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Accidental Cake

Happy Halloween!  I was organizing my spices and shelves and saw that I had some ingredients that I wanted to use up so I thought I’d document how I made a cake for the first time in my life completely UNINTENTIONALLY!  I tried to read the instructions, but just didn’t have the patience to do it their way, so….

I put virgin coconut oil in a cake pan. Manually mixed 3 packages of cinnamon muffin mix, added (I don’t really measure, because I”m Italian) about 5 teaspoons of extra white flour, 3 jumbo eggs, one cup of milk, a few teaspoons of cinnamon, a few packages of chocolate chip oatmeal. Baked at 400 degrees for 16 minutes. I took this picture and then I sprinkled a little more cinnamon on top and applied vanilla icing on each piece individually.

The muffin-ish cake is amazing!  It’s not even over-the-top sweet, but the moisture and thickness is divine.  I’m sure I could probably not have this kind of luck the rest of my life, but it was great to use up those ingredients and at least for now we can enjoy something very tasty for the holiday.

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One of my new suits!

No, this isn’t my Halloween costume!  Since I lost weight from my gastric sleeve surgery, I really hadn’t invested in a high quality suit.  I went to Men’s Wearhouse in San Leandro and got a few tailored for my “new body” recently and I’m very happy with my choices.  I don’t think I’ve ever owned an actual three-piece before.  While I’m still most comfortable in jeans, I want to show that I have a professional looking side as well.  Here is the first suit I got back from the tailor so far: