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[sassydefendorflower]

Would you mind if I asked for the recipe for your famous lavender cake?

Hi :D

Still not sure how you found out about the lavender cake (probably my tags on something) but I shall answer your ask - fair warning though, I'm too lazy to convert much of the measurements into Imperial, so much of it will be metric. Convert at your own risk ;)

The Cake TM:

6 eggs 1 teaspoon of lemon extract (+ the zest of one lemon) 220g sugar 280g flour (all-purpose) 2 teaspoons of baking soda A sprinkle of salt

Split the eggs and beat them until they are firm (don't overbeat) and then slowly pour the sugar into the mixture to make a meringue (which you cannot overbeat thank god).

Once this is done slowly pour one egg yolk at a time into the mixture - then shift the flour, baking soda, and lemon zest into the mixture and gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until they are combined - but only just.

You don't want to overmix.

Really.

Line the bottom of a 9 or 10 inch baking pan with baking sheets, but DON'T butter the sides. Bake at 175-180 °C (375F) for about 45 minutes or until it survives the poke test. Let cool slightly and cut in as many layers as you like. (i usually do three layers)

The Buttercream:

500ml whole milk 1 pinch vanilla extract 2 bags of vanilla custard powder 100g caster sugar 1 egg yolk 500g softened butter 10 drops lavender extract a few branches fresh lavender (optional)

Heat 450ml of the milk in a pan, mixed with the vanilla and lavender extract. In a seperate bowl mix the custard powder with the rest of the milk, the egg yolk and the sugar until well combined.

Once the milk comes to a boil, quickly mix in the custard/egg mixture. Mix well. Let it simmer for about a minute, but don't stop mixing for even a second. Take it off the heat.

Put the finished pudding into a deep bowl, cover with clingfilm, and let cool.

(optional) Wash and dry the fresh lavender before chopping it finely and mixing it into the butter.

IMPORTANT butter and custard/pudding need to be the same temperature for this next bit. Once the pudding has cooled to room temperature, slowly whisk pieces of butter into the mix until everything is well combined.

Try the creme to see if you like the amount of lavender - if not, add more lavender extract.

The Ganash:

200g white chocolate 80ml heavy cream 1 tbsp butter a few drops lavender extract

chop white chocolate until its small and even.

bring butter/heavy cream mix to a simmer and add lavender extract - DO NOT BOIL

once the heavy cream is hot enough, gently pour it over the chopped white chocolate.

Wait a minute and start mixing - don't stop until its smooth and uniform.

set aside

Other:

lemon curd / good lemon jam simple syrup

Assembly:

place bottom layer of cake on a plate, add one or two tablespoons of simple syrup onto the cake before spooning a third of the jam/curd onto the cake. Spread evenly. Now add a third of the buttercream - spread evenly.

Repeat with the second layer.

Add the top layer of the cake and crumb-coat the cake with the rest of the buttercream. Put it in the freezer for 30mins to chill.

Prepare the ganash - if it's too solid, gently warm it back up my placing it in a microwave in 10 sec increments.

Place the cake on a cake rack and slowly pour the ganash over the cake, starting in the middle and only slowly working your way to the edges.

Decorate and enjoy!

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[theslowesthnery]

nerdomancer:

I've found the folks into odd fetishes that are not mine are less likely to judge my odd tastes. It's a chill vibe tbh. Just means you might have to do more work making art/fic to your own tastes.

this exactly. and we can still bond over our shared love for our blorbo and support each other in our respective weirdnesses, something that is not possible (or even desirable) with people whose entire fandom experience is to find things to be outraged over and tear other people down

#fandom discourse cw

[noirandchocolate]

Semifinal comments time!

Match 1, Vimes vs. Granny

I think this one would go down to the wire. Yes running away is a victory condition, but hwo is faster on the draw. Granny stopping him from running with headology, or Sam Vimes' notorious thinking feet. This one goes down like a showdown at high noon, with both of them having already planned out their moves and just waiting for the bell to ring. But Granny didn't expect Sam to think with his feet. So his head is like oh no but his feet say let's run. So Sam wins it.

--@kane-dream

They do not fight. They sit together and have a civil conversation. Granny sipping tea. Vimes smoking. Very calm but everyone has cleared out a 100 yard blast radius in terror. no one will ever know what they talked about. And then Granny emerges victorious.

--@myidealhousehaschickenfeet

This one was HARD. I would love a good story where they met and respect each other in their own silent grumpy way. Sorry Sam Granny wins, she has the wrath of a celestial body and the world bends around her.

--@chaosnail

Sam gives in because he knows if he wanted to win it would take so long he wouldn't make it home in time to read to Young Sam. Which as we all know is just something that you do not miss.

--@msmeiriona (OKAY now I'm picturing everybody attending this bout in the park and then it strikes 6:00 and Vimes calls a time out and Sybil brings Young Sam over and then all the city-based contestants help read the book for him because they Know while at first the outsiders are like '????????' However they quickly catch on and start improvising their own pages. Susan does the Voice for a Death of Rats SQUEAK, Mrs. Gogol surprises everyone with an uncannily accurate crow for Legba the rooster, etc. Rob is soon delighted to yell 'It goes, CRIVENS! Tha' is a Nac Mac Feegle, ye ken! Tha' is no' my coo-beastie!' line. And as @onwardsandsideways said it, 'Nanny wins here as she becomes an honorary grandmother to Young Sam by the time the match ends.')

Match 2, Nanny vs. Angua

Angua deals with Nobby on a regular basis. So I don't think Nanny's usual embarrassing tactics will work here.

--@missnotlob

Rather than her usual embarrass them with bawdy jokes tactic, Nanny employs a make em feel self conscious by being just the sweetest old lady tactic and then presses hard. Angua regardless of her usual temperament suddenly finds that she doesn't want to risk not getting sweets from nanny by being so impolite as to beat her to a pulp. Nanny could hold her own better in a brawl than anyone would first think looking at her but she's a witch. And knowing when to just be something approaching normal about things is broadly what separates witches from wizards after all.

--@violetren

Angua's only true defense is that her relationship with Carrot prevents her from becoming a daughter in law. That is NOT enough.

--@nerdomancer

Much as I love Angua she is simply and distincly outclassed by the Old Witch Who Fucks.

--@twofoursixohjuan

Angua would be absolutely flummoxed at first but would get led down the pub by Nanny, with the promise of stories. Nanny, who knows a werewolf in need of a drink when she sees one gets the gel off the street and away from the coppering nonsense for a spell.

--@batsonthebrain

Now there's naught left but the final! WHICH OLD LADY WILL REIGN VICTORIOUS?

#terry pratchett #discworld #discworld fight club 2023

[butts-bouncing-on-the-beltway]

@nerdomancer

I don't think I have either of these so I'll check them out!

[fatimagic]

tony & angela + bed sharing 

#wtbedit #moiraxrose #this-is-a-love-story-isnt-it #nerdomancer #tony x angela #srsly guys this is garbage i'm mostly just postung this for feedback and i'm gonna #upload another version later #i'm proud of all of these except the second one mostly because i'm shit at skin tones so any tips you guys can offer #ugh i'm so frustrated this show had the color palette of a toilet #fuck sony fuck tumblr fuck ps fuCK MY LIFE #but can u guys literally believe they did this four times #legends :') #who's the boss #otp: you got the job #who's the boss? #mine* #txaplus

[vergess]

If you are investigating Mustache Man's videos, I cannot recommend the "trying every recipe in breath of the wild" one enough

That’s how I fell down this rabbit hole!!! That’s how he got me! I watch almost exclusively cooking shows on youtube and he snuck right on in there!

That pumpkin was enormous, like, dude, that’s not an eating pumpkin, that’s a carving pumpkin lol

#nerdomancer

[slipstreamborne]

#replies #nerdomancer

[queerpyracy]

nerdomancer replied to your post “the fact that there are hedgehogs that just??? live out in the...”

UNASKED FOR STORY TIME I once stayed for a few days with a host family in Italy and a hedgehog ran across the road as we were heading back from dinner, and I had to explain why I was so excited about seeing a Real Rogue Hedgehog In The Wild

that is the ONLY appropriate way to react!!

#nerdomancer #reply to

[themyscrian]

nerdomancer replied to your post: nerdomancer replied to your post: i will never...

I’ll take ‘artists who clearly used nude pose references and forgot how to check for clothing references’ for 200, alex

did you mean: Greg Land

#RLPersonalAdventure #nerdomancer

[lindwurmkai]

nerdomancer replied to your post: nerdomancer replied to your post: ...

Dragon Dude Mk 1 is kind of an ass, but an interesting ass. Dragon Dude Mk 2 (aka Green Robot Dragon Dude) is also interesting, and as a bonus has dragon x2 combo

"Kind of an ass but an interesting ass" sounds JUST like my kind of character. :D

#nerdomancer #replies

[salamispots]

@nerdomancer I haven’t! :0

#mermay 2020 #merfolk #artists on tumblr #tomato clownfish mermaid #thanks for suggestinggg #I got kinda carried away with the anemone haha

[red-lemur-standing-by]

Sailors Take Warning by nerdomancer

#digital art #sunrise #photomanipulation

[noirandchocolate]

Time for funny comment roundup for Round 1B! There were LOTS of really good thoughtful responses about who would win, too. I wish I could reblog everyone but it'd be such a flood, omg.

Match 1, Vetinari vs. Willikins

Is it funnier if Willikins wins? Yes. Is Willikins one terrifying son of a bitch? Also yes. But Havelock Vetinari is the most terrifying son of a bitch of them all.

--@always-burningbright

They would casually hold common household objects at each other while giving pointed glances for half an hour.

--@ahno-nimus

I do see this as being as close a fight as Vetinari would ever see. Because Willikins hides in plain sight in a very similar way. I 100% see them comparing notes afterwards though. About tactics and about Sir Samuel. Much to his chagrin.

--@onwardsandsideways

Match 2, Adora Belle vs. Pump

Close call but Mr. Pump's gonna get grounded for two weeks after this, probably.

He's already grounded he's made of clay.

--@purpledemoncat and @thestuffed-alligator

Gotta go with Mr. Pump on this one, because while Spike is determined and kind of mean, and also knows a lot about golems, all Mr. Pump has to do is pick her up and hold her until she has a nic fit and gives in.

--@javaelemental

Match 3, Nanny vs. Cheery

Nanny's gonna win just because she'll set Cheery up with one of her kids and assimilate her into the Ogg family.

--@purpledemoncat

I definitely see Nanny winning here. But that's just the precursor to a truly epic Girls' Night Out organized by Nanny. So everyone wins in the end. Until the truly epic hangover kicks in.

--@onwardsandsideways

Gytha Ogg could make anyone give up from sheer bashfulness. She would get through her song about the wizard's staff and Cheery would give up out of embarrassment.

--@stonebluerue

Match 4, Lu-Tze vs. Otto

Lu-Tze taps into his years of camouflage and sweeping prowess that Otto arrives for the fight and doesn't even realise Lu-Tze is there. Then when he turns to leave Lu-Tze is stood directly in front of him and Otto suddenly remembers he had been hit 60 times.

--@critfumbled

I think I have to go with Lu-Tze. I fully believe Otto is capable of killing very nearly anybody or anything. But he's trying so hard to be good these days. He's trying so hard to be just a Silly Little Guy. So he wouldn't put the real effort in. And though the fight would be long and increasingly ridiculous he'd inevitably lose like Elmer Fudd vs Bugs Bunny.

--@omicheese

Otto is unhinged and undeathly strong but I think Lu-Tze would carry this one. Possibly by winning before Otto was even born.

--@chuthulhu

Otto would lose immediately. He'd want to get a pre-match photo to commemorate the occasion and immediately disintegrate himself again. Lu-Tze would take a moment to sweep him into an aesthetically pleasing design before reconstructing him.

--@nerdomancer

Match 5, Ridcully vs. Polly

Read this description of the fight by @genreral-systems-vehicle, it's great.

On one hand, Polly is military, with all the (trial by fire) training and surviving by the skin of your teeth that entails. Ridcully on the other hand was able to fuck up the UU's tendency towards murder based on promotion and is very in favor of aggressive friendly conflict. In the end I voted Ridcully because a man who can stomach wow wow sauce like that is not to be trifled with.

--@nerdomancer

Cmon people, being the most competent wizard is not a high bar as wizards are inherently incompetent. Polly on the other hand is hypercompetent and has zero chill and no shame. The gall who can impress Vimes in sheer audacity clearly has the upper hand.

--@askteamgrey

Match 6, Jason vs. Carrot

But Carrot wouldn't just win. He'd make Jason feel like losing was a kind of winning, and leave everyone starry-eyed in their support of Jason. ...while very definitely, very straightforwardly, outright winning.

--@doomspaniels

I think they should have a wrestling match. In oil. For charity. I think they'd have fun and become friends. Nanny is selling the tickets.

--@n3cropants

I feel like Carrot would be more of a disciplined fighter and Jason wouldn't hesitate to fight dirty but also it's Carrot he's like the tallest human in the disc.

--@cake-my-beloved

Match 7, Angua vs. Rincewind

I think Angua would put up a damn good effort, being a pursuit predator and all, but I think Rincewind would fall into a well and emerge in Ankh-Morpork circa -2812 The Year of the Scurrilous Sea Urchin and he'd have a whole new set of problems.

--@purpledemoncat (I screamed.)

Now, obviously Rincewind is no match for Angua physically, but I think we can all agree that the correct storyline for him being in a tournament would be to accidentally win while attempting to get himself disqualified.

--@wyrdsisterspodcast

I think that because it's a Fight Angua would win. Meanwhile if she had to actually Arrest Rincewind for something she would never ever succeed. He's the Roadrunner beep beep.

--@omicheese

Match 8, Agnes vs. Jackrum

Jackrum. Agnes would scream really loud and big but then Jackrum will be like "Hahaha I lost my ear drums IN THE WAR!" and do a flying kick.

--@purpledemoncat

I really wanted to say Agnes just cause vibes but the Jackrum picture looks like it's about to stab me personally for considering that option so uh. Jackrum I guess.

--@violetren (this literally made me start wheezing)

Agnes vs Jackrum--Jackrum would win easy peasy. Perdita vs Jackrum though would get really messy REALLY quick. But all that said Jackrum lives in the trenches he lives in the pit he's coming out of this one on top. NOthing is too low to stoop for him, no trick is too underhanded.

--@omicheese

Can't wait to see what y'all have to say about Round 2! XD

#terry pratchett #discworld #discworld fight club 2023

[butts-bouncing-on-the-beltway]

@nerdomancer

The internet plumbing guides/forums seem to agree with you, so it seems this is not something that can be solved away yet at least.

My guess is you can pay for fancy enough/high capacity enough water systems to reduce the frequency, but otherwise it's mostly just physics.

[fanaticismrestrained]

@nerdomancer born and raised in new york, heyooo

#delete later #well. raised at least.

[wraith-deer]

It’s all of your favorite NPCs, all in one place looking fly as hell! 

(Please tag yourself/your friend if you see them so I can give credit where it is due)

Roswell is @nerdomancer 

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