soon, or you'll be as big a dumb-dumb as i am, man.
be smarter, and listen to y'boi when he wants you to benefit from his failures.
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the frosting is easy, and should be applied ONLY when the cake is completely cool.
rules is rules, and warm cake makes bad frosting.
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3 cups of powdered sugar;
1 tsp vanilla;
1/2 tsp lemon extract;
3 T powdered coconut flake;
1/3 cup non-dairy milk......
whisk that up until it's SO fluffy, man.
the more air, the better.
nobody needs crusty frosting, so make it good.
did i also add little crystally cutie sugar sprankles?
obvi.
what am i?
an A*-hole?
no way.
i do it right, for my mom....even when it's really for me,
and even then, when i barely even get to enjoy any.
awwwwwwww.
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y'all ever do pull-ups?
not the diapers.
the exercise.
they are not fun,
and they make weird parts of my side-arms and side-body feel tired.
yeah.
i guess that's necessary?
i hope so, because it's happening.
i'm just up here, in the woodsly goodness,
makin' cakes, and eatin' stuff, and pulling up.
i s'pose there are worse things to be involved in.
so, that's what's up.
it's spring. i've got werewolf howling just below the surface of my skin,
and moonbeams making my eyes water and my sleep disappear.
there's battle-beastliness in the air up here,
reflecting like wild off of all this snow,
and shining brightly across the stone and wood of this mountain vale.
pulsing like blood, and baking like cake,
between fifty degree daytimes and fifteen degree nights,
the wild ride that's running rampant like the wild hunt
is some sort of spellcast blast from the past, changing seasons and charging up
all the energy of the equinox.
if you know, you know,
and if you don't you probably should try to find out;
never quiet, never soft.....