Vanilla

Everything but the…

May 14, 2013 by Peabody · 24 Comments

First off if you are not loving this Ben and Jerry’s week I’m not sure we can be friends. :) Second if you haven’t seen what the others are doing you are missing out big time. I’m so making Shelly’s What a Cluster Bars for the hockey team and Kristan’s Cherry Garcia Cake is a thing of beauty (I almost wouldn’t want to cut into it…almost). So when I got to pick my flavors I knew Phish Food obviously but didn’t know what I would do with that (clearly I figured that out) but my other flavor of Everything But The… I knew right away I wanted to do a layer cake. Here’s my random thoughts on today’s concoction: 1. I always like the idea of a layer cake until I am actually having to make the layer cake. I only remember this while in the middle of making the cake. I think this is what my friends are talking about when they see a baby and want one. :) 2. This cake became a religious experience for me as I am not sure I have ever prayed to God so much in a small … [Read more...]

Filed Under: baked goods, cake, candy, chocolate, Fun Food · Tagged With: Ben and Jerry's Week, chocolate, Chocolate Covered Almonds, Heath Bar, Peanut Butter Cup, Vanilla, White Chocolate

Someday we’ll find it…

March 20, 2013 by Peabody · 19 Comments

15. It’s seems like a lifetime ago and yet just like yesterday all the same. It was a big year for me. My birthday was in the summer so I was 15 as a sophomore (most of my friends were older and getting to drive…not that I am bitter or anything). Fifteen was the year of my first real boyfriend. He was a senior. He looked like Goose from Top Gun. I’m still surprised that my parents let me date him. Though in their defense I was a really good kid. Never got in to trouble, didn’t drink or do drugs, and always had good grades…the only time slipping in Geometry to get a boy I like to tutor me (Hi B…he reads the blog). That ploy didn’t work so I went back to just getting good grades in that class. :P I have to say he was the worst kind of boyfriend to have as a first boyfriend. Why? Because he was actually a good boyfriend. We went out on fun dates like horseback riding, nice dinners, tons of movies, and skiing. He bought me flowers and stuffed animals and called me from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: cake, Fun Food · Tagged With: cake, Rainbow, The Cake that takes hours, Vanilla

Every speck of my heart….

February 12, 2013 by Peabody · 9 Comments

I’ll admit I was never one for Valentine’s Day as a general rule. I don’t think it’s fair to men (it’s not) and it is a made up holiday. Guys usually are very happy to hear that you are not that into Valentine’s Day because it saves them money. I figured I would always be that way. Turns out I was wrong. It’s not the MDP is into Valentine’s Day by any means. But he is quite a sap and is very much a romantic at heart just not the typical shower you with flowers kind of way. For starters he hugs like no other man I have ever known. It does not matter if I haven’t seen him for 8 hours or 8 minutes when he hugs me he hugs me as if I he hasn’t seen me for years. Like he was lost on a deserted island. The kind of hug that makes you feel loved, missed, safe, and desired. Same thing with how he tells me he loves me. Sure a random ‘love you too” comes out but 95% of the time when he tells me he loves me he says it with such meaning behind it. And so I have become … [Read more...]

Filed Under: baked goods, cake, vanilla · Tagged With: Pound Cake, strawberry milk, Valentine's Day, Vanilla

Ding Dong…

August 28, 2012 by Peabody · 7 Comments

While I usually write for the masses today I’m writing for just a few. They will know who they are right away. This post is for one of my favorite people who became free last week. Free from a toxin in his life that has plagued him for way too many years. So congrats on your freedom dear friend….the cupcakes I am sure are self -explanatory. :P Adapted from More From Magnolia: Recipes from the World-Famous Bakery and Allysa Torey's Home Kitchen … [Read more...]

Filed Under: cupcakes · Tagged With: cupcakes, karma, Malted Milk, Vanilla