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The Absolute Best Carrot Cake Recipe To Make For Easter (Or Anytime!)
Apr. 5th, 2026 03:04 pm![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
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Which dish is more suited for Easter than a carrot cake? None, I say! And lucky for y’all, I have the best recipe for you to try. This recipe is tried and true and absolutely delicious. Many people have said “this is the best carrot cake I’ve ever had!”
This Brown Butter Carrot Cake comes to us from Handle the Heat. It’s surprisingly quick and honestly quite easy, and it’s my go-to carrot cake recipe, even though browning the butter takes some extra time. It’s totally worth it!
I hope you give this recipe a try, and have a happy Easter, or just an awesome Sunday in general.
-AMS
Daily Check In.
Apr. 4th, 2026 06:01 pmadafrog posting in fandom_checkinOpen to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 26
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Today I Am Ten, or, the Miracle of ScalziYears
Apr. 4th, 2026 04:25 pmscalziwhatever_feed
And you say to yourself, what? Scalzi, you are not ten years old today! You are just barely a month away from being 57! The only juvenile you are is juvenile elderly! Stop being a faker, you faker!
To which I respond: Yes, I am fifty-six and eleven(ish) months old… on Earth. But as you know, I have a minor planet named after me, and its orbital period is just a shade under 5.7 earth years long. If you were to position 52692 Johnscalzi (1998 FO8) on the day of my birth, today is the day it would have made its tenth complete orbit since then. Thus, ten ScalziYears. Today, I am ten ScalziYears old.
How will I celebrate such a momentous occasion? As it happens I have a gathering of friends at the church today. It’s for something else entirely but I might bring a cake anyway. And otherwise, I’m taking it easy. It’s nice that this time around it slots in just between Good Friday and Easter. Easter Saturday always feels a little left out of the holiday swing of things, I’m glad this year to give something to do.
My next ScalziYear birthday will be December 12, 2031, so you have lots of time to prepare. Get ready!
— JS
PS: that coin with my asteroids orbit on it was given to me by a fan at the San Antonio Pop Madness convention (whose name escapse me at the moment but they can certainly announce themselves in the comments), and it was super-cool to get it. The other side of the coin is just as awesome:
I have the best fans, honestly.
Books Received, March 28 — April 3
Apr. 4th, 2026 09:25 amjames_davis_nicoll
Seven books new to me. Five fantasy, two science fiction, of which at least three are series.
Books Received, March 28 — April 3
Which of these look interesting?
The Photonic Effect by Mike Chen (April 2026)
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Nobody’s Quest by Alyssa Day (June 2026)
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This Wild Wanting by Sophie Gonzales (November 2026)
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The Killing of a Chestnut Tree by Oliver K. Langmead (November 2026)
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Mark of the Warrior by Fonda Lee & Shannon Lee (October 2026)
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The Frozen King by Pari Thomson (Ocober 2026)
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Wolfpack by Rem Wigmore (April 2026)
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Some other option (see comments)
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Cats!
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Star Wars: trade your heart for bones to know by blackkat
Apr. 3rd, 2026 11:33 pmbeatrice_otter posting in fancakePairings/Characters: Jaster Mereel/Jon Antilles
Rating: mature
Length: 126k
Creator Links:
Theme: arranged marriage, novel-length, epic works, worldbuilding, psychic powers, never met in canon, marriage of convenience, cultural differences, AU, fork in the road.
Summary: A week after an attack that nearly killed him and his son, Jaster Mereel finds Mostross dead on a battlefield. His killer is a Jedi, grievously wounded, who Jaster takes into his care. By Mandalorian tradition, Jon Antilles owes him a life-debt, and Jaster is cunning enough not to let such a thing slip away.
It's meant to be an entirely political arrangement. It doesn't stay that way for long.
Reccer's Notes: Blackkat is a very prolific author who does an excellent job of taking medium-obscure Star Wars characters and doing really interesting things with them. Jaster Mereel is Jango Fett's adoptive father, and the Mandalore. (In canon, he was killed by Montross.) Jon Antilles is a Jedi who was abused by his Master growing up, but also learned some really obscure and difficult Force tricks from her, and spends his life wandering the galaxy alone as the Force wills. You don't have to know much more than that, as blackkat weaves a really interesting story about them, fleshing them both out deeply from what canon gives us.
Fanwork Links: trade your heart for bones to know
- fandom: star wars,
- length: 80.000 & more words,
- theme: arranged marriage,
- theme: au,
- theme: au: fork in the road,
- theme: cultural differences,
- theme: epic works,
- theme: marriage,
- theme: marriage of convenience,
- theme: never met in canon,
- theme: novel-length fic,
- theme: psychic powers,
- theme: worldbuilding
Not so random peeve of the day
Apr. 3rd, 2026 09:31 pmjames_davis_nicollDaily Check In.
Apr. 3rd, 2026 06:35 pmadafrog posting in fandom_checkinOpen to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 23
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A Kitten’s First Good Friday
Apr. 3rd, 2026 08:36 pmscalziwhatever_feed
Saja is contemplative about it, as he should be.
A reflective Good Friday, Easter, and/or Passover to you, if you celebrate any of these, and have a lovely weekend no matter who you are.
— JS
Puritanism and the Wilderness
Apr. 3rd, 2026 04:43 pmmarycatelli posting in book_loveWhat the Puritans thought about wilderness as they came to New England. . .
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