90130_ Report This Comment
Date: September 03, 2007 03:25AM

Was it your birthday today, Fossil?

ORLANDO399 Report This Comment
Date: September 03, 2007 04:16AM

lol

fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: September 03, 2007 04:34AM

mine was last sunday...dickhead!

90130_ Report This Comment
Date: September 03, 2007 06:07AM

Mine's comin' up this month.

One of my bro's decorated a b-day cake for me a dozen years ago with toy soldiers and a model of an Apache in a battlefield diorama.

Some of the military wives attending my b-day party were horrified to see that a few of the toy soldiers on the cake were enemy casualties complete with bullet wounds and food dye "blood" as decoration.

Pretty grim, but not unexpected considering the sick SOB's I hang out with.

Wish I had the pic to post here.

fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: September 03, 2007 12:20PM

my mom makes me 3 cakes, 1 for the boys at work (usually store bought) 1 is chocolate almost fudge cake with pecans, the other is a spice cake from scratch with buttercream frosting. they're all 3 sooooo good.

the chocolate cake is a "sheath cake" put it in the fridge and it turns to almost fudge. mmmmmmm time to work out.



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90130_ Report This Comment
Date: September 03, 2007 04:03PM

"Sheath cake?" Must be a regional thing. Sounds good though.

fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: September 03, 2007 05:24PM

ask yer grandma. shouldn't be regional

Mrkim Report This Comment
Date: September 04, 2007 04:02PM

Sure you didn mean "sheet cake" dude ? A sheet cake is usually made in a large rectangular pan and is a single layer cake most commonly. The rectangular ones you find at most stores (Wallyworld, Target, grocery store, etc. and most notably, the one in the pic above) are called "sheet cakes"





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fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: September 04, 2007 10:37PM

maybe my grandma was wrong, i've always known it as a sheath cake.

fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: September 04, 2007 10:38PM

and noone sells 'em, they're all homemade.

e-mailed mom to send the recipe.



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fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: September 05, 2007 02:59AM

HERE YOU GO BOYS AND GIRLS......SHEATH CAKE (i was right )


2 cups granulated sugar, 2 cups flour, 1 stick margarine (1/2 cup), 1/2 cup Crisco, 4 tbsp. cocoa*, 1 cup water**. 1/2 cup buttermilk, 2 eggs, slightly beaten, 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1 tsp. vanilla, 1 tsp. baking soda.
Sift sugar and flour together in a large mixing bowl. Put margarine, Crisco, cocoa and water in a saucepan and bring to a rapid boil.
Pour over flour and sugar mixture. Stir well and add buttermilk, eggs, soda, cinnamon and vanilla.
Mix and pour in a greased and floured pan.
Cook 20 minutes, or until cake springs back when touched, at 400 degrees.

ICING (To be made 5 minutes before cake is done.) 1 stick margarine, 4 tbsp. cocoa, 6 tbsp milk. Bring to a boil and add 1 box powdered sugar (3 1/2 cups), 1 tsp vanilla, 1 cup chopped nuts.
Beat well and spread on cake while cake is still hot.

*I sometimes substitute raspberry flavored cocoa here. **I sometimes substitute chocolate raspberry brewed coffee here or just plain brewed coffee. This cake stays moist and also freezes well.

("I"= my mom) i'm not a baker or a masterbaker, but i can eat the hell outta this stuff! it gets better when you put it in the fridge (turns to almost fudge). it is also one of the richest cakes you'll ever eat. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Mrkim Report This Comment
Date: September 05, 2007 12:45PM

Aha ... then I stand (or actually SIT corrected, sorta .... A sheet cake is a style of cake though and doesn't actually refer to the type of cake it is

That sounds absolutely wicked and decidedly delicious buddy, bon appetit

fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: September 06, 2007 12:04AM

it's already gone, but now i can try to make it.

pro_junior Report This Comment
Date: September 06, 2007 12:10AM

your mom's cake sounds nice but I wanna know about her pie...
ha ha he he ho ho
jus kiddin...

fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: September 06, 2007 12:58AM

69 years old. picture that.
you asked for it.