• Cooking,  Parenting

    Easter Treats

    Arielle and I had to make our Easter treats early this year because this Easter Sunday she’ll be in Boston getting ready for the Boston Marathon! Check out her posts on training for the marathon on NPR. We decided to try making chocolate Easter eggs/nests/baskets. Try being the key word. Here’s where we got the idea: Howdoesshe.com As you can see from the picture we had to do some improvising. The white chocolate was easier to work with than the dark. If you use dark chocolate be sure it’s completely set before popping the balloon. If you’re going to leave the chocolate out on the counter to dry I would give…

  • Cooking

    Carrot Cake

    Carrot Cake My baking muse came home from college for spring break. We found an old recipe from my grandmother’s file box. Carrot Cake! Ingredients: 1 Cup of sugar 3/4 Cup oil 1 Teaspoon baking powder 1 Teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 Teaspoon salt 1 Cup grated carrots 2 Eggs 1 1/2 Cups of flour Raisins and nuts Optional Arielle’s friend sent her a picture of a speckled cake and challenged her to make it. Here it is…Thecakeblog.com Here is ours! My grandmother’s recipe said to bake the cake in a loaf pan. We decided to bake it in two 9 inch round pans. It still came out delicious! Steps: Mix the sugar…