Lovin' From the Oven

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Chunky Chocolate Chip Cookies

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I know, I know.. I just baked chocolate chip cookies a couple weeks ago, but let me tell you my story: So first off, my favorite school bag breaks and I have to tie the strings together in order to keep it from falling apart and make it last for the rest of the day. Bust! Then, I didn’t get to eat anything the entire day besides breakfast (keep in mind that I’m in class ALL day long), and I decided to get a chocolate chip cookie from a vending machine. Turns out one cookie from the vending machine is $1.50. What a rip! But, seeing how I was already hungry as it is, I sucked it up and paid the buck fifty. I even used one of my crispest dollars (cause those were all I had.. and anyone who knows me knows how I am with crisp money haha)! Right after I put the money in, the handle turns and my cookie gets stuck! Bummer! No cookie for me.

So with all this frustration, the first thing I do when I get home is bake chocolate chip cookies… 2 dozen of them. I was able to bake my bad day away and get my cookie in the end! Thank goodness for baking. :]

A cake… sort of.

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My boyfriend’s sister’s baby shower is this weekend and I was so overwhelmed with what to get her. There are just so many adorable baby clothes/shoes/toys that I could buy! I also had to keep in mind that I was going to be going to two different baby showers for her, so I needed two gifts. Being the poor student that I am, I went all out on one gift and homemade the other (this is the homemade one).

I wanted to bake her a cake, but I found out that there was already going to be one.. so what do I do? Make a diaper cake! I came up with a 5 layer tiered cake, made out of about 90 pampers diapers (completely usable!). Instead of using dowels to hold the cake together, I used baby bottles, instead. Clever, right? I made my own “cake board” by cutting a piece of cardboard and wrapping it with tissue paper. Decorate the cake and voila! It’s all ready to “eat.” :]

The first two pictures are of it all wrapped up, the last one is the cake by itself.

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