Sunday, August 3, 2008

Mega Blog Post!

I have been remiss and not posting any new pictures lately. So here they all are...

First order of business....chocolate cake! Notice that there are no chocolate cake flecks in the white icing...I was awfully proud of myself on that one! Of course, after I got the idea of chocolate cake in my head, I realized that I didn't actually have a chocolate cake mix. Well, once I started wanting it, the only thing that was going to make me stop wanting chocolate cake was chocolate cake. So I made one from scratch! It was really delicious and a lot richer than boxed mix cakes. It was the perfect moistness and the perfect denseness. All in all, it was quite a success. And the individual cakes for the layers didn't come out domed, so I didn't have to slice the tops off before building the cake. When you take that into account, it really wasn't any more of a hassle than using a cake mix. The same thing happened as always happens: Mark only ate about 3 pieces and I had to eat the rest of the cake myself. Darn.

Next order of business...grilled chicken wings a la Mark.
And finally....blueberry picking! Mark and I went blueberry picking and to the beach yesterday! We drove for about an hour and a half to a blueberry farm in Indiana and picked 10 pounds of blueberries. Boy are they delicious! We used some to make blueberry pancakes this morning and we made a blueberry pie for dessert tonight. But we had some leftover pie crust dough so we made (and ate) a mini-pie as we were getting dinner ready. Here's the baby pie:
And here's our dinner:
With homemade pesto made from homegrown basil:
And finally, our amazingly delicious blueberry pie:Yes, the crust vent-slits say LJ + MO ....you got a problem with that?!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

what a great post! it all looks delicious. your frosting looks fluffy in the picture-is it wilton recipe? my herbs are a flop. i tried to plant some new basil in a different pot but my peppers are great.

Anonymous said...

i thought you hate corn-on-the-cob!!!