gearing up for thanksgiving. here, i think, is the final list. (although... matt did say, "i don't know, i guess." to some or many of my persistent questions.) i will be baking aaaalll weekend so don't call me. unless it's an emergency. 8 pumpkin logs/rolls (that's right!) 1 cherry pie 2 sets of cake balls (for some body's birthday... shh! don't tell jane!) 1 pecan pie 6ish batches of pretzels (we'll see)

the infamous cake balls

matt my wonderful boyfriend manfriend, made balls made of cake for my birthday! yay! first... bake cakes. we did chocolate and yellah. then squish. then mix with frosting of choice. sample "cake goo." mmmmm. then make into balls of cake goo as big or small as you would like. you can also use an ice cream scoop to make them uniform sizes... matt just used the old eyeball measurement. aftere they are in balls put them in the freezer to get really hard and cold. that's a lot of toothpicks... i just used one in the end.

then a quick dip in chocolate (we used white chocolate "almond bark" and just chocolate chips to make a ganosh). the toothpick goes in the bottom and then use a fork on the bottom to remove and place on cookie sheet.

...and viola! balls of cake! delicious delicious delicious! the perfect bite of cake and chocolate together.

bday

my birthday was funness. we had red hot and blue for dinner too. pulled pork, brisket, pulled chicken, and potato salad. everyone was here. including my brother jimmy and his wife tiffany. aaaaand i got a new camera and it's purple! yay! cake ball procedure coming next.