I stayed up late last night baking him a cake hehe.
And I'm soooo glad he works right near my house, because we invited him to come spend his birthday evening with us. After work, he and my little brother Phil came over, and we had pork chop and brown rice dinner and chocolate cake and watched some Curious George (for Tristan's benefit, haha).
We let Tristan help pick out a Hot Wheels car for my dad for a gift; we thought that would be a nice thing to have from his grandson, and he could put it on his shelf or dresser. I'm glad my dad has been down here for the last year, it's been nice to be able to spend more time with him. I am sad that we won't be able to see him as much in a few months when we move for Nick's PhD, but at least we will be closer than we were when my parents were living in Alaska. I'm also a little sad that it has been such a hard time for my mom getting everything in order to be able to move down here, but the good news is she'll be here for at least a few months before we are gone.
But, like I said, it was nice to be able to have my dad over for his birthday. I haven't spent his birthday with him in wow, over seven years? Has it really been that long?????? I suddenly feel old!
Here are a couple pictures, and my cake recipe is at the bottom!
Easter Bunny Fudge Cake
2 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter
2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp butter
1 3 oz white chocolate Easter Bunny
1 3 oz dark chocolate Easter Bunny
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 cup sour scream
1 cup boiling water
Sift together flour, salt, cocoa powder and soda, set aside.
Melt Easter bunnies and 2 tbsp butter. Cream sugar and 1/2 cup butter until smooth. Add eggs, beating in one at a time. Add vanilla and melted bunnies. Mix in sour cream. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, don't worry, it's going to seem thick and doughy. Mix in 1/2 - 1 cup of boiling water, beating well, until the batter is a nice consistency I don't know how else to put that, if you've made a cake before, you know how thick a batter should be! I ended up only using 3/4 cup of boiling water. Pour the batter into two well greased 9" cake pans and cook at 350 degrees for around half an hour-45 minutes. Don't let it over cook! Test with a toothpick at 30 minutes to make sure. Remove cakes from pans and let cool on wire racks (or if you are poor and don't have any, just use parchment paper like me).
And, my favorite frosting.......
2-4 cups powder sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp half and half
1/4 cup soft cream cheese
1/2 cup soft butter
Cream together butter, cheese, half and half and vanilla. Then mix in the sugar until you reach your desired frosting consistency. If it starts to get runny, refrigerate for a little bit, then add a bit more powdered sugar and whip it again. (Happens to me all the time, I tend to get a little over zealous when softening my butter.....) Then frost your yummy fudgy cake!
Here are a couple pictures, and my cake recipe is at the bottom!
Easter Bunny Fudge Cake
2 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter
2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp butter
1 3 oz white chocolate Easter Bunny
1 3 oz dark chocolate Easter Bunny
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 cup sour scream
1 cup boiling water
Sift together flour, salt, cocoa powder and soda, set aside.
Melt Easter bunnies and 2 tbsp butter. Cream sugar and 1/2 cup butter until smooth. Add eggs, beating in one at a time. Add vanilla and melted bunnies. Mix in sour cream. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, don't worry, it's going to seem thick and doughy. Mix in 1/2 - 1 cup of boiling water, beating well, until the batter is a nice consistency I don't know how else to put that, if you've made a cake before, you know how thick a batter should be! I ended up only using 3/4 cup of boiling water. Pour the batter into two well greased 9" cake pans and cook at 350 degrees for around half an hour-45 minutes. Don't let it over cook! Test with a toothpick at 30 minutes to make sure. Remove cakes from pans and let cool on wire racks (or if you are poor and don't have any, just use parchment paper like me).
And, my favorite frosting.......
2-4 cups powder sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp half and half
1/4 cup soft cream cheese
1/2 cup soft butter
Cream together butter, cheese, half and half and vanilla. Then mix in the sugar until you reach your desired frosting consistency. If it starts to get runny, refrigerate for a little bit, then add a bit more powdered sugar and whip it again. (Happens to me all the time, I tend to get a little over zealous when softening my butter.....) Then frost your yummy fudgy cake!
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