01-14 Wakie, Wakie, Eggs and Bakie - Start Your Day with Hobokuchen!

Hi people! Brini here, back with a new episode. Now I know it’s been a while, but we’ve been busy working on some exciting new projects. More about that later. 

This week we’re featuring the lost episode from the first season. This episode was planned for, but never aired during the first season of my podcast. It’s all about making the most of your mornings. I’m demonstrating a family recipe for coffee cake that I like to call Hobokuchen! It’s very simple, here’s how. 

You’ll need: 

2 ½ cup flour

4 tsp baking powder

¼ tsp salt

1 cup sugar

½ cup butter

1 tsp grated lemon rind

1 eg

2/3 cup milk

1 tsp cinnamon

½ cup chopped walnuts 

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and grease a 9” by 12” pan. Sift flour, baking powder, salt and sugar and place in a bowl. Add butter and blend well with a fork until the mixture is crumbly. Reserve 2/3 of a cup of dry mixture for the streusel for the top. Add grated lemon rind to the remaining mixture. To the reserved streusel add the walnuts and cinnamon and blend well. Combine milk and egg and mix by hand, then add the milk mixture to the dry mixture and blend thoroughly. Pour into baking pan, spread with the streusel and bake for 30 minutes or until a tester comes out clean. 

Now making your morning more pleasant isn’t difficult if you apply these tips: 

Do everything you can the night before – lay out your wardrobe for the following day, set up your breakfast, you can even take your shower the night before. Having everything prepared will make getting out the door that much easier. 

Do you wakeup with the news? It’s a rather jarring start to your day. Try waking up to a jazz or classical station, or buy an alarm clock that will connect to your MP3 player or one you can use a CD with. It’s so much nicer to program your mornings for serenity than it is to greet the day with angst. 

This week on my NPR podcast we’re talking about how buying vintage can help you avoid planned and programmed obsolescence.  Here are a few links with information about making this a reality: 

www.retrorenovation.com – This blog is choc full of ideas for creating retro interiors 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence - An interesting article about planned obsolescence.  

http://www.antiqueappliances.com/links.htm - some links to sites about vintage appliances.

I’m sorry I missed posting my recipe for Brussels sprouts last week. If you’d like it, please email me at [e-mail] and I will send it to you. 

Don’t forget to come by Felix Populi. The site has been revamped and we have quite a few new products up, and more coming soon!