Schoolwork is over for the day and the kids are in the backyard. It is going to rain here for the next few days so I gave the kids the choice to help me clean or play outside. I would have been happy either way but I am glad they opted to be outdoors. It's been so chilly here lately. Not feeling like May, which does make the staying in a little harder on us all.
C has his weekly zoom call later today. That's always cute.
Yesterday I sorted through all of M's clothes and weeded out things that were too small. (Or, to be honest, shirts I just didn't like.) Not sure why I put the task off, it didn't take that long and I feel so much better about the state of things in there!
Mother's Day was lackluster in a totally expected way. The kids each made me a card, and Husband still got my traditional breakfast pizza even though I said it wasn't necessary. But that was about all that made the day any different than any other day. I am not disappointed by this at all. It just wasn't much fodder for blogging.
In other truly important news, I made some chocolate frosting on Friday. It worked just like a can of frosting. It looked just like a can of frosting. It tasted equal or superior to a can of frosting and it has only regular real ingredients. So total win.
THIS IS THE RECIPE. We had it on top of funfetti cake. (Our nephew turned 1 on Friday and had an online birthday party. Zoom parties are BYOC don't you know.) My favorite kind of homemade cake is funfetti from a box with chocolate frosting.
Aldi chocolate frosting is terrible. Probably because they're committed to not using weird stuff in their food, so to make it shelf stable a lot is required. Anyway, don't buy Aldi chocolate frosting. Don't buy frosting at all actually. Just make that recipe. You will be happy you did. (Also, don't use your stand mixers, just use the good old hand beater for this. Trust me.)
Okay, that's all I know over here! I hope you're well.
And now I want chocolate frosting! :)
ReplyDeleteDid you melt your butter or just soften it? I usually don't like to melt butter for frosting because mine turns out too wet. I can't believe the recipe calls for 1/3 cup milk - it seems like a lot. I guess I'll have to try it - my kids won't mind!
ReplyDeleteI just softened it. I didn't trust melted for that exact reason!
DeleteNow I also want chocolate frosting. I have been baking cookies for my daughter to bring to work (she's a nurse in an outpatient cancer center attached to a hospital), because morale gets low, they are "possibly" exposed to Covid every day, and in general, have stressful jobs. So, her co-workers like cookies! I bake them, cool them, and bag them 3-4 to a bag, with gloves on, and she brings them in...I love baking...now I am wondering if there's a cookie that would be good with this frosting! Thank you for sharing it!
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