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2005-08-12: addictive love
I have to admit something here. I have a second love. Well…a first, really because I met this particular love before I met my husband. Long before I met him – that makes it okay, doesn’t it? Its not as though I slink around, cheating on him with this love, either. Actually he knows all about this affair. Actually he’s supportive of it; to a certain degree, anyway. When I start getting too into this love he does try to pull me back a bit – knowing that too much of a good thing can be bad for me.
I’ve written about this love before…it’s dark, mysterious, gorgeousness that I simply cannot live without. I’ve tried a few times actually to give it up and succeeded for a few months at a time, but it always calls me back, tempting me with it’s deep, penetrating essence.
Coffee. It’s a vice, I know. And an addiction too. And it’s probably very bad for me, considering I already have high blood pressure, but I can’t help it…I have to have it. And it doesn’t end at just a cup in the morning at work, oh no. It continues onto things like ice cream, cookies and cakes. It continues into savory items as well with coffee-marinated steak and coffee-infused beer. The ways to feed my desires are literally never-ending, I’m afraid.
So when Ronald suggested coffee to me as a theme ingredient for this month’s SHF I had to agree…and a coffee infused pound cake was the luscious result from my kitchen today. Surprisingly it went perfectly with a steaming cup of hot coffee. Yum.
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| Aug 17, 2005: | keiko (http://www.robotmouse.com/catswhiskers/eblog/) Hi Jennifer - as always, wonderful writing and beautiful cake. I know how you feel about coffee, you just can't give up... Your new site design looks gorgeous - very clean and the changing photos on top are really cool! |
| Aug 16, 2005: | Kelly (http://occasionalepicure.blogspot.com) This cake looks fantastic! Don't worry about being addicted to coffe - at least you're getting your fruit too with those delicious looking raspberries! ;) |
| Aug 14, 2005: | Ms J (http://culinarilyobsessed.blogspot.com/) ohmigoodness I absolutely LUV your site!!! The pound cake looks delicious & the raspberries..YUMMY they set it off nicely. So glad I came across your site..how does one get involved with the Sugar High Fridays?? |
| Aug 14, 2005: | Nic (http://bakingsheet.blogspot.com) Delicious, Jennifer. I actually think that raspberries are a wonderful combination with coffee. A coffee shop I frequented in Berkeley made Raspberry Almond lattes. Their raspberry syrup/puree had just the right amount of tartness. Heaven! |
| Aug 14, 2005: | Ana (www.pumpkinpiebungalow.blogspot.com) That picture is mouth-watering and the idea of a coffee pound cake sounds delicious too. |
| Aug 13, 2005: | Victoria Winters (http://tmlens.blogspot.com) Well it sounds good, but the picture of it is absolutely divine! Thank you for sharing it with us! |
| Aug 13, 2005: | Ruth (www.4everykitchen.com) I love your writing style and the recipe looks and sounds delicious. |
| Aug 13, 2005: | stefoodie (http://www.stefoodie.net) ooh, so luscious.... especially with those raspberries and that sauce. yum. |
| Aug 13, 2005: | ChubbyCat (chubbycat.manicapathy.net) Yum! That looks really scrumptious, paired up with some very lucious looking raspberries. Wish I could have some of that cake for breakfast.... With a cup of coffee of course! :) |
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