Too Much Chocolate Cake

For real? Is there such a thing?! I didn't think so either! Here's the recipe for the chocolate cake I mentioned here. I got the recipe off of a message board on wilton.com so not sure who the author is!

Too Much Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:

1 (18.25oz) package of Devil's Food Cake
1 (5.9oz) pack of INSTANT chocolate pudding mix
1 Cup (8 oz) sour cream
1 Cup vegetable oil
4 Eggs
1/2 Cup warm water
2 Cups semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:

-Preheat over to 350 degrees
-In a large mixing bowl, mix together the cake, pudding mix, sour cream, oil, beaten egg (beat in a small bowl first), and warm water. Stir in the chocolate chips and pour batter into a well greased 12 Cup bundt pan.
-Bake for 50-55 minutes, or until top is springy to the touch and a wooden toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool cake thoroughly in pan for at least an hour before inverting onto a plate. If desired, dust cake with powdered sugar.

***For the Giant Cupcake Pan heat over to 325 degrees and pour mix evenly into each part of cupcake pan. Bake for 60-70 minutes. Cool cake in the pan for at least an hour before assembling on a plate or cake tray. Decorate as desired!***

Bedside Business

Sweet Hilary over at A Look Into Our Lives posted an awesome idea...and something else to waste my new found time on! Go check her blog out...and her adorable baby bump...and her Mary Kay blog...and her dinosaur loving little guy!

So on with my bedside business...don't be alarmed at the amount of junk I have on my side...I will post my husband's nightstand too...just so you guys can see the difference between us. ;)

1. My awesome lamp Erin and her mama bought for my bridal shower.

2. Pineapple thingy candle decoration.

3. Clock that has never had batteries in it...decoration that came with pineapple thingy candle decoration.

4. My stack of books I'm working on...First up, Paula Deen - It Ain't All About Cookin'

5. Along Came A Spider - James Patterson

6. A Fireman's Wife - A Memoir

7. Most imporant...my Bible

8. Nintendo DS charger (yes, I'm guilty, I have one)

9. My pink DS that hubs got me for Valentine's Day several years ago. I mostly play at night when he's at work and I can't sleep...I only play one game.

10. Pink candle that Marissa gave me in a gift basket.

11. A pencil...no idea why...maybe when I was studying for my Math final.

12. Vick's Vapor rub from when I was sick. I instantly become addicted to this stuff when I get sick. Thanks Mom! ;)

13. I won't lie...I don't know how old that water bottle is.

14. Cell phone charger.

15. That's my shadow on the wall. ;)




Now look at the difference...Husband's side.

1. Picture of me from my prebridal shoot. Hey...this reminds me...there used to be a small picture of hubs and me on my nightstand. Hmm, wonder what happened to it! Weird...

2. Pineapple thingy candle decoration.

3. Lamp from Erin and her mama.

4. Alarm clock - yes, it's on his side for a reason. =)

5. A coffee mug we bought the day after our wedding that says "Husband and Wife" or something like that...and he put it on his nightstand and never took it off. I thought it was so sweet and don't have the heart to tell him that coffee mugs aren't decorations!

6. The Bible that the minister who married us gave us as a gift.

7. Lucee's (our dog) rabies tag from the vet...pretty sure I was supposed to put it away.

8. His chapstick - this man doesn't go anywhere without his chapstick.

9. My shadow once again!

Now, I'm off to clean off my side...thanks for making realize how much junk I have collected Hilary. ;)

Shh, Don't Tell

Don't tell my husband that I cleaned our whole house (minus the restrooms, I used Comet and Tilex in there) with TWO cleaning products. ;) He might frown upon that...but geez...after the whole scrubbing baseboards on my knees thing last week...I just wasn't into cleaning this week!

Sweet Thang

Yes ma'am...this is a sweet thang! I made this Giant Cupcake for our Memorial Day crawfish boil and it was gone by time all of our guest left. I used a fabulous chocolate cake recipe that I will post later! I'm about to go whip up another one for my sister's company luncheon tomorrow...I plan on doing a little something extra to that one so I'll be sure to post a picture!

I have lots of other pictures I want to share so I'll be doing that soon, too! Off to the kitchen I go!!

New Life

I'm still alive! Just living my life away from the computer. Hubs and I have been spending much needed quality time together. When I was working and going to school we were lucky to get an hour a day together...and most of the time I was doing homework during that time. Since he works 24 hours, 24 hours off, 24 hours on, and then off for 5 days we have PLENTY of time together! I love it! I've been cooking, can you believe it? I made Cheeseburger Meatloaf and Mashed Potatoes last night...thanks Rachel Ray! I've been cleaning, a lot! I even have bruises from scrubbing the baseboards on my hands and knees today!! Can you believe that?! I don't like to clean anymore then I did before but...it's a small price to pay to get to stay home everyday!!

We're taking the girls out of daycare!! WOOHOO! I haaaaaaaaaaaaate daycare so I'm glad we're able to get them out of there! I plan on making our summer pretty scheduled just for the simple fact that if I don't I know the girls will be bored and drive us insane! =) We are really blessed that between my summer school schedule and hubs work schedule there is only ONE day we'll need to get a babysitter for 3 hours while I'm at school. Our neighbor has graciously offered to watch them that day.

We're having a family crawfish boil Saturday since we didn't get to have one for Easter. My mom is in town so we're working on getting her to move back to Texas! ;) We miss our Mama and it's time for her to come home!

I've tweaked and crammed my school schedule and will be able to hopefully graduate a semester earlier then expected...I'll probably be cussing myself later for doing this but I really want to graduate and be done with school! And no, I will NOT go back for my Master's. The school district can keep their $1,000 a year for a Master's degree. =)

Well, I think this post is random enough. Just wanted to update my few readers! Hope everyone is doing as well as I am! I love this new life!

Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Just because they're tasty!

Ingredients:

2 Cups all-purpose flour
1/4 Cup and 2 Tablespoons UNsweetened cocoa powder
2 Teaspoons baking powder
1 Teaspoon baking soda
1 Teaspoon salt (this looked like a lot to me...and hubs said he could taste a little salt so maybe half a teaspoon would do?)
1 Teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 Cup margarine
1 Cup brown sugar
1 Cup white sugar
2 Eggs
2 Teaspoons vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups rolled oats
1 Cup semisweet chocolate chips (I used the mini chocolate chips b/c that's what I already had)

Directions:
Preheat over to 350 degrees. Grease cookie sheets (I used three).

In a medium size bowl Stir together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; set aside.

In a large bowl cream together margarine, brown sugar, and white sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the dry ingredients from medium bowl using a wooden spoon (I used a plastic one ;) Mix in the oats and chocolate chips.

I added raisins to the last batch because I like raisins!

Drop by tablespoons onto cookie sheets, leaving 2 inches between cookies...they get wide.

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes (I baked mine 12 mins) in the preheated over, or until lightly browned (hard to tell when brown b/c they're chocolate!)

Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Enjoy!

There's Life Out There!

Sorry I haven't been around lately but I recently found out that there IS life out there!! Unemployment is the best thing that has happened to me!! Well, besides getting married...because if I wasn't married unemployment would not be so cool. =) Thanks husband!

I've done more in the past few days than I was able to accomplish in 2 weeks when I was working and going to school. I looove it! Now, I'm off to run errands...without crowds of people because its the middle of a weekday!

Oh, I baked homemade chocolate oatmeal cookies last night...;)