Make It Monday : The Cake is Not a Lie!

Welcome to another Make It Monday! Last week, I did some more baking for my buddies at work. They were "angry" that I brought in more goodies, but were happy to oblige in eating said goodies. Because we're all a bit on the geeky/nerdy side (and especially since every time I bring in a cake, someone always has to say "The Cake is a Lie"), I decided to have fun and make a PORTAL CAKE!

Portal is a pretty awesome game, and if you like puzzle games - this game is right up your alley! In a nutshell, you move through a series of puzzles that must be soled by using the portal gun - which creates a visual and physical connection between two different locations in three-dimensional space.

It's a super fun and hysterical game, albeit very short.

Throughout the game, you hear and see references to a 'cake' at the end of all the levels. "The Cake is a Lie" is also referenced many many times in your environment - presumably by test subjects before yourself.

Portal and the cake is © 2013 Valve Corporation

ANYWAY, on to the cake:

As you can see in the game screenshot above (the first image), there is a crunchy exterior. To achieve that effect, I had some fun and used COCOA PEBBLES (which in hindsight, was a fabulous idea!!!)

The timing of the cake worked out well, because one coworker's birthday was a few days before - and he's a big gamer (and he's the one we made cut the cake for a photo-op!).

The cake was a hit - and was pretty delicious!

Make it Monday : Cooking Day

Happy Monday! Yesterday, I spent most of the day in the kitchen. After the last time I made Red Velvet Brownies, my coworkers have kept telling me that I needed to make some more. So I planned on making them blue this time. I made a triple batch, ran out of sugar - had to run out to the store - and then back to baking. I had neon blue food dye left from my Tron cupcakes so I used that... but oddly, the cookies turned out a greenish/teal color.

While they baked, I made myself a nice strawberry & raspberry smoothie. After they were baked, they cooled, I cut them up, iced them and put them in some containers to take to work. There were SOO many brownies. Holy moly.





The last photo is my crockpot dinner. Chicken, beans, corn, carrots, onions cooked in cilantro and... I forgot what sauce. But I put it all over some rice. I tell you what, it was pretty tasty. Tonight is homemade Chipotle burritos.

Also, the brownies were a HUGE hit today. People told me that I should sell these. That made me smile.