I know, I haven't been the most reliable in updating this. I have been pretty busy with...well, life in the last couple weeks. I have found some new recipes, learned some important things about laundry.....and the semester has started too since the last time I blogged.
I went to an awesome New Years eve party with Aaron in Springfield on New Years Eve. I dececided to try my hand baking a cake. Aaron wanted a Black Forrest Cake, so I made him one:-) I will post the recipe at some point, just not tonight. The cake came out better then I had thought it would. I made it from scratch. German chocolate cake with frosting made with confectionery sugar, butter and cherries for the layers, buttercream frosting for the frosting and a whip cream frosting on top. It was really good and everyone seemed to like it!
I have been making dinner most nights in the last couple weeks and have come up with some epic dinners. Meat and potatoes seem to be a favorite around here. I have tried a couple different things with cooking steak. First, I have decided that I LOVE grilling steak on my electric grill I got last Christmas. It is awesome! Aaron had made the suggestion to marinade steak in beer....and it is wonderful!
We bought like 10 pounds of pork steaks 2 weeks ago at Hannaford and got really bored really quick. I found that breading the pork in bread crumbs works really well and its really easy to do. First, crack an egg and add a little milk and mix it up, then you coat the pork in the mixture. After the pork is gooy....you coat it in bread crumbs (we like the Italian ones). Bake in an oven at 350 until done! Aaron likes them for left overs the next day and took them to lunch for like a week.
I found a recipe to make cake in a cup and Aaron and I have made it a couple times. It is really easy and actually, isn't to bad. The texture of the 'cake' is a little weird, but will cure and craving for sweets that you have with little effort.
Chocolate Cake in a Cup
4 Tablespoons sugar
2 Tablespoons cocoa
1 Egg
3 Tablespoons milk
3 Tablespoons oil
1 Mug
Microwave for 3 and a half minutes and you have cake!
Well, I will try to post more often!
