Blizzards and Donuts

So tonight we embarked on quite a baking adventure. Justin got a Blizzard maker for Christmas so he finally talked us into making them. Let me tell you that was an adventure. First the mixture spilled all over the counter because the valve was not shut all the way....

After we got that cleaned up and poured the mixture into the mixing cavity the handle broke. I don't know if it was just poor craftsmanship or what. The only way we could finish what we started was to turn the little tiny piece very carefully in our own hand instead of using the little crank handle.

After the Blizzards were done, I ventured into making donuts with my donut maker that I got for Christmas. This adventure was quite fun. It is my new favorite toy. I say donuts every morning. These are my yummy donuts that I made. I decided to go with green icing. I don't know why, but I just felt like they should be green. Maybe it was because I was looking at the Oriental Trading Catalog earlier and they had a bunch of St. Patty's Day stuff. I had to leave some of them plain for Tim. He didn't want all of the icing. I can't wait to make more donuts and try out some of the flavored donuts.

Cupcakes....and then some.

Baking is soooo much fun! I just finished baking cupcakes and icing them for Justin's birthday. He's going to take them into school for his classroom to celebrate his birthday. I must say that they turned out so amazingly awesome. He wanted blue and yellow cupcakes to take to school tomorrow. His birthday was actually last week but since school was still out for the holidays, he couldn't bring them in. The best part of making the chocolate cupcakes that he wanted is definitely the licking the bowl part. Chocolate cake batter is one of my weaknesses along with brownie batter. Baking is definitely one thing that I have completely mastered. If it's sweet...I can make it!


I'm still learning with the whole cooking thing. Now I must say....I have come a long way in the cooking department. There have been a few recipes that Tim has fallen in love with. Apparently, I make awesome homemade chili. It is rather tasty if I do say so myself. Among some of my other favorites are corned beef and tomatoes over rice, glazed pork chops, and spaghetti. I have so many recipes that I haven't even tried yet.