2012 March

Hey Now You’re a Rock Star…

March 30, 2012 by Peabody · 7 Comments

I like watching the Voice. I personally can’t sing to save my life and on three occasions have had people offer me money to stop singing….possibly a new career for me? Anyway we always laugh at Cee-Lo for the fact that most of the time he is in his pajamas and petting his white cat. He’s definitely out there, but he’s got his thing and that’s fine by me. But then I realized I sit around in my pajamas…often all day if there is nothing to do but bake and blog…and while I don’t have a white cat I certainly pet my dog from time to time. And then it hit me…I must be a Rock Star as well*. *Cue Hey Now You’re A Rock Star by Smashmouth For the first time ever a man told me that I had a sexy shopping cart. Contents: London broil, bacon, beer, and strawberries. And followed up with “clearly you’re not single” and I of course said clearly. ; ) MDP keeps messing with me by singing “Me Party” from the Muppet Movie. If you have seen the movie you now hate me as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: baked goods, dessert, fruit · Tagged With: Cake in a Jar, Strawberry Shortcake

Slip of the tongue…

March 28, 2012 by Peabody · 16 Comments

MDP and I were roaming the aisles of our local Rite Aid in search of Mini Cadbury Crème Eggs…found them obviously . In doing so we were picking up all sorts of candy and commenting. One of them were Prayer Jelly Beans “Reaching the World One Piece at a Time”…it’s up on my CCbP Facebook page if you care to see those. The other thing we were commenting on were the Brach’s Chicks and Rabbits Marshmallow Candy which we both agreed we secretly loved. I sat there staring at them and he was like don’t buy those we will eat them in one sitting. Which is true. :P I told him though that I wondered if I could make anything with them. He told me he doubted that. I told him they were just like Circus Peanuts and that I once made Circus Peanut Ice cream…and I kind of almost shouted it. Except I didn’t say Peanuts. I said something that sounded like peanuts. I meant to say peanuts. It didn’t come out as peanuts. It came out as an ice cream flavor I don’t ever want to eat. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: chocolate, Fun Food, pudding/custards · Tagged With: Cadbury Creme Egg, Creme Brulee, I'm Evil, Yes

Bear sized….

March 25, 2012 by Peabody · 14 Comments

A couple of weeks ago on the way home from work MDP called and asked if I need anything and I told him yes that I needed honey. He got to the store and text me what size. I wrote back “bear sized”. “Bear sized” he questioned. “Yep, bear sized” “That’s not a size” “It is for honey” Didn’t hear from him for a few. He called and said I am staring and four different sizes of bears. What size? I being annoying said “bear size”. I told him it was his choice. He brought back a gigantic bear filled with honey. I only needed 3 TBSP. :P He now randomly buys me small bear sized bottles of honey for no reason other than the thinks he is being funny, which in a way he is. But I now have a lot of honey. I decided to do a take on cornbread. I love sweet corn in desserts…sweet corn ice cream is pretty much my favorite flavor of all time. So I went searching for a cupcake version. I found one and messed with it a little and came up with something I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: cupcakes · Tagged With: cupcakes, honey, Sweet Corn

Fourteen and counting…

March 23, 2012 by Peabody · 8 Comments

Fourteen came a knocking this week. It’s one of the lesser exciting birthdays for you are already a teenager and can get into PG-13 movies, but the next two birthdays are just waiting time until you get to drive. But all birthdays should be celebrated of course (though some disagree…but I prefer it to the alternative). Their actual birthday was on a school night and so homework and regular activities took over so we decided to wait until this weekend to celebrate it in a proper way. We went to a place where they pour your food onto a table and you beat it with a mallet. While some other places would have been better food (the food was good though), we were going more for the experience…which we certainly had. Then we came home to this beauty. I actually saw the cake years ago with a Christmas Kit Kat Cake (just red and green M & M’s) at someone’s holiday party. I saw it again on Pinterest and decided to give it a go. You can use any cake recipe you like but I HIGHLY … [Read more...]

Filed Under: cake, candy, chocolate · Tagged With: birthday, Chocolate Cake, fudge frosting, kit kat