Rose Bakes Neopolitan Cake

This week has been a roller coaster of emotions. Brody has been overwhelmed with excitement about starting school. I have felt nervousness about him starting something new, sadness at the realization of how quickly his childhood is passing, and happiness because of his happiness. Brody is such an outgoing kid & is having a blast. Today, around a quiet, still house, I decided to bake. Earlier this week, I saw a recipe for Neopolitan cake on RoseBakes.com. It looked wonderful, but I'm such an amateur that I was a little intimidated. I had to substitute a couple things because I couldn't find the exact ingredient called for. Mainly, the strawberry pudding. Also, I didn't have enough powdered sugar so my icing ended up runny. I'm okay with that because it tastes awesome. As I sit here eating this deliciousness, with a tall glass of milk and watching reruns of the Big Bang Theory, my feelings are getting better. Cake makes everybody happy(along with Sheldon's insanity). Now, Brody will have a special treat when he gets home. Bazzinga! Thank you Rose for the great recipe!!

Calling all Harry Potter fans!!

What a wonderful week! Being off, I have cleaned, exercised, school shopped for Brody, played board games & watched movies(Harry Potter being one of them!) I always wished that I could have a glass of butter beer like the kids do. I imagine it being the best drink ever, like a buttery cream soda. For those who do not watch
Harry Potter, it doesn't contain beer. So there are recipes for butter beer, but I didn't have the correct ingredients. I refuse to put makeup on today. Plan B. Butter beer cupcakes! I had to improvise on the ingredients. It called for buttermilk, I googled a substitute. Milk & lemon juice. Who knew? Also, I had no cream soda. Lewis gave me the idea of just using one of my sodas. Probably would have turned out sweeter with the cream soda. This recipe is a lot more complex. I only did the cupcakes. It shows how to make butterscotch filling & ganache. Also, for home made icing. I had some butter cream Betty Crocker. We just stuck with cupcakes & Betty Crocker today. The next time I make these, I will try the whole thing. They are delicious. The cupcakes are more buttery than sweet & that mixed with the frosting is heavenly. I tried to get Brody to pretend to be Harry & I was Hermione as we ate, but he refused to be anything but Woody. I enjoy speaking with an English accent, so I think I will continue without him.

Terri's Birthday Dessert!

For everyone's birthday at work, we get to pick a dessert. For the 4 years and 5 months that I have worked there, I have never brought dessert. (For obvious reasons!) With my recent experience for the blog, I felt somewhat confident in volunteering for one. Ok. I had no confidence. Just thought it was time I did a dessert for the office. So Mrs. Terri picked this dessert from Pinterest. Strawberry Cream Pie. I had to buy a pie dish so I opted for Fiesta. The bright blue looks really pretty against the red strawberries! It was pretty easy once I got the whipping cream whipped. I played some appropriate music while whipping the cream("Whip It Good!")! Yeah, music always sets the mood. So the pie is stiffening in the fridge. We'll get reviews on taste tomorrow:)

S'mores Bars Baby

Okay, we are way behind on blogging! So as Brody has been quarantined for a couple of days, I let him pick a recipe. Of course, it included marshmallows. Looking through pinterest, he picked s'mores bars. Lucky for me! This didn't have anything unfamiliar to me. Pretty easy, except I wanted to eat the Hershey bar instead of putting it in the mixture. This is great with a glass of milk! We all give it an A+! I did think that I had broke the mixer. It kinda just bogged down though. Pretty sure I dumped too much stuff in at one time:) A good treat for a rough weekend!

Pump up the jam! Pump it up!

So if any of you have little ones, you have probably watched the new cartoon on Nick Jr., Mike the Knight. They love to eat jam tarts on that show. Of course, that's what Brody thought we should make next. Here is our best shot. Every recipe was in metric measurements as this is an English dish. Which also means we talked with an English accent as we made these. I encourage you to read this with an accent as well. It makes for a fun twist. Luckily, most measuring cups have the mL mark on them. I might would have been in trouble. Also, if you ever travel abroad, an electric mixer is referred to as a food processor. I feel my brain growing as we speak. They also make a tart dish. We improvised with cookie cutters and then forming them into a bowl like structure. This recipe came from allrecipes.co.uk. They are great! Very similar taste to a jellied biscuit. We like them! A little messy to make, but worth the quality time with Brody. Now, we will settle down to watch Mike the Knight with our plate of jam tarts and a spot of tea. Ta-Ta!!

Oh Snap!

One of my favorite dishes from O'Charleys is the potato soup. Potato/potatoe??? Anyway, I saw this recipe from pinterest, of course. It looked easy enough. No crazy ingredients. I didn't really pay attention to how much of each thing though. It took like 1/2 gallon of milk! It was also a good thing I googled how to put potatoes in the microwave. Apparently, the potatoes will explode if you don't stab holes in them. I left out the onions Unless an onion is fried, I hate it! Not exactly O'Charleys, but really good!

Rolo's....'nuff said!

Ok. Made a trip to the grocery store so kitchen wrecker is back on track. Rolo's are my favorite candies! Thanks to pinterest, I found a recipe for Rolo cookies. I bought three packs of candies to make cookies with, but only two made it to the kitchen. I love them soooo much! Anyway, fairly easy, except the mixer dough hooks do not play nice. These are amazing!