Recipe : Moon Cakes

Ingredients:

1. 2 Cups flour

2. 1 Cups Powdered sugar

3. 1 stick of butter

4. Vanilla (1 tbsp)

5. 1 egg

INSTRUCTIONS:

~PREHEAT TO : 375~

A. Combine flour & sugar.  Mix well.

B. Cut butter into 6 parts & add in each part using your hands (IT SHALL START TO LOOK LIKE CRUMBLES)

C. If you cannot mis the egg in with your hands (trust me, it's pretty gooey and sticks like a mother), Use a spoon, or fork.

D.  Add in the vanilla

E. On a sheet of wax paper, dust with flour as well as hands & dough.  Grab a little at a time & knead. Work until it is soft.

F. Shape into cirlces (representing a full moon)

G.  Place on cookie sheet (floured and all). Bake for 8-10 minutes.

    I also make a mean lemon glaze for it. Honestly, It's not that "mean", but my taste buds seem to differ :)) Here is the recipe:

LEMON JUICE & POWDERED SUGAR. 

-There are no measurements.  You usually eye it depending on how you want your consistency.  I usually put more lemon than sugar.

Here are more photos that I took. It's kind of like a time
line of each step.

After I carved crescents into the dough

                                       

close up

All done!

The first glazing

Third and final layer of glaze

FireandAshe's photostream on Flickr.

02.

Yesterday some of my circle friends came over.  I cooked them a homemade lunch (Chicken noodles, my own recipe ; deviled eggs ; garlic whole wheat bread), they enjoyed it xD .  We did 3 tarot readings on my fiance and it said that his fight was almost over, as well as not to let his battles get to him.  On the 4th of August we are going to be doing a ritual for him in our woods.  I will be representing Light.
I also made a St. Johns Wort & Lavender tincture.

                                                                               

The lavender tincture was made from fresh, wild lavender outside of my house.  It hadn't bloomed yet, but the fragrance was still alive, and there was still medicinal qualities in the herb.  This one was the easiest to make, but a bitch to pick and peel off the root.  Took about 10 minutes to pick, 15 to peel, and 5 to assemble together.

The St. Johns Wort tincture was made from a package I had bought a couple months back from an occult shop.  It was only 3.00 , so this one was the priciest.  I had to break it down because there was so much of it.  That took a good 30 minutes to do, with the help of Jenna & Ryan.  Jenna is an air element and will be representing spirit in the ritual.  Ryan is an earth element and will represent his element.  Anyways, then we put it all together.  The whole time it took to make was 45 minutes.

After the tinctures were made, I braided Jenna's hair.  Here is the finished result

It was a good day.  The only bad thing that happened was one of my other circle friends, Raegan, ended up having really bad cramps.  So she had to go to the hospital.  

                                           

01.

  I really have no clue how to start this off. I am in no mindset to even write a blog post. I am not inspired, I have been doing nothing of the sorts, and trying to customize this blog has been draining nonetheless.  I'm sure I could just write about what all I am going to put here for the remainder of F&A's shelf life.  I actually have a list of things to write about, but it seems like I'm procrastinating.
  I've also got a lot going on personally.  Ever since my mother passed away (2 years ago), I have been like a zombie ever since.  I was not living, more so existing.  But now, I have gotten the courage to do something.  Time is ticking away, the days are getting shorter and it felt like yesterday that it was the new year.  So that definitely says something, huh?  Anyways, I am wanting to go back to school, I am now putting my spirituality first, in a way.  I found a new group of friends who accept and love me for who I actually am.  I also cut communication with my sister, and started back communication with a few other family members.  I've grown so much closer with the ones who have been there all along.  I've just been blinded like a deer.  It's pretty sad. As well as gotten engaged to a wonderful troll of a man who loves me for who I am.  He is the only reason I get up in the morning (kicking and screaming so to say ;D ), and I couldn't live without him.  Ups and downs, sideways to sideways, he loves me unconditionally.
  But like I said, here is a list.  If you would like to recommend a few other ideas, please feel free to do so in the comments.  Or just send me a message on the forum (you know who you are).


- Chaoism : Satanism's twin, or the next Wicca?
- Summary of Path
- The 1st & last time was 4 years ago : The reason why I say Fuck you
- Personal-ity : The things that make me go LOL
- The Crescent Cafe


  So far that's all I have.  Pretty good for a post that was probably going to go nowhere, but didn't.