No sleep, a cake and a cookie, oh my!

So this morning, after getting no sleep because of my period, fibromyalgia and being way too damn hot, I stayed up all night doing random things. Then soon after my mom got up, I mentioned to her about a few of the single-serve recipes I had found and a few I had written down. Somehow I got into the mood to make something. So I made my mom a Peanut Butter cake in a mug and myself a Chocolate Chip Cookie in a mug – without the chocolate chips as we have none.

I took a few pictures and I thought I’d share them as well as the recipes so maybe you could try them for yourself, when you want something baked but don’t feel like making a whole cake or a dozen cookies.

First up the Peanut Butter cake!

I got the recipe from HERE. And heads up… since this is peanut butter and it’s a cake… you’re gonna need a big glass of milk to go along with this yummy creation. Also… you may not be able to finish this in one setting.

Here’s what you need:

4 tablespoons all purpose flour
4 tablespoons white granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg
3 tablespoons peanut butter
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons vegetable oil

(Doesn’t look very delicious yet, does it?)

Now for what to do:

Combine all ingredients in an oversized coffee mug. Whisk well with a small whisk until smooth. Microwave on high for 1 1/2 minutes and then take it out to check to see if it is done. If not, continue to microwave in thirty second

(After putting the batter into a mug for my mom…)

(Hmm, I wonder if this mug is big enough…)

(During cooking time:)

(…yeah I should have put it in a bigger mug.)

Well, you live and you learn, right? At least I know that next time I make this cake, I should put it in a bigger mug. Or a bowl. At least something bigger then our Minnie Mouse mug. Sorry Minnie, but you’re just not the mouse for this job.

(The finished product.)

The cooking time of 1 and half minutes was perfect for me, but it may take longer for some, depending on your microwave. Now onward to the (not really) chocolate chip cookies.

The recipe I used was from HERE.

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon butter, melted
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 tablespoon brown sugar
3 drops of vanilla
Pinch of slat
1 egg yolk
1/4 cup flour
2 tablespoon chocolate chips

(… You guys don’t know how lucky you are to get pictures of this one. I almost put it in the microwave before I realized that I needed to snap a picture of the batter.)

Now for what to do:

In a bowl, ix together the butter, sugars, vanilla, and egg yolk.

Add in the flour and salt.

Mix until combined.

Add in the chocolate chips.

Put the dough into a small microwaveable bowl, ramekin, or coffee cup.

Microwave for 40-60 seconds or until a toothpick inserted in the middle/near the middle, comes out clean.

Note: The site says ‘until the cookie looks done’ but really, that can be dangerous and doesn’t mean anything, because I have made things that have looked done but then tasted half cooked. So from my grandma’s teachings, when baking stuff, the best way to know when something is done – or done enough, insert a toothpick near the middle and if it comes out clean, it’s done! If it doesn’t come out clean, it needs to cook some more.

(Seriously guys… I started to eat it before I realized that I needed to snap a picture of the finished product. And yeah, this recipe can be put in a small mug next time.)

The cookie tasted yummy to me without any chocolate chips but I know it may not to everyone else. Also you can if you want, substitute chocolate chips for peanut butter chips or do chocolate chips and some peanut butter. And I’m not sure, but I think you could add some cocoa powder to make some chocolate cookies.Anyway, both recipes taste delicious. And both totally need milk to go with them – but I’m not complaining because I love milk. Hope you guys like these recipes if you try them! And I hope my pictures didn’t turn you off from trying the recipes… Anyway, next time I make something, I’ll try and remember to document it but I think we’ve already learned, that um… sometimes I just can’t wait to eat.

 

Till next time folks!

Hope everyone’s having a good weekend! Thought I’d check in after just having a photography session (in the freezing early morning after getting no sleep). Went pretty well if I may say so myself. Anyway, I’m hoping to write something (original, not fanfic or anything of the sort) and get it posted or even just write and not worry about posting. My poetry seems to be a big hit on here but not my stories… Hope that it’s just because it’s mainly fanfic or y’know, not to people’s tastes and not because of me being a horrible writer.

I need to type up what I have of my first novel, Sparks and I need to work on it as well as work on HIM. And maybe, I’ll post them on here, chapter by chapter, but I don’t know. Wouldn’t want them to get stolen and I seriously keep taking of switching HIM from first person to third….

Anyway, hope everyone is having a good weekend and hopefully, you’ll enjoy what I post next! 🙂

A moments whisper
A moments dream

A harsh reality to define
Broken ice and carved promises
Left in the wind

A life shattered and torn
Still moving on

Sometimes I think my life is hell. There are moments where I can smile and think that life is good, that life is beautiful. But then I’m reminded no matter what that my life is just a pit of hell. It’s hell for me to get to go anywhere, it’s hell for me to try and have any friends over (the few that I have in this state), it’s hell for me to keep in contact with my best friend who lives in another state and it’s hell to keep my mind from going to some very dark places and it’s hell to try and put on a brave front when everyone around me is bitching, complaining and yelling about anything and everything. And yet if I complain… well, I’m simply not allowed. I do it “all the time” or “they’ve heard it all before” or some other form of bullshit.

Why can’t I be at that point in my life where all this fuckery has made me a better person?

A waste of space
That’s all I seem to be
Might as well just end it all

Gonna die
Or die trying to get away
From this hell I’m living

Let the scars on my body
Share my tale
While my emotional scars
Stay silent

So because my night went from marathon comic movies to getting yelled at and my night became a horrible one and obviously today is gonna be a horrible one, I’m gonna reblog a shit ton of stuff (onto my tumblr) that I love in hopes that I’ll smile.

[Long version of the story? My grandma told the jackass no about having company, but he had his friend come over anyway (after she went to bed). I woke up my mom to tell her and get her to check, because if I do it, then y’know, somehow I always get yelled at when it concerns her son – or really, I get yelled at anyway. But my grandma got woken up, asked what was going on, so I told her. My mom didn’t check, just listened but didn’t hear anything and my grandma of course, yelled at me and said that all I do is complain 24/7 and complain about the jackass. So my okay, loving comics night went to me hating my life, feeling worthless, and crying a lot. Gee, what a great family I have, yeah? Two thumbs up, 10/10 would recommend.]

Cliff

A moment of peace shattered
Looking for friendship, love and kinship
Only to
Stand alone on the cliff

Turn around
Another day
Take care of what’s dear
Stay on the cliff
Protecting those who
Can’t save themselves

Look again
Despair rolling in like fog
With no light through the tunnel

Standing alone on the cliff
Once more

Being that one person everyone comes to but when you need someone, you suddenly find yourself alone on the cliff.

Might as well keep quiet and keep it inside, won’t do me any good to speak out. I’m only worthless anyway.

So, hi. Hope no one’s forgotten about me. Sorry for not posting since…Thanksgiving-ish time, yeah? But I’ve been busy with the holidays, trying not to get sick and family drama as usual.

Today’s been a really crappy day for me and while making a little post on twitter, a line for a poem or just a one-line poem hit me and I figured I’d come over here and share it (and it shall be my next post).

I hope everyone else has been having a much better day than me. And also I hope that everyone is having a good year so far and will continue to.