Mug O Cake

Nothing better than a quick way to make a little cake. Saw this idea here and here. And if you go there, you will see that they found it other places. But here's the deal. You put some ingredients in a mug and microwave it for three minutes and then you have CAKE! This is not just for kids. Cake-loving friends, you are welcome.

What you will need:

Recipe:
Mix these dry ingredients in the mug first:
4 Tbs flour
4 Tbs sugar
2 Tbs cocoa
Add these wet ingredients to the mug:
3 Tbs milk
3 Tbs oil
1 egg
remember Dry 4, 4, and 2. Wet 3, 3, and 1. Cook 3 min

Start mixing.

Mix very well.

Put in the microwave for 3 minutes.

Not one blog mentioned that your cake might rise up out of the mug. Both of ours did. But did not explode. Whew. Wanna see what I mean?

Dump in a bowl. If you can't wait that long, eat it from the mug. But it is very hot.

I will be making these again in my test kitchen to see if you can substitute applesauce for the oil. I bet this can be done with banana or peanut butter or pumpkin! Hmmm.
Everyone ate theirs differently- with Cool Whip, plain, and with powdered sugar. I think it needed real whipped cream or vanilla ice cream!
Satisfied customers:

Four days

until our trip to Ikea. I cannot wait. I have my eyes on some awesome kids-storage-organization-toy holding furniture. They call it Trofast. I am going to call it cleaned up. I want toys up off the floor in their play room. I want everything to have a place.

So what did we do this weekend?
Well, this:


Check out Wordle if you haven't already. You can type in a list of words. You can also enter a web address and it will "wordle" that site. The jpeg is then yours to do whatever with. Lots of possibilities.

Some spray park fun we had earlier this month.

Routine

I didn't realize I was a "routine" kind of person. But not having one has been making me crazy. Since we moved I have felt lost and overwhelmed- daily. And I don't even know where to begin to make everything right. I think our lack of routine may have some small part of my insanity. And there really isn't much I could do about it. Working, not working, work a day, work two weeks, different people watching the kids, only having one car for a while, sorting through boxes. But now I am done working for a long time and so this week I decided I need routine. And I think, maybe, I am getting us into one. Already I feel like I am in control of things here. I made a To Do list and have been crossing things off every night. It feels great. So here was our week:

Sunday:
Went to church where we belonged last time we lived here. We are still trying to decide on churches- either the one where we belonged before or the one that our friends go to and is closer. It was prettier than I remembered. It was smaller than I remembered. However, our church in Alaska was huge. Then we went to lunch at a Chinese Buffet that I heard was really good. I don't know why I even thought it was going to be any different than any other Chinese Buffet. They are all the same to me. And I am not that crazy about them. I have to be REALLY hungry to want to go. Guess that was the case. Well, mystery solved. Not that great. Then we spent the rest of the day hanging pictures and other framed things that have been sitting on our floors since the beginning of July. We are still not done. It is quite a challenge with the kids wanting to help pound and climb ladders.

Monday:
Duh, muffin tin monday. These pictures are from about three weeks ago. But so? Food was different but their happy faces looked the same this week.




Tuesday:
Nick went to school. Stella and I went to the "Y" where she played in the child care and I went to yoga class for the first time since May. It was...eh. I miss Mary's Class But I am going to stick with it. It was still good for stretching but then on Tuesday nights I am going to the little yoga studio around the corner to give that a try. I need it to be good. But here is a picture of my little student. This was actually from his first day of school last week. Shawn took these- I had to work. But I got to pick him up from his first day.


Wednesday:
We made these shirts. I saw this on several blogs. I couldn't resist.

Basically you print out a design on freezer paper, cut it out, and iron it to your shirt. Then use fabric paint to paint in your stencil and wait for it to dry. We waited several hours. Then heat set it with an iron. Our paint says we need to let it cure for seven days then wash. And if you can't find freezer paper and are just REALLY impatient (like me) then you could try glue-sticking cardstock stencils onto your shirt. I peeled as much paper off as I could (the falling rock that Nick made!!). The rest will disappear in the washer. You could also try sticker paper (the water and rocket). It is like label paper for your printer but it is not pre cut. The whole page is a sticker. And if you can be patient and wait the several hours it takes for the paint to dry, the sticker paper is a great (though costly) alternative to freezer paper. I will continue to look for it in the stores.

Thursday:
Nick to school. Stella and I back to the Y- as in YMCA. We finally joined. It is SO nice. Probably the nicest gym I have ever used. Today was spinning. My first spinning class ever. I know! How have I never done spinning?! I have always wanted to just never got around to it. I really like it. What a good change. But I had a bad bike. The instructor said so. It was not OE (operator error). I would add tension ever so slightly but nothing would change and then suddenly I would be fighting more tension than anyone would want. It was all or nothing. So bike #25, I will not be using you next Thursday!!
Stella luh-huvs books now. She made this.


Friday:
Nick, Stella, and I to the Y. Another yoga class to test out. Then off to the library. Books are due and there are new books waiting on the On Hold shelf!!