Cake-tastrophie

My cake so did not work! So I had a little fun with it. It still tastes really good tough. But we went out and actually bought a cake. This is the FIRST time I have ever bought a cake for a birthday but we were laughing the entire way to the store. The kids will love the cake when they get home and see it. But I just wasn't ready to bring my "mountain of poo" cake to the party. We'll enjoy it with family instead.

Here's the recipe. (Just don't use Cake flour- I think that was my problem. I never tried this recipe before with the cake flour and think thats why it fell apart.)

Peggy this is for you!

My mom called it Chocolate Sheet cake, but I found the same recipe else where called Texas brownies. Its a really moist super yummy brownie/cake, but not as dense as a brownie.

Bring to a boil:
1 C water
1 stick butter
6 T cocoa
1/2 C shortening

Pour this mixture over:
2 C Sugar
2 C Flour

Add:
1/2 C Buttermilk ( or 1/2 C milk w/ 1 T vinegar)
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
2 eggs (make sure mixture has cooled enough before adding eggs or you'll have scrambled eggs)

Bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 mins in greased sheet pan.

Icing:

Boil:
4 T cocoa
6 T milk
1 stick butter

Add: (off the heat)
1 box powdered sugar
6 T milk
Optional- 1 c chopped nuts

Pour this over cooled cake. Tends to work best if you keep cake in sheet pan. Icing rolls off sides.

Enjoy and let me know if it worked for you. Its so easy!

PS Lisa-I use a Nikon D40

Birthday!

My little man has his 7th birthday party today! I can't believe he has gotten so big. I seriously sat at the store trying to remember how old he was going to be. I just can't believe time has flown by so quickly.

So I am making his cake today- his favorite chocolate cake that I make :). I got everything cooked up just right and then I went to turn the cake out...and what happens...it breaks in half. ARGGGGGG! But I am layering a smaller cake on top of it so I'm really hoping that the icing will hide the issues. I also have some star cupcakes that could possibly hide issues if needed.

But since it is a clone wars cake I could just make the broken cake look like uneven ground for the guys to fight on, right? The big problem is that this isn't made with a butter cream icing. Its a hot choclate icing that you pour on, which makes the cake so super yummy! Major problem with that- you can't really control how well it covers. So if this doesn't ice well I may be making an emegency third cake. At least its a really easy cake to make. Wish me luck! I'll post pics later.

Posts with content

My goal this month is to post something with some content. All I seem to be able to do lately is post pics of the kids, which is good and all but I used to be able to think as well. This sleep deprivation has killed any writing ability I once had. So be on the lookout, at some point, for a post that may make sense and make you think. Okay I may just be thinking a little too much but at least a post that has more than 50 words and is coherent.

Can I tell you what a nice wife I am today? I'm letting my sweet hubby, that has had the babies all week long all by himself, sleep in this morning. Its my busy season at work, which means I'm actually working. Its sorta nice being able to bring in some money and have fun while doing it (and all in just 4 hours a day).

But this also means that hubby becomes full time stay at home dad while I'm gone and then as soon as I come home he gets ready and leaves for work and doesn't come home until around midnight. And most mornings he wakes up and gets the kids lunches ready for school and makes sure they get out the door in time for school. I truly have a fabulous husband! I know you're all jealous, you should be! :)

And he never complains about it. Now don't get me wrong I do get some frustrated calls from time to time from him when he is having a hard time with the twins that conspire against him.

Let me tell you they are really working hard at that. They are having a blast getting on totally separate sleep schedules and now moving in different directions exploring all aspects of the house at knee height.

What is so nice about it all is that he is truly enjoying it. He even takes the twins out and about town. He has his daddy pack and is prepared for all situations. He is my hero. I don't know many dads that could take it all on and succeed as well as he is doing.

You know if this was a mom you would just expect her to do it all and not think twice about it. What's crazy is that this is exactly how he goes about it. He just does it because its what he needs to do. No second thought. No need for praise. He just does it for the love of the kids. He even does it for the big kids. They aren't even biologically his yet he treats them just like they are.

For someone who thought he never wanted to be a Dad, much less a Dad to babies, he has shown himself and the world that he is fabulous. And now he keeps saying he wants more babies...and I say HELL NO!!! 4 is perfectly a good number for me. He just loves this baby stage so much. He crack me up.

I love you baby!

Funny faces

whatch you talkin 'bout Willis?

Pretty teething girl

already moving in different directions

"I like to make funny noises"

"I'm really ready for bed mama"

I blame it all on snuggs!

They weren't pulling up on anything and then they saw their buddy snuggle bunny pulling up. And now we have this. :)

8.5 months!

OBAMA!!!!!

Can you believe it? Can you seriously believe it? Barack Obama has been voted president of the United States of America!

I had hopes, I had dreams but I really thought it would be super close but not happen. I know , you are thinking I had little faith, but you never know.

I voted for the first time in about 8 years. And I am proud to say that I truly believe my vote made a difference, even if I live in Texas. Did you see how close the Texas race was? It was awesome!

There is going to be change happening. Let's hope he can do the things he really sets out to do. I really hope people in the government do not muck things up for him.

But seriously people, whatever he does has to be better than what has been happening. Bush and his advisors have seriously fucked things up. If you deny this, then you really need to get your mind checked.

This is all I'll post about this but I just wanted to shout from the rooftops, OBAMA ROCKS!!!!!