I SKIPPED MATH CLASS YESTERDAY

and made some frosting...


That's it.  I'm dropping out of school. While I was considering getting a nice tent and becoming a hobo, I think I have a better idea to weasel out of all of these Taylor series, Laplace transformations, and manufacturing processes:

I'm going to be a pastry chef instead.

I KNEW that Martha Stewart and I were kindred spirits.  It was my favorite show in kindergarten-no lie, ask my mom.  My calling in life is to make cutesy things all day long.  And hopefully get paid for it.

Sadly, I make...er....manly things all day long.   Let's just say that mechanical engineering doesn't allow for a whole lot of femininity in design.  {My all-male group  wasn't too happy when I designed the upright supports for our pneumatic engine as Eiffel towers} That's OK, I still like my major. It is a close as I can get to making things all day long, even though it isn't always cute. And I am fairly confident that I will actually get paid.

Just consider the engineering labs that I have been in:

• I wanted to add glitter and the color purple to the Nerf football we made in the plastics lab
• When the T.A. asked what applications use sheet metal, I got excited and said "Ooh! Those cute framed magnet boards!"
• For a material science class project, I talked my group into redesigning the cake pan.

3.14159...

Guys. Today is a great day.  It is Pi Day.  A holiday for nerds.  And yes, I include myself in that group.  (See title of blog.)

Anyways, I had a new pie-free philosophy for today and this weekend:


                   eat cake.

yeeeeah baby.





Did I make this cake?

Yes.

Did the Boy Down the Street help me?

Most certainly.

I'm getting better, you see. I'm slowly exploiting his cooking skills for my personal benefit. And his sister Kristin's.  (It was her birthday. Sorry I don't have pictures of the candle-blowing-wish-making moment. But happy birthday Kristin!!)








Want to try? It's not as hard as it looks. It is from i am baker's blog.

TOO CUTE TO HANDLE

I am in love. 

Thank you Bakerella!!!!

It might be hard to tell by the picture..but it is cake dipped cleverly in chocolate.

(dye white dipping chocolate yellow and pink)

I made TONS....

I can't get over them. So. Cute.

Directions:

1. Bake cake according to directions and crumble it up in a bowl

2. Mix frosting with cake in until you can form balls with the cake crumbs

3. Freeze cake balls for easy handling

4. Use small paper baking cups (they look like miniature cupcake liners) and fill 1/2 way with dipping chocolate

5. Press the frozen cake ball into the chocolate filled cups

6. Let harden and remove paper.

7. Dunk tops into more dipping chocolate.

8. Immediately decorate with sprinkles of your choice.

I will slowly transform into a domestic goddess like my mother.  

Just you wait.

LET THEM EAT CAKE

I am so sad that my cake decorating class is finished.

my culminating masterpiece:


This is what I call bait. I swear that men flock whenever food is present. Especially cake.
So I guess I am sad that this class is over on more than one level...


Anyone want to sign up for course 2 with me??