I am not sure how J formed his dislike for cake or all things cake-like (muffins, cupcakes, soft bread). I am sure it is just a texture thing, but either way he doesn’t eat cake. When I was preparing for his birthday and he wanted a cake for his friends, I said to him, “But, J you don’t eat cake!”. He said, “It doesn’t matter Mommy, I will just lick the icing.”
Well, I would have non of that. For his first Birthday party with friends from school, he was going to have a cake that he wanted to eat. So I asked him if he would like a Rice Krispies Cake and he loved the idea. Which also worked great because his best buddy is allergic to peanuts, so I was going to have to special order the cake for him.
I made two recipes of Rice Kripies Squares (recipe from the box). and pressed them into circular cake pans. I buttered them and added a strip of parchment paper so I could lift them out easier. I flipped them over, added some pre-made icing, Smarties (the Canadian kind) and some Birthday Candles. It was great and all the kids loved their cake.
It will certainly make more appearances here in our house as the Non-Cake Birthday Cake.
Categories:
Birthdays,
Food
To perfection.
I could ask for my Aunt’s Strawberry Jam recipe, but it wouldn’t matter. This jam is made from Strawberries grown in my Uncles garden in Delaware. I remember when he decided to plant strawberries and had them in pots, now there are enough for jam! I could attempt to make her jam using fresh strawberries from the farm here, but ours aren’t as sweet. And there is no way I could get it so that the strawberries weren’t complete mush.
So for now, I will savor the remaining jar and a half I have left. I have had English muffins for breakfast, something I usually save for holidays, for the past week. I have also mixed the jam into my bowl of Cream of Wheat, and boy that was heaven. I am afraid to buy some vanilla ice cream for fear there would be no jam left. I can only imagine how delicious it would be drizzling down the sides of the ice cream.
It’s a good thing she didn’t send me home with her peach pie!!! Oh man, my mouth is watering just thinking about it.
Categories:
Food,
The Beach
… when I posted about my new awesome fridge?
Well, it’s broken.
It broke yesterday. And the technician might not get here until tomorrow.
Nice.
Did I mention that I already threw out a couple hundred dollars of meat? Yep.
Happy Monday.
Categories:
Food,
Technology
