Not Necessarily One Bowl Chocolate Cake

In answer to various comments re the cake the other night, in case you're interested...

This recipe I got originally from eatingwell.com.

The "Not Necessarily" is mine. I have never understood why it was called "One Bowl..." :)

One Bowl Chocolate Cake

Preheat oven to 350ºF.

Ingredients:

• Group 1

• 3/4 c. + 2 T. whole wheat flour

• 1/2 c. sugar

• 1/3 c. cocoa

• 1 t. baking powder

• 1 t. baking soda

• 1/4 t. salt

• Group 2

• 2 T. canola oil

• 1 t. vanilla

• 1/2 c. buttermilk or reg. milk (NOTE: I always use soy milk and it is fine; might be interesting to see how it is with the buttermilk…)

• 1 large egg, lightly beaten

• 1/2 c. hard-packed brown sugar

• 1/2 c. hot strong black coffee or boiling water (I always use coffee)

Grease 9-in round cake pan (other pan similar in size is fine). Cut parchment paper or waxed paper to fit in the bottom of the pan.

• Mix Group 1 til just blended.

• Mix Group 2 likewise (without the coffee/water) and add to Group 1. 

• Beat 2 min.

• Add coffee/water and beat to blend. Batter will be RIDICULOUSLY thin! Don't worry!

• Pour into pan and bake 30-35 minutes or until clean toothpick test.

• Cool on rack 10 minutes then remove from pan and cool rest of the way.

• Dust with confectioner's sugar or use toppings of your choice.

Yum!!

notes from rehearsal 4/14/14 + upcoming dates/songs

This Sunday, 4/20, Easter:  Yonder come day (congregation singalong)

5/11: Heart of the Mother

5/18: (Buddhist service)

• Susan Ch. solo "Be Ye Lamps…"
• possibly "when I breathe in…" (turquoise hymnal 1009)
• Chandler, Clay, Elaine trio: May I be filled

6/1 - tentative depending on how many of us can be there, etc.
Terry asked if we could sing - possibly with kids
"Love is a Beautiful Thing" which we went thru a little tonight - here is the piece
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H9qlXMctgZI
if you click that you like it $1 goes to Autism/Aspergers cause

We also practiced "Give Light," which would also work for the Buddhist service incidentally - we were all pretty struck by how beautiful it is and how meditative, etc.

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mostly after that we talked about soirée ideas, etc.

ideas for she sings soirée… and lots of other ideas mixed in...

ideas for she sings soirée… and lots of other ideas mixed in...

this is in no particular order so please feel free to add stuff/clarify anything you want

it was a very free-form brainstorming session… :)

do duets and trios as encores or to pad program

benedicta es

pooh stuff

possibly end with "give light" (new song we practiced 4/14/14)

goodbye songs:

goodnight ladies

goodnight irene

so long farewell...

goodnight my someone

auld lang syne

music service in december?

maybe about Mary

music singing night to start people off on christmastime?

think of christmas songs we'd like to include

possibly get together just us next year and sing the solstice songs just for ourselves - at Elaine's or something

2014 Soiree Wrap up and Lessons Learned

Here's what we sang and ate:

Appetizers:  fruit,  green salad, nuts,   guacamole and  chips

ridin the rails

willkommen

water is wide

mendelssohn

Main Course: Chicken Teriyaki and Rice,  Pesto Meatballs, Mex Meatballs , quiche, broccoli salad  potato salad

 give my regards*

o what a beaut morn*

bewitched

if I loved you

Dessert:  chocolate cake w raspberry sauce, gelatto,  little shortbread squares

blues in f

madera my dear

heart of the mother

*singalongs

Lessons Learned:  this is just off the top of my head.  We can add to this list later

Larry, working in the kitchen to put away and get out food, said he would have liked longer sets in order to get his job done

The sing alongs were very popular-- do more

We had plenty of food--  really appreciated everyone being so generous with they brought.  

singing Sunday 3/30

Meet at 10h as usual.

"I am Willing"
Nate is joining us on drum and Jeff will sing with us and do the solo
Heather was there tonight with Sylvia too and sang with us - she might be singing with us Sunday too?

"Siph'Amandla"
Susan Natale will join us on drum.

soirée planning/rehearsal etc at Elaine's

Soirée is April 12, 7pm - not quite 3 wks away - which info elicits various degrees of "eek!" from She Sings members…

So.

We met at Elaine's to do some thinking and planning and…

In no particular order, here is our list (italicized entries somewhat less certain than others) - of course yell if errors:

• en groupe:
• Willkommen
• Give my regards to Broadway
• Oh What a Beautiful Morning
• Crazy little thing called love
• singalong:
• If I had a hammer (Sara - guitar)
• possibly some of the group pieces will turn into singalongs
• en solo or duet:
• Have some madera, my dear - Paula
• If I loved you - Susan Ch.
• The Water is Wide - Sara (guitar and voice)
• Nothing - Susan Cl.
• Mendelssohn duet - 2 Susan C's w/ Elaine on piano
• ________ - Jeff
• Blues in F - Paula and Jorge
• Ridin' the Rails - Elaine piano

We'll keep doing the group pieces at SS rehearsal, solos/duets please arrange with each other to rehearse as nec.

Notes for group Broadway pieces:

• Willkommen - dynamics, listen to each other
• Give my regards - dynamics, listen to each other, watch 8th notes
• O what a beautiful morning - dynamics, listen to each other

Misc.

• Elaine is/has sending/sent out info about figuring out food, etc. - stay tuned.
• One idea that keeps resurfacing and seems good is that we mix up the music and the munchies - a few pieces of music, some food time, a few more pieces, some more food time, etc.

Notes from rehearsal 3/10/14

We will meet next week 3/17 after all even tho Elaine will not be here. We need to work on soirée stuff.

The bulk of the soirée will be dusted off pieces from the Broadway show. Paula is back and kindly agreed to accompany people on Broadway stuff. In addition to some of the Broadway pieces Susan C and Susan Ch will do the long-thought-about Mendelssohn duet, Sara and Susan C might do Pooh pieces from last summer, we want to do "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" that Elaine brought to us, etc.

Reminder Soirée is 4/12 at Elaine's. We're going to do a rehearsal/planning at Elaine's on 3/23, 5pm.

On 3/30 is singing for UU: Siph'anandla (grey hymnal #172) and I am Willing (Jeff has agreed to do solo again).

Other UU service dates:
4/20 - Yonder Come Day and possibly Pachelbel (grey hymnal #386)
5/11 - Heart of the Mother

Anyone who is free please consider coming to Elaine's piano recital on 5/16 to help sing "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and generally to enjoy music/camaraderie.