Rainy Day Baking

When the weather is telling you to stay inside and stay warm,it means it's a perfect day for baking! And Val and I have been getting our bake on. Last week there was the apple crisp which I have a picture of finally:


And the delicious Nutella french toast:

The tower of Nutella sandwiches, muahahaha :)



 The final product. Nutella french toast with bananas and berries. Yum.

This week we continued with gusto and concocted a delicious carrot cake, chewy no-bake cookies and a cake-in-a-mug for a little extra pizzazz.

I found this recipe to make cake-in-a-mug. I thought it was one of the most ingenious things I've seen made, but then I was informed that it's pretty much just a cupcake, which I guess it is, but it's so much cooler when you say it's cake in a mug and that you made it in a microwave. I still think it's genius and it was gooey and chocolaty, and everything you want out of a cake. Success? I think yes :D 


And our little fall baking party had us celebrating Autumn and Halloween the best we could. With cinnamon, carrots and a Halloween playlist rocking in the background. I started the carrot cake while Val started the cookies, I think I shred about a gazillion carrots. In reality it was only three, but it felt like a lot.



The foundation for the no-bakes. Butter and sugar :)




Then with the cake in the oven and our cookie mixture ready, we whipped out some fantastic cookie drops if I say so myself. 



It's gooey, it's chocolate, it's loaded with sugar and butter. What more could one ask for?





Tah-Dah!

And what's carrot cake without cream cheese frosting?

 It's looking gorgeous

We both agreed it was a complete success


Both the cookies and cake turned out beautifully and we agree that baking definitely needs to happen in our apartment more often. But maybe not too often...

Thanks for reading!
     -Natalie
 

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