Cooking by Jess

Ok, so I know today isn't my day to post, but since I missed Wednesday and I really want to post something, I will post anyway.

An AWESOME recipe I found in a magazine:

Hedgehog Cake

You Will Need:

~ An adult to help you ~

~ 1 ½ quart stainless-steel mixing bowl ~

~ 1 (18.25-ounce box Pillsbury Moist Supreme chocolate cake mix ~

~ 1 ¼ cups water ~
~ ½ cup vegetable oil ~

~ 3 eggs ~

~ 1 (16-ounce) can chocolate frosting ~

~ 1 sugar cone ~
~ 2 tablespoons vanilla frosting ~
~ 2 chocolate Swoops candies ~
~ 3 round chocolate candies ~

~ 2 small Tootsie Roll candies ~

~ Thin pretzel sticks ~

Directions:

1) Wash hands.  Using the first four ingredients, follow box directions for making cake, but grease the stainless-steel mixing bowl and use as a baking pan.  Ask an adult to bake 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.  Cool for one hour.

2) Place the cake flat side down on a cookie sheet, and remove the bowl from the cake.  Save 2 tablespoons of chocolate frosting for later, and use the rest to frost the cake.

3) Break off pieces of the broken end of the sugar cone to make it shorter and more like a little face.  Mix saved chocolate frosting with 2 tablespoons vanilla frosting to make light brown frosting.  Use this frosting to frost the cone, then push cone into side of cake to make the head and face.  Place round chocolate candies fro eyes and nose.

4) Flatten tow Tootsie Rolls with a rolling pin.  Ask an adult to cut them to look like feet.  Place on either side of the head and under cake for front feet.

5) Stick pretzel sticks all over the cake to look like spines, just before you serve the cake.

*Tips on how to make cakes great:

1) Frost the cake after it has cooled, so that the frosting won’t melt.

2) Try mixing different colored icings together to create a new color – such as the light brown frosting in the hedgehog cake recipe.

3) Wipe off the serving plate before presenting your cake so that it’s clean and looks impressive.

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Happy cooking! :)

Love,

Priya Doesn't Cook Much

Hi everyone! It's Priya here. This week's theme is Cooking! So I don't really do much cooking, but I can show you some cookbooks I have that I really liked to use when I was into cooking more.

Have you every seen/used either of these cookbooks?

I'm sorry this post was so short, but I almost forgot to write it and I just have to write something short today.

See you next week (hopefully)!

Priya Says Sorry :(

Hi everyone. It's Priya here.

I am really really really really sorry about missing two posts in a row. I have a lot of things going on right now, and last week I was a little sick. I still have a minor cold right now. Please forgive me.

Since I missed the movies theme, I thought I could post about it today.

This is my favorite movie:

Hoodwinked is an AWESOME movie. It is basically like a modern version of Red Riding Hood. It is also a mystery movie too. I LOVE it and you should see it if you haven't already.

I also really like the Kit Kittredge American Girl movie, Ratatouille, and the Samantha Parkington American Girl movie.

Have you seen any of these movies?

Nothing much...

Oh dear! What happened? We've been missing in action for nearly a week! So sorry, dear followers, so sorry.

Anyways, since I don't really know what to post, here are some pictures for you to enjoy and a story idea I've been working on...

My Story

Written by Joely

The girl sat alone, staring into space. It was as if there were no one else in the room with her; she was in her own little world, a place no one but her could enter. Her long, blond hair enclosed most of her face; she hid behind it as if she were afraid someone might see her. Her brown eyes were sad, but hopeful. It seemed as if she were waiting for something to happen, something extraordinary. If only I knew what.

She sat at the window in the far corner, and the rain pored down, unceasingly. The crash of thunder and the flash of lightning in the distance did not startle her in the least. No one seemed to notice her – or the rain. They were all too engrossed with Hadie as she opened each of her birthday presents. She was turning thirteen after all.

I, as her best friend, was here as well, observing mostly. I had turned thirteen earlier in the year, and Hadie and I both were super excited now that we were full-on teenagers. For her birthday bash, she had invited several girls from school that we both knew well. We had hung out all afternoon, playing games and gossiping. Then, we had a light dinner of cheese pizza and lemonade, and had chocolate cake for desert.

Everything was perfect. But then, there was that girl. She had come out of nowhere, very quietly, and had not joined us in anything. She had not spoken a word, nor had Hadie acknowledged her guest’s presence. At least, I assumed she was here for the party...

What do you think so far? Does it make you want to read more?

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These just make me smile. :)

Bye for now!

Love,