#countdown to the cake

[rimeswithpurple]

Carry On Countdown Day 29 - Cherry

Chocolate cherry cake with cream cheese frosting, chocolate pastry cream, and cherry jam. I feel like this is just any other day at Lady Ruth's house.

#wanted any excuse to bake an over the top cake #maybe I'm a little like Lady Ruth after all #i didn't think through what to do with this cake #coc 2023 #carry on countdown 2023

[ra-vio]

im supposed to be studying

#resident evil #resident evil 4 #ada wong #I ACCIDENTALLY MADE THIS CANVAS SO SMALL SO I HAD TO RESIZE AND NOW ITS BLURRY AHHHHHHHH #its fine but ITS NOT FINE IT BOTHERS ME SO MUCH LOL #i had to switch mice for this. the other one was so slippery. i dunno if its because its wireless or whatever. that boy go NYOOM #changing the settings didnt help. #anyway. last week i finished the mercenaries and got leons rpd outfit. it was hell. it wasnt but i was in a rush so it was #i think after everything my favorite is still ada cause that grapple gun is everything. the hardest for me was krauser #krauser should have been the easiest cause you just knife everything but i kept slashing dynamite and had to redo the village like 10 times #it was absolute ass. he's the most broken character why would they do that to me #and then immediately after i started on my separate ways professional S+ #its funny someone said the S+ was harder than base game. base game's pro S+ burnt me out so bad #i didnt touch the game for months afterward. separate ways S+ was a cake walk after. you dont even have to fight krauser ovo)b #the most difficult parts are probably the double garradors and the countdown to get to leon at the end #immediately after i got all my achievements I was plunged into a depression like no other. plus i had a discrete math midterm on friday #i am SO SAD. WHO WAS I BEFORE SEPARATE WAYS #i did the same silly thing i did when i drew Link. the shine in her hair says 'Ada' because i have to derive joy from somewhere

[where-are-the-spooky-gays-2]

new human au thing I am just so deeply fond of

Stereotypical teenager artistic loner Virgil is great but y'know he's missing? What he's always missing in stories?

A murder of crows!

Remus gets a date with the quiet emo at school. Score! He's ecstatic. They have a date. They have a few dates. They go over to Virgil's house one weekend. Remus makes sex jokes because it's Remus. Virgil laughs but doesn't confirm or deny.

They walk up to Virgil's yard. Pretty normal, right? No! Remus gets dive-bombed by a crow.

"oh shit, you need an offering, wait here."

Remus is left on the sidewalk in front of Virgil's home as he rushes inside. Remus can't step on the lawn or he gets dive-bombed by a crow. He is fascinated.

Virgil runs back out (noticably not bothered by the crows) and he gives Remus... blueberries?

To say that Remus falls in love very quickly as Virgil apologizes and explains he befriended the crows ages ago and now they follow him everywhere (and Remus later learns that they do follow him everywhere) and Virgil teaches him to give blueberry offerings until he's allowed in... Remus falls in love quick. He falls in love to the point he forgets about the jokes he made about getting laid that night.

Also we need more "Virgil respectfully hanging out in a cemetery" because that HC rocks too and he gives me the vibes. Quiet little not-on-top-of-a-grave corner of the cemetery? So alt, he'd love it. Virgil with his little crow friends in a cemetery. He names one Poe but he never remembers who is who so they're all Poe. Like Edgar Allen Poe. Quoth the Raven nevermore.

Remus' and Virgil's wedding cake topper is a crow years later.

Anyway crows and cemeteries and cake toppers.

- 👑

They're his Crow children Your Honor <3 I L O V E this S O fucking much!!! The fact that Ree falls even harder from seeing how caring and gentle Vee is with the Crows to the point where they trust and befriend him is S O fucking cute!!! Also R E A L we do need more Vee respectfully hanging out in a cemetery Poe, Poe, and Poe are all invited to the wedding <3

#crows and cemeteries and cake toppers sounds like a great title for it XD #dukexiety #remus sanders #virgil sanders #ts remus #ts virgil #sanders sides #thomas sanders #asks #answers #👑 anon #not a countdown

[pacey-bunce-loves-joey]

Simon calling Baz babe on a cake can actually be so personal.

#carry on countdown #coc 2022 #simon snow #baz pitch #cake #carry on #wayward son #awtwb #rainbow rowell #simon snow series #snowbaz #the simon snow trilogy #snowbaz trash

[krisrix]

COC Day 04 ▪︎ Cake

#simon snow #beefcake #simon snow series #his tail is too high but I didn’t want to cover the true cake in this image more than necessary #it’s called artistic license okay #carry on countdown #coc 2022 #my art

[silver-horse]

I am eating a cake right now. later today I will open a champagne. what a day to be alive on planet earth

#august 3 #3rd of august #2023 #baldur's gate 3 #only 7 hours left... #countdown #bg3 #current events #my posts #my post #about me #bg3 mine #textposts #text post #cake #champagne #alcohol #food

[ratherembarrassing]

for those sitting at home going "but that's the asshole from ted lasso!", this is nick mohammed's other day job.

#mr swallow is my favourite desk guest on cats does countdown #but this takes the cake #Youtube

[lesbiansloveseokjin]

day 44/547 of hobi's military service

this pic was posted on 130922 with the caption:

ARMYs, please be sure to watch the broadcast without fail @-@/♥

(trans cr: Iraide @ bts-trans)

N.O performance on inkigayo from that day:

bonus pics:

#the cake in the ot7 pics is to celebrate their 100 days since debut #hoseok #jhope military countdown #130922 #trackofthesoul #on stage #ot7 #n.o

[magnus-rhymes-with-swagness]

Fandom: Simon Snow

Day 28: Gently

Rating: General

Summary: Simon befriends a goatherd as a kid, and ten years later, he's friends with another one.

@carryon-countdown

#carry on countdown #coc 2023 #carry on #simon snow trilogy #simon snow series #co/ws/awtwb #simon snow #agatha wellbelove #my words #my writing #i feel like all three fics i pulled from the vault for coc this year are like. the exact same story in different fonts #but who cares! holy shit three cakes etc! <3

[sundove88]

Countdown to Christmas- Day 12- Vi @artisticangel

Day 12 gives us a new take on the leader of Team Snakemouth- Vi!

Here she’s dressed up as the Sugarplum Princess for a holiday fashion show!

Doesn’t she look cute in her tutu and candy themed accessories?

#countdown to christmas #my art #digital art #bug fables #bug fables vi #vi #bug fables the everlasting sapling #wait- doesn’t that make Leif the nutcracker Prince and Kabbu Clara? #because I would kill to see Kabbu in Jammies traveling to the land of sweets! #because there’s all the honeycomb cake he can eat!

[cookingmywaythroughcarryon]

Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Orange Buttercream

I am back! It’s been a  very long hiatus but I’ve still been trying out recipes and  cooking foods mentioned in the Simon Snow Series! 

Today seemed a particularly good day to post, as Carry On Countdown is going on and today’s prompt is CAKE!! 

This cake comes from chapter 89 of Any Way the Wind Blows and is courtesy of Lady Ruth Salisbury, of course. 

“There’s chocolate cake with chocolate-orange butter cream.” (Simon POV, Ch 89, Any Way the Wind Blows, by Rainbow Rowell.) 

I’ve made this cake a few times now. The family seems to love it for birthdays. It’s very rich, very dense and very good.

Chocolate Cake with Chocolate-Orange Buttercream

Ingredients

Cake:

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 3/4 cups sugar

1 cup unsweetened cocoa

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

2 eggs

1/2 cup of canola oil

1 cup milk (I used lactose free)

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup boiling water

1/4 cup orange juice (which I forgot to include in the picture)

Buttercream:

8 oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped, or 8 oz bittersweet chocolate chips

1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature

6 oz shortening ( or more butter if you prefer, I used vegetable shortening) also at room temperature

3-4 cups powdered/ confectioner’s sugar

1/2 cup orange juice

1 tsp orange zest

1 tbsp cornstarch

Method

Cake: 

Preheat the oven to 350F. 

Grease two 8-inch cake pans and line with parchment paper. 

Whisk the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in one large bowl.

Gently whisk the eggs in a separate bowl until yolks and whites are combined then add oil, milk, and vanilla then mix well. Save the boiling water and orange juice for a bit later.

Add the egg/milk/oil mixture to the dry ingredients and mix. 

Then add the boiling water and orange juice to the mixture.

Divide the batter evenly between the two cake pans.

Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until center set and toothpick inserted comes out clean. 

Remove from oven and allow to cool on wire rack. 

Buttercream:

Melt the chocolate in a double boiler and allow to cool slightly

Whip the butter and the shortening until creamy

add orange juice and orange zest, mixing well

add 3 cups of powdered sugar, one at a time. 

add cornstarch

add melted chocolate

add up to one more cup powdered sugar, to reach desired consistency (the first time I made it I ended up with the entire extra cup, last time I used 3/4)

if it feels too thick you may add a tablespoon more of orange juice 

Place one of the cakes on a plate and cover top with buttercream. Gently place the second cake on top of the first and apply the buttercream liberally over the top and sides of cake. Slice and serve. 

Enjoy!

Recipe with photos below!! 

Ingredients (sorry the orange juice is MIA in the photo)

Cake:

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 3/4 cups sugar

1 cup unsweetened cocoa

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

2 eggs

1/2 cup of canola oil

1 cup milk (I used lactose free)

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup boiling water

1/4 cup orange juice (which I forgot to include in the picture)

(dry ingredients in photo!) 

Cake Method: 

Preheat the oven to 350F. 

Grease two 8-inch cake pans and line with parchment paper.

Whisk the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in one large bowl.

Gently whisk the eggs in a separate bowl until yolks and whites are combined then add oil, milk, and vanilla then mix well. 

Save the boiling water and orange juice for a bit later.

Add the egg/milk/oil mixture to the dry ingredients and mix. 

Then add the boiling water and orange juice to the mixture.

Divide the batter evenly between the two cake pans.

Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until center set and toothpick inserted comes out clean. 

Remove from oven and allow to cool on wire rack.

wet ingredients! 

Cake cooling 

Buttercream Ingredients:

(there is the orange juice!)

Buttercream:

8 oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped, or 8 oz bittersweet chocolate chips

1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature

6 oz shortening ( or more butter if you prefer, I used vegetable shortening) also at room temperature

3-4 cups powdered/ confectioner’s sugar

1/2 cup orange juice

1 tsp orange zest

1 tbsp cornstarch

shortening and butter

The buttercream!!! 

Buttercream Method:

Melt the chocolate in a double boiler and allow to cool slightly

Whip the butter and the shortening until creamy

add orange juice and orange zest, mixing well

add 3 cups of powdered sugar, one at a time. 

add cornstarch

add melted chocolate

add up to one more cup powdered sugar, to reach desired consistency (the first time I made it I ended up with the entire extra cup, last time I used 3/4)

if it feels too thick you may add a tablespoon more of orange juice

Putting the cake together:

A slice of cake: 

Enjoy the cake!  

@carryon-countdown​ 

#cooking my way through carry on #the food of carry on #carry on cooking #Lady Ruth Salisbury #carry on #rainbow rowell #wayward son #any way the wind blows #food from books #carry on recipes #CAKE #chocolate cake with chocolate-orange buttercream #carry on countdown #carry on countdown 2022 #coc 2022 #Day 4 carry on countdown: cake

[devilstelephone]

We’re ready!

#rwrb #rwrb movie #red white and royal blue movie #red white and royal blue #jaffa cakes #helados #earl grey #iykyk #watch party #firstprince #countdown to august 11

[christmasphotos]

christmas cake & tea

#christmas countdown #christmas vibes #cozy christmas #cozy cabin #cozy cookies #hot cocoa #pumpkin spice #holiday szn #cozy holidays #happy holidays #christmas time #christmas cookies #christmas cake #holiday treats #holiday recipes #christmas coffee #cake and coffee

[where-are-the-spooky-gays-2]

TO 🐸 I AM HOPEFULLY GOING TO WRITE A ONE SHOT OFF OF IT BUT PLEASE PLEASE YES OFC YOU MAY PLEASE DO I'D KILL TO EVEN HEAR ABOUT THE IDEA

I NEVER SEE PEOPLE WRITE STUFF OFF OF MY IDEAS I'M ACTUALLY HONORED

— 👑

Huzzah The Golden Crown of approval *blows horn*

#ahhhh i'm so hyped to see both of your takes on it!!! *insert two cakes meme here* #dukexiety #asks #answers #👑 anon #not a countdown

[chen-chen-chen-again-chen]

Carry On Countdown - Day 4: Cake

SOOOOOO, the incredible @larkral offered to make Lego art for the Rosethorn girl universe, and because I am not a fool, I said YES YES A THOUSAND TIMES YES. 

The Black Forest (Cake) of Death, I Mean Bedtime 

Simon Snow Salisbury, age 6 

Lego 

(Title by the artist’s uncle, James* Percival Salisbury.)

~

Here is my preferred method for experiencing this piece of art:

1.) Set a time for 5 minutes

2.) Put on "Peter and the Wolf"

3.) Click on the image to see it in its full glory

4.) Spend that 5 minutes contemplating this work. Just. Really take in the little details, you know? The colour palette. How Simon has two right arms. The fallen book balanced at an impossible thing. Whatever the fuck Penny is holding. Is it - a wand? A laser gun? A bingo dabber? It's purple, that's what matters. But also what happened to her HAND?? Okay, don't worry about her hand. Just take in this tiny Baz with a guitar for a violin -- and not just any guitar, but clearly an electric guitar with a rad pattern on it. Also check out Simon's FRECKLES and his wee red dragon wings that are like some sort of cape. And the ever so slightly visible scuff marks, so you know these Lego pieces have been well-loved and well-gnawed. And the piece de resistance, this CAKE. Six luscious layers. The tiny green candle at the centre with its pink flame, like it's fairy fire. The icing that is icing but also flowers and maybe snowballs and then some more flowers because as Lady Ruth would say, fuck it, you can never have too many flowers on a cake. Just. Perfection.

4.) Whenever you're feeling low, repeat.

~

Excerpt from an interview with the artist (aka bb Simon and Uncle Jamby Having a Serious Art Conversation) below the cut!

Q: “So, you’re - you’re on a quest?”

A: “Yes we are on a quest, me and Penny and Baz, Penny says it is a Quest for Cakes and Books. I thought maybe it'd just be for Cake but Penny says that every Quest is a Quest for Knowledge."

Q: “And Penny’s hair is - purple?”

A: “Yes purple is her favourite colour she is going to turn her hair people once she has her own wand, she told me.” 

Q: “Oh-okay. And, um, your pal Baz. He’s looking. A bit peaky, isn’t he?”

A: “Yes because he’s a vampire.” 

Q: “…”

A: (whisper) “It’s only a make-pretend, Uncle Jamby, he isn’t really a vampire.” (Normal voice) “Anyway he’s a good vampire. He only bites people who deserve to be bitten, like that lady who said mean things to you at Gran’s party.” 

Q: (choking) (clearing throat) “And is he. A bard? What’s this little instrument he’s got here?”

A: “It’s his violin. Baz says he doesn’t smile when he plays the violin but he does, I saw it.  Sometimes if I am very quiet he doesn’t notice I am there and I get to listen to him play. He’s very good.”

Q: “And you’ve got. A sword?”

A: “Yes it’s a sword fork because Cake.” 

Q: “Cool.” 

A: “Can we play now?”

Q: “Of course. Do we - should I make a little Lego me?” 

A: “No, you get to be the Cake.”

*The artist's uncle would like to point out that Jamie is short for "James" and not "Jimothy," no matter what his flatmate Lachlan says

#Carry On Countdown #COC 2022 #art by larkral #simon's scrawlings #rosethorn girl #Lucy lives #fuck the Mage #bb Simon #Jamie Salisbury #Let them eat cake

[twinkle-twinkle-up-above]

Carry On Countdown 2022 Day 4: Cake

"All you've eaten today is cake," Baz says. "I had toast for breakfast. Toast isn't cake."

@carryon-countdown

#carry on #snowbaz #awtwb #any way the wind blows #Simon Snow #Baz Pitch #Tyrannus Basilton Grimm-Pitch #fanart #carry on fanart #my fanart #awtwb fanart #quote #carry on quote #awtwb quote #Carry On Countdown #COC 2022 #if muffins are cake enough for Baz they're cake enough for me #a day late but at least it's done! #also Baz's clothes are the color of Simon's eyes and hair in this scene and I think it's sweet