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Cabbages, Carrots, And Chocolate Cake
| Posted on January 31, 2010 at 6:43 PM |
The weather has been very uncooperative all weekend. Basically too wet to do much of anything outside. Yesterday I did the seed starting and a couple of minor chores that needed to be done and before coming inside for the afternoon I harvested a small head of January King cabbage and some carrots.
The carrots were scrubbed and grated and the cabbage was cut into small pieces. All of it was mixed together and dressed with my favorite slaw dressing to make a fresh and colorful coleslaw to go with Saturday’s dinner menu of roasted pork chops in sweet and tangy barbeque sauce and Boston baked beans.
Today was just as wet so I dedicated some time for baking. Along with bread baking, I decided to use some double dark chocolate cocoa I received as a Christmas present - to make a triple layer sour cream and chocolate cake.
My cakes are not very beautiful to look at, but they sure are moist and good tasting!
Categories: Harvesting, Just For Fun
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GrafixMuse
06:54 PM on January 31, 2010
What beautiful cabbage and fat carrots! I bet the cole slaw was delicious. However, that chocolate layered cake truly has me drooling.
GrafixMuse - the coleslaw was finished up in one sitting, no leftovers to be had. The cake is as decadent tasting as one could wish for in a chocolate cake. I don't bake them often because we try to keep our sugar intake down, but every so often a pie or cake is much appreciated as a treat.
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Daphne
07:35 PM on January 31, 2010
That is a pretty harvest. I had coleslaw today too, but no chocolate cake.
The harvest looks nice. I went out today to see if I had anything for harvest monday, unfortunately the 5f weather has knocked everything down again. Maybe I will have something next week. Dinner sounds good and the cake looks awesome!
Daphne - It's amazing how good coleslaw tastes in the winter months as a departure from the higher starch menu items.
Dan - I hope the garden bounces back from your current deep freeze. We just wrapped up a record setting month of January - warmest one in this region since they began keeping such information. It's not like it has been balmy warm or anything but the temps are definitely not dipping down into the normal range for this time of year. Not a single day below 32 degrees for the entire month. This followed a December that had some record cold individual days. Been a roller coaster weather year for sure.
Dan - I hope the garden bounces back from your current deep freeze. We just wrapped up a record setting month of January - warmest one in this region since they began keeping such information. It's not like it has been balmy warm or anything but the temps are definitely not dipping down into the normal range for this time of year. Not a single day below 32 degrees for the entire month. This followed a December that had some record cold individual days. Been a roller coaster weather year for sure.
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Becky
07:32 AM on February 01, 2010
That chocolate cake looks amazing! I love any cake recipes that includes sour cream! The produce is beautiful as always 
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Becky - I had not used this particular recipe before. It comes from "A Taste of Home" cookbook and it turned out very good.
They're so pretty! Hubby is anxious to have cabbage next winter for slaw. That cake looks yummy too.
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Thomas
09:37 PM on February 01, 2010
Yum that chocolate cake looks amazing. I didn't realize that California had been getting so much rain lately until my sister called to tell me.
This is still a great harvest for January. And it looks like your seedlings are coming along nicely. You'll be out in the garden transplanting in no time.
This is still a great harvest for January. And it looks like your seedlings are coming along nicely. You'll be out in the garden transplanting in no time.
hsheather - January King is a super tough overwintering cabbage that is quite pretty to look at as well. Not my favorite for coleslaw (is better when cooked as it has a tougher texture) but it only harvested the inner portion which is more tender and made a tasty coleslaw.
Thomas - California has been getting a real deluge. We have been wet too but nothing like it can be in really wet years. I could use a break in the rain though so I can get that green manure crop turned over. Several things are scheduled to go into that bed in mid March and it needs time to decompose.
Thomas - California has been getting a real deluge. We have been wet too but nothing like it can be in really wet years. I could use a break in the rain though so I can get that green manure crop turned over. Several things are scheduled to go into that bed in mid March and it needs time to decompose.
MMMMM! Cake is good Nice looking cabbages. I don't have any cabbages in my seed collection. I need to get some because I could have certainly used some today. lol
Nice looking cabbages. I don't have any cabbages in my seed collection. I need to get some because I could have certainly used some today. lol
Nice cake! What kind of carrots are you growing? Carrots are one of my favorite vegetables and one that we eat every single day, probabely more than any other veggie.
You might like this cake recipe. It is different but one of my new favorites and the main ingredient comes from the garden.:)
http://accidentalhuswife.blogspot.com/2009/06/mouthwatering-blac
k-bean-chocolate-cake.html
http://accidentalhuswife.blogspot.com/2009/06/mouthwatering-blac
k-bean-chocolate-cake.html
KalenaMichele - I have become more and more fond of cabbage with each passing season. They are such a varied and interesting plant that it is fun to grow several varieties.
Mike - I grow mostly Nantaise and Mokum but the carrots in this picture are Bolero. These were the last ones to be planted last year (mid to late June) and are a little smaller as a result. This was the first time I have grown Bolero and I like them enough that I am going to grow more of them this spring. We really love Mokum for fresh eating though. Like you, we eat carrots alot and for my winter garden I always have big sections of carrots and parsnips because they are staples in our winter menus. Thanks for the cake recipe. I have used bean flour in recipes before (makes a great thickener for soup!) but this is the first "bean" cake i have seen.
Mike - I grow mostly Nantaise and Mokum but the carrots in this picture are Bolero. These were the last ones to be planted last year (mid to late June) and are a little smaller as a result. This was the first time I have grown Bolero and I like them enough that I am going to grow more of them this spring. We really love Mokum for fresh eating though. Like you, we eat carrots alot and for my winter garden I always have big sections of carrots and parsnips because they are staples in our winter menus. Thanks for the cake recipe. I have used bean flour in recipes before (makes a great thickener for soup!) but this is the first "bean" cake i have seen.
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Sustainable Eats
11:22 PM on February 02, 2010
That cake looks awesome! And is that what Jan King looks like? I have 6 of those in the garden I was waiting for them to get tight heads. Derp! Is this just like my Green Zebra I was waiting to turn red? I made a black bean brownie recipe from 101 cookbooks last year that was great - I've taken it to preschool a couple times and the kids went gaga for it.
Sustainable Eats - If I had allowed this head of January King to keep growing it would have formed a tighter and much bigger head. However, I generally will harvest things when they are edible and when I need them during the winter and don't wait for everything to get to a completely matured state. In the summer garden I generally harvest at maturity (although I harvest young and often from crops like summer squash). Sounds like the bean cakes and bakery goods are a hit!
That cake would be great with an ice cold glass of soy milk. It looks like a sweet yummy version of Abe Lincolns hat!
Jim G - My goodness! That really DOES look like a cake version of Abe Lincolns stove pipe hat! LOL! I was with you on the cold glass of milk too until I read the SOY part... We had a family milk cow when I was very young and I just cannot be converted to substitutions for a glass of really good WHOLE milk. ;D
AG - I keep asking you to adopt me? Can we adopt each other ?
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