Brutal cold means hubby, me and Reggie cat are indoors! Brrrrrr. -45 (with wind chill) is same temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit.
I bought a cute mug at Marshall’s and hooked a mug mat to go with it. This is my donation to a gift basket at a hook-in. Maybe I’ll add a box of teas but right now the cost is prohibitive!!!
Yesterday I was jones-ing for a chocolate cake so I made one, ate a generous slice and sent the remainder with hubby to his band practice. This is how I deal with my baking and eating desires.
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I used the recipe from addapinch. The icing would get full marks but I found the cake could have been moister. My next mat will be from the Garrett Bluenose collection. The pattern, which has a central floral with Greek key border, is being enlarged for me. Hubby suggested blues and golds which sounds like a winner. Stay warm all! I haven’t heard one bird today so I think they must be keeping each other cozy in their nests. |
15 comments:
Sweet mug mat and who ever gets it will be over the moon happy. Cold here too but not THAT cold. Cake looks delicious and am sure the guys will be happy with your donation.
What a wonderful offering for a gift basket. We are brutally cold our Mt Washington broke records yesterday.
Sadly I had to ho out to work this morning
Cathy
Now that is cold!!! I hope you warm up soon.
What a sweet matching mug rug.
Love the sweet little mat and mug. Great idea for a basket contribution. I hope it warms up soon as I have been baking something every day just to have the oven going and warm the kitchen a bit. Unfortunately, I have no place to send the end results to and am sure it will begin to show. 😬 ~Robin~
What a nice mug set. I'm sure it will make someone very happy. I love chocolate cakes but haven't made any in so long. I'm sure it was much appreciated by the band.
Your place got colder than here. We had -29 here. Can't wait until the temperature warms up.
Stay warm, hugs.
Julia
They were happy and returned an empty plate! It was a quick little hook up but the design took me a while to decide on. Tomorrow I’ll be out in the fresh, warmer air again
Brrrr! You had to go out in it? I wonder if our truck would even start. Unfortunately we have some power outages in the area. I saw that about Mt Washington! So unreal!
Playing cards and have a little space heater at our toes. The cat has cabin fever and is not helping the situation…
You’re funny Robin! I put extra baking in the deep freeze but chocolate things I would just thaw out and eat. No self control there.
Those will go in the basket for HRHG hook-in. I don’t remember the last time I made any cake. I see the we are no longer in a warning. Weird. Do they have a damn cold category?
I needed a chocolate fix so I made brownies last night. Your mug rug is cute! Janice
Chocolate cravings must be contagious! Yum brownies! My mom used to make a three layer brownie that I loved. Had a base of oats. I’ll have to share that sometine
What a great idea to hook a little matt for a pretty mug !!! So special !
Think this freezing weather made us all crave chocolate & salty junk food !!! Thank goodness it is back in the 40's here for the week !!! Hope it will be much warmer for you too this week !!!
We’ve already warmed up and I’ve been back to walking in my beloved woods! Which is good because of all the comfort food!
Everything looks so cozy. The cake is perfect!
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