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nwhiker-- My spouse is having so much fun playing with his AI programming agents that I have to remind him to quit work. It's almost 7pm. He's been working straight -no lunch break- since 9am and will continue. WhatEVER. 🤪 It's so strange because everyone hates AI and he's having a blast creating minions. He hates what it is doing and is going to do to the industry, and that the job prospects for Linnea are terrible (great time to graduate with a degree in CS, child!), but he's figuring cutting edge stuff out and is enjoying that at least. Oh. It was 7:30 when he finally decided it was done. Now he's reading something, no doubt about AI, on his computer.
-- This recipe. Easy-peasy and really flexible. I did some heavy mods the first time I made it, filling it with almond paste and adding sliced pears on top. The second time, I made it as written, minus the sugar crust on the bottom which I did not feel added to the experience the first time. This weekend I made it with a nutella (and a bit of flour) filling. Results were great all three times. Recipe comes together quickly, doesn't require the mixer, and cooked in exactly 32 minutes, LOL. I expect I will try it with an apple pie filing (homemade), with strawberry jam, with custard and chocolate frosting (dh is a fan of Boston Cream doughnuts) and mebbe if I can swing it with lemon curd. I'd fill it with marmalade but I'm the only one who likes that. Anyhow: Jelly Doughnut Cake.
-- Keeping myself honest: I'm going to post another chapter of my novel over on my other site tomorrow. I'm trying to make some progress with figuring out what to do with it, and how to do whatever I decide I'm going to do.
-- This recipe. Easy-peasy and really flexible. I did some heavy mods the first time I made it, filling it with almond paste and adding sliced pears on top. The second time, I made it as written, minus the sugar crust on the bottom which I did not feel added to the experience the first time. This weekend I made it with a nutella (and a bit of flour) filling. Results were great all three times. Recipe comes together quickly, doesn't require the mixer, and cooked in exactly 32 minutes, LOL. I expect I will try it with an apple pie filing (homemade), with strawberry jam, with custard and chocolate frosting (dh is a fan of Boston Cream doughnuts) and mebbe if I can swing it with lemon curd. I'd fill it with marmalade but I'm the only one who likes that. Anyhow: Jelly Doughnut Cake.
-- Keeping myself honest: I'm going to post another chapter of my novel over on my other site tomorrow. I'm trying to make some progress with figuring out what to do with it, and how to do whatever I decide I'm going to do.
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Date: 5 Feb 2026 02:55 (UTC)I made the layered fig scones from KA because we "inherited" an unopened jar of the dalmatia orange fig spread when moving Matthew's mom to a place with no kitchen. They were tasty! But I've been thinking of trying again with a jar of ginger curd that was apparently a one-time offering at Trader Joe's. Maybe I should try it in the jelly doughnut cake instead...
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Date: 5 Feb 2026 19:05 (UTC)I didn't have a piping bag or tip that would have worked, or at least it didn't look like it would work with my set up, so I skipped that part. I also avoid confectioners sugar since it makes such a mess!
And yeah, do it with the ginger curd and let me know! 😂