The Cake You Can Have and Eat it Too

Now that is kind of a dumb saying, isn't it? If you have your cake, why wouldn't you eat it?

So I am not going to Prague. It was not in the stars for me. OSU would have charged me out of state tuition which put the trip way out of my league. Though I was initially disappointed, I have come up with an alternative that may supercede the original. Badger Girl Goes to the Continent With Friends!

I am hitting up Europe with Ashley and Becca. Ashley and I will head out a week or so (depending on our anxieties in the moment, the so has been known to extend) early and then meet up with Becca in Rome for a week of exploring Italy and possibly Switzerland. Details are vague but they involve Paris, Italy, Germany, and whatever else may come.

Next week Ashley and I are going to buy tickets. Then the joy of planning. Which is actually not sarcastic at all, planning is sometimes the best part. :) Particulary in the early stages when the sky and not my purse is the limit

Today I down loaded a Learn Italian podcast. Originally I intended to listen to it while I ran. Today I was the crazy lady speaking Italian so I may limit the lessons to when I am in the privacy of my own home. We'll see though. As a graduate student, I feel justified in exercising my right to eccentricities.

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I also promised cake. Here is a great recipe which cuts down fat per serving from 12 grams to a meager 1.9.

1 box of chocolate cake mix
3/4 cup fat free or lowfat vanilla yogurt
3/4 cup of room temperature coffee or water
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon of an egg substitute

Mix it all together. Pour into loaf pans. Bake at 350 for 4o minutes. Let cool 4o minutes before removing from pan.

It's the best cake I have ever made. Enjoy. :)