Struggling for a routine! Changes are coming…

Zeno napping the entire day away

I am *trying* to get myself back on track, but since the snow storms I have really been just all over the place!

It may be needless to say, but lately I’ve felt like Zeno, wanting to rest, but feeling restless at the same time!

Second French Chicken in a Pot turned our much better than the first one!

Anyway, here’s a basic summary of the other week:

Saturday I made my own version of Boston Creme cake, while cute, they weren’t as good as the box mix I had from Stone Wall Kitchen I made before.

Yellow cake, chocolate icing and vanilla pudding

On sunday I made french toast with Nutella and bananas for Eric, and then had a fantastic dinner out at Victory Brewery!

French toast, nutella and bananas

This past week has been a very busy one, we have had some impromptu plans and family and friends in town (surprise bridesmaids’ dress shopping!) and Eric has been battling a cold.

This past Friday I had announced that I will be changing jobs, so that’s also been on my plate.  It’s going to change things a bit, since the hours I work will extend further into the evening by a bit, but hopefully we’ll find a way to make it all work!  I’m sad, but excited to for the change… and now I’ll be able to make more big meals with the intent of having some good leftovers for lunch, since my new job will be only minutes away!

Coming up this week is a stir fry dinner, with a Pineapple and ginger sauce I picked up from StoneWall Kitchen ^_^ yum!

Snow day, going through pictures

Snowed in on this Saturday Eric and I got to poking around our photos and I came across a few I’d like to share.  My cooking and baking has been all over the place in the last year, but these are some of my favorites!  Pancakes, crepes, cupcakes, cakes, candy and dinner… I recommend not looking on an empty tummy.

Valentines treat?

Once upon a birthday a few months back I made a cake for one of Eric’s aunts… I had gotten this cookie-bar pan at Kohls and was dying to try it, and was thinking about making these mini layer cakes, and this was the first one! Perfect!

The supplies, yellow cake squares, chocolate frosting and M&Ms!

assembled cakes, perfect sized single-servings

the finished product

A few weekends ago I went to the Pocono Mountains with Eric and friends. I made a huge dinner, pictures of the whole thing will come later, and dessert.  I had made Boston Creme cake, which was a real hit.  I had made it from a mix (which was actually pretty labor-intensive), but I want to make it again, this time with yellow cake mix and my own creme filling and ganache.

I think it’ll be just as good, if not better. Originally the creme filling was a bit runny, and the ganache… that was too easy to make to not just do it on my own. Also, this time, I am thinking about making it like what you see above, and have individual squares!  Maybe there’ll be little red-candy hearts or something on top…

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What are you making for your Valentines sweethearts?  Special plans?