From the monthly archives: February 2010
okay, so i know the phrase should be “like mother, like daughter”, but the loving bond between mother and daughter made me feel like the title warranted love. i know, i know…awwww! how cheesy. in any case, i have mentioned before that i developed my love of baking by helping my mom out when i was a kid, so i wanted to highlight a cake that my mom made for a work event this week.
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ok, so you bought a few boxes of girl scout cookies from your niece, and one from the lady who sits next to you at work, and you just couldn’t resist when the cute little girls outside the grocery store asked if you would help support their troop. you thought to yourself you don’t know what you are going to do with all those cookies, but before you knew it…:::WHAM::: full-fledged addiction. now that the cookie selling season is coming to a close, what’s an addict to do?
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just in time for mardi gras–fat tuesday– something decadent enough to be celebrated! if you catch this early enough, you may have time to make them after work since they do not require any fancy ingredients (if you don’t have cream, there are work-arounds with other recipes). i knew i was going to make these today, but was tripped up a bit schedule-wise since my morning was eaten up by the delivery of a brand-spankin-new washer and dryer (i am legitimately more excited about this than the cupcakes), and the majority of the late morning/afternoon spent with a dead car (after a very turbulent tow truck ride, it is being repaired and i have a loaner car). once i got back, i swung by the grocery store for a bag of marshmallows…the first trip in i bought a bunch of other stuff and forgot the marshmallows; i thankfully realized this as soon as i exited the store rather than once i got home like i usually do.
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so, i will be one of the first to admit that valentine’s day is a bogus holiday. no… this isn’t just because i am single; ever since i learned the origin of the holiday and the story of saint valentine i couldn’t help but think the holiday just wasn’t right. there are, however, a few nice things about it:
- for those couples that have been together for what seems like forever and they are always focused on the kids, the mundane daily routine, etc, it is a nice reminder to be romantic
- it is kinda cute to see kids reveal their crushes by giving the “good” valentine from the box to the one they like (do kids still even give those boxed valentines?)
- the treats!!! i mean, come on people- that’s why you’re here, isn’t it? holidays are a great excuse to eat delicious goodies and not feel much guilt
no, not trouble, and not love….i am in deep with this heavy, slightly icy white stuff- SNOW! in a winter that has hit the mid-atlantic, ny metro area, and some unsuspecting southern states harder than the typical victims (chicago, buffalo, boston, etc), one can’t help but wonder what is going on (they say it is the el nino winds). to say washington dc is being pummeled repeatedly would be an understatement; reports i am reading estimate that they have gotten upwards of 75 inches so far this winter! my folks down in nashville, and friends in texas have seen more snow than they can ever recall. the scary thing about washington dc getting hit hard is that the gov has been shut down since last week! one of my friends who works for a gov agency in dc commented yesterday that if terrorists get a giant snow machine we are in big trouble! one of my other friends reminded me that things have come a long way since cloud-seeding, and it would be very plausible for someone to start messing with our weather. now, i don’t think the terrorists are behind the el nino forces driving this storm… just saying it isn’t as much of a “what-if” ridiculous statement that it sounds at first thought.
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as we all sit down to watch the saints go marching in, the colts go for a stampede, and some hilarious commercials, i cant help but wonder which will be better: the super bowl, or the super bowl of cookies i have here. i am definitely a football fan, but i have no loyalty nor disdain for either team; i am also definitely a cookie fan, and i do have some loyalty to oatmeal, chocolate and cinnamon.
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ok, so as you know, i bake for the birthdays of my employees. i try to make them all as individualized as i can, like lauren’s gigundo poptart or andy’s zombie cupcakes. so when carlos’ birthday came up i knew i had to do something around the yankees since he is a die-hard fan. i thought about shaping a cake into the yankees logo, or putting a baseball diamond on top of a cake… but then i remembered that i kinda stink at that sort of thing. i am a good baker and a mediocre decorator; as you can see in the pictures here, i couldn’t even get the icing smooth- tho i am letting myself off the hook because i used marshmallow fluff icing, which is much harder to spread.
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first and foremost, for those of us that watch LOST…. merry lostmas! the wait is finally over! i am a major lost junkie– i am one of those people who you will find pouring over every single literary, mathematical, scientific, musical, etc reference that they make and tying a theory into it; yes, that person who pays attention to every single detail and will pause the show if the phone rings (or just not answer it– seriously, who calls during lost?). i will hopefully have the time to juggle my lost blog this year, as last year i didnt write up my thoughts on a few episodes because i was just too busy.
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