Showing posts with label cake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cake. Show all posts
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Friday, March 14, 2014
Catching Up - Part 4 - Baby's First Birthday!
Bear turned 1 year old on Jan. 3rd 2014!
We were originally going to have a party for him in Kissimmee but Anthony's mom only wanted to invite people with kids and we only knew one person with a kid so we decided to just not do the party. We didn't actually buy him anything for his birthday because he already had everything under the sun, and he is not really going to remember his 1st birthday anyways.
We did go to my dad's house for dinner and cake. My sister and her boyfriend were there and so were my uncle and aunt. We let Bear eat his own cake and boy did he LOVE it. Here are some pics of Bear and his cake!
We were originally going to have a party for him in Kissimmee but Anthony's mom only wanted to invite people with kids and we only knew one person with a kid so we decided to just not do the party. We didn't actually buy him anything for his birthday because he already had everything under the sun, and he is not really going to remember his 1st birthday anyways.
We did go to my dad's house for dinner and cake. My sister and her boyfriend were there and so were my uncle and aunt. We let Bear eat his own cake and boy did he LOVE it. Here are some pics of Bear and his cake!
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Playing Catch Up - Part 1 - We Got Married!
Dear Bloggy Friends (all 8 of you!),
I have been off in my own busy little world for 4 months, but I have not forgotten about you! I have been wanting to blog so badly but have not had the time at all! I have been so busy I barley have time to even take a shower. I seriously need to slow down! I hope that is what will be happening in the weeks to come.
SO MUCH stuff has happened in the past four months! Let me catch everyone up! I will post this in several posts over the next week, so that this post is not 3 years long lol.
Anthony and I got married! - Yep, we did it on Valentines day! We had a mass wedding and it was pretty great. This was something that just sort of happened! We did not plan it, we just decided it was time, and we saw that the court house was doing a mass wedding on v-day for FREE so we jumped on that quick! 23 couples were there, they had the ceremony with poem reading, singing and all. Then after we took pics and they had cake and stuff if people wanted them but we decided not to get any. The next day we went to Kissimmee and Anthony's family did a little celebration for us with dinner and a wedding cake... and of coarse more pics! lol
So you may be wondering... how is married life? Its absolutely the same. =] Nothing changed but the fact that we now have a legal document stating we are husband and wife. I do plan to hyphenate my last name though! (as soon as I have time to make it to the social security office).
Here are some pics from our wedding, these were the professional ones take by the photographers. I have many more that I will post later as well as the ones from Kissimmee.
I have been off in my own busy little world for 4 months, but I have not forgotten about you! I have been wanting to blog so badly but have not had the time at all! I have been so busy I barley have time to even take a shower. I seriously need to slow down! I hope that is what will be happening in the weeks to come.
SO MUCH stuff has happened in the past four months! Let me catch everyone up! I will post this in several posts over the next week, so that this post is not 3 years long lol.
Anthony and I got married! - Yep, we did it on Valentines day! We had a mass wedding and it was pretty great. This was something that just sort of happened! We did not plan it, we just decided it was time, and we saw that the court house was doing a mass wedding on v-day for FREE so we jumped on that quick! 23 couples were there, they had the ceremony with poem reading, singing and all. Then after we took pics and they had cake and stuff if people wanted them but we decided not to get any. The next day we went to Kissimmee and Anthony's family did a little celebration for us with dinner and a wedding cake... and of coarse more pics! lol
So you may be wondering... how is married life? Its absolutely the same. =] Nothing changed but the fact that we now have a legal document stating we are husband and wife. I do plan to hyphenate my last name though! (as soon as I have time to make it to the social security office).
Here are some pics from our wedding, these were the professional ones take by the photographers. I have many more that I will post later as well as the ones from Kissimmee.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Frosted Confetti Cake Pop-Tarts Review
A while back, (I'm not sure how far maybe in September?) Publix had a sale on Pop-Tarts they were 3 for $5.00! I got 3 boxes, two of which my roommates ate (stupid roommates). The third box, they didn't touch, I was actually least exited about this box as well.
I will admit, the only reason I bought those Pop-Tarts is because they had Spider-Man on them ;p I am a sucker for anything and everything Spider-Man themed. Vanilla Pop-Tarts? To be honest they sounded kinda gross to me and I put off eating them for a LONG time about a month and a half. Were they good? ABSOLUTELY! These turned out to be my all time favorite Pop-Tarts and still are. I loved the sweet vanilla flavor. It reminded me of the Cookie Dough Pop-Tarts with out the chocolate chips in the middle or the chocolate frosting.
Unfortunately, by the time I got around to realizing how good these were, the short amount of time they were in production was already over. So I went in search for something similar, I did not find any vanilla flavored Pop-Tarts but I did find these:
Confetti Cake is supposed to taste like vanilla... right? :D For all of you who haven't had Confetti Cake before, it is basically a white cake with rainbow sprinkles in the dry batter mix. When you bake the cake, the sprinkles melt making the white cake spotted with rainbow dots. There is also matching frosting you can buy that is white and comes with rainbow sprinkles for the top.
As for the Pop-Tarts themselves? Do the look like the picture? Eh? Kinda. I would say Kellogg's did a pretty good job making the product look like the picture on the box, but they typically do.
The only thing that I noticed that was kind of off, was the fact that in the picture, the Pop-Tarts filling also has rainbow dots. I could only find one dot in my Pop-Tart even after digging for a bit. Maybe I got a dud, or I didn't dig enough...
I expected these to smell like cake. Instead, they smelled like frosting. Close enough I guess, although it would have been pretty cool if they actually smelled like a fresh cake pulled from the oven (maybe that's not realistic for a toaster pastry).
The first flavor I noticed when I took a bite was SWEET. Is sweet even a flavor? Who knows. After the sweetness the second flavor I tasted was vanilla. A lot like the Spider-Man vanilla. I do not think it was exactly the same as the Spider-Man vanilla but it was definitely close.
If you eat the edges, so that you are only tasting the crust and not the filling, you can also taste that the crust has a more buttery flavor than the normal Pop-Tart crust used in the fruit flavors (and the Spider-Man ones too). I think this was supposed to be the cake part of the Pop-Tart and the filling was supposed to be the frosting.
The texture was the same as any other frosted Pop-Tart that has sprinkles. Chewy outside with a gooey inside. The filling in this Pop-Tart was sticky, unlike the fruit flavors. This makes sense seeing as it is supposed to resemble frosting.
I ate my Pop-Tart raw. I have not tried it frozen or toasted. I think that it may be *different* not necessarily better, if frozen. I do not think these would be appetizing if they were toasted. I am just not a fan of toasted Pop-Tarts in the bakery flavors. I think toasting works better on the fruit flavors and freezing works better on the bakery flavors. These are just assumptions though, there is really no way of knowing without trying it.
So the big question. Does it taste like cake? Nope, not at all. I think it tastes a tiny bit like cupcakes, but that is only because cupcakes have a lot of frosting and are very sweet.
Is it yummy? Indeed it is. Is it as good as the Spider-Man Pop-Tarts? Nope, but I think it is the closest I am going to get to them for the time being.
Overall I would say this is one of the better flavored Pop-Tarts but because of the sweetness, I am only able to eat one per sitting. (Maybe this is a good thing).
Rating: 7 out of 10
It was a box of Limited Edition Spider-Man Yum-Azing Vanilla.
Unfortunately, by the time I got around to realizing how good these were, the short amount of time they were in production was already over. So I went in search for something similar, I did not find any vanilla flavored Pop-Tarts but I did find these:
Frosted Confetti Cake Pop-Tarts (My box said "New Flavor" not Limed Edition)
Looks like this:
(You can see the resemblance of the two products by looking at the boxes)
The only thing that I noticed that was kind of off, was the fact that in the picture, the Pop-Tarts filling also has rainbow dots. I could only find one dot in my Pop-Tart even after digging for a bit. Maybe I got a dud, or I didn't dig enough...
You can see the one lonely dot I found after dissecting the Pop-Tart.
I expected these to smell like cake. Instead, they smelled like frosting. Close enough I guess, although it would have been pretty cool if they actually smelled like a fresh cake pulled from the oven (maybe that's not realistic for a toaster pastry).
The first flavor I noticed when I took a bite was SWEET. Is sweet even a flavor? Who knows. After the sweetness the second flavor I tasted was vanilla. A lot like the Spider-Man vanilla. I do not think it was exactly the same as the Spider-Man vanilla but it was definitely close.
If you eat the edges, so that you are only tasting the crust and not the filling, you can also taste that the crust has a more buttery flavor than the normal Pop-Tart crust used in the fruit flavors (and the Spider-Man ones too). I think this was supposed to be the cake part of the Pop-Tart and the filling was supposed to be the frosting.
The texture was the same as any other frosted Pop-Tart that has sprinkles. Chewy outside with a gooey inside. The filling in this Pop-Tart was sticky, unlike the fruit flavors. This makes sense seeing as it is supposed to resemble frosting.
I ate my Pop-Tart raw. I have not tried it frozen or toasted. I think that it may be *different* not necessarily better, if frozen. I do not think these would be appetizing if they were toasted. I am just not a fan of toasted Pop-Tarts in the bakery flavors. I think toasting works better on the fruit flavors and freezing works better on the bakery flavors. These are just assumptions though, there is really no way of knowing without trying it.
So the big question. Does it taste like cake? Nope, not at all. I think it tastes a tiny bit like cupcakes, but that is only because cupcakes have a lot of frosting and are very sweet.
Is it yummy? Indeed it is. Is it as good as the Spider-Man Pop-Tarts? Nope, but I think it is the closest I am going to get to them for the time being.
Overall I would say this is one of the better flavored Pop-Tarts but because of the sweetness, I am only able to eat one per sitting. (Maybe this is a good thing).
Rating: 7 out of 10
Pros: yummy vanilla flavor, pretty rainbow colors, pretty close to Spider-Man Pop-Tarts
Cons: too sweet, weird butter taste, don't actually taste like cake
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