wallaby

Want some “CREAMY AUSTRALIAN STYLE” yogurt?

Thought this was worthy of an “LOL” moment. Even my kangaroo clock in the background approves. Didn’t intentionally get it in the shot, but it’s a nice coincidence I think. As far as yogurt goes, it’s pretty damn good, which it should be for the price. Organic yogurt is pricey regardless if it’s Australian, British, Mexican, Greek, etc. And the wallaby brand was actually created by two Californians who went down under a grand total of once and decided that constituted a full on aussie yogurt experience. I’m so bored of studying anatomy that I actually googled that. Yeah…

Silly sammich

Silly cockatiel did not like his shadow and kept attacking and hissing at it. Sunset light streaming through the windows apparently is more amusing than the $$$ bird toys hanging in his cage unused.

Apple cupcakes with cinnamon frosting and caramel

Only a few days left until school starts again for the summer session so squeezing in as much time wasting activities as possible. Made these cupcakes from scratch, which meant a few things had to be fiddled with. Very yummy, except the butter had a funny taste from absorbing all the refrigerator smells and sort of showed through in the frosting. Recipe is below, as requested from someone who drools over all the pictures of baked goods on my Flickr and wants to copy.

For apple cupcake
Adapted from I<3cuppycakes

1 cup applesauce
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
1/2 cup oil
1/4 cup apple juice
1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix, pour in cupcake sleeves, bake for 16 minutes at 350 F

Cinnamon Frosting
1 stick butter, room temp and beaten
3 3/4 cup confectioners sugar
3-4 Tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon

Mix, add food coloring, and spread/pipe

Caramel Drizzle
1/2 cup heavy cream
4oz caramel candies

Mix in saucepan and heat until melted, cool in refrigerator. Pour in plastic bag, snip off the tip of a corner and drizzle over frosting

Plano

Pictures from back home, nothing really to elaborate on.

New fence

Side yard, they killed all our grass storing materials

My turtle. The other one was sleeping.

Making pizza

Making german chocolate cake with strawberries in the middle, covered with cream cheese frosting with the sister