Cooking and Baking and More Cooking and More Baking and Tons of Dirty Dishes!

Since Pacen was sick today and I stayed home to be with him, I decided to pass the time by cooking and baking. I cooked and baked ALL afternoon and I am wiped out! I started out by baking some breakfast burritos. They can be froze and re-heated in a microwave for a quick breakfast. Next I baked a chocolate cake, Buttercream Frosting, and some Sugar Donut Muffins. I finished off the afternoon by cooking a meatball sub casserole. Whew!

Breakfast Burritos

12 eggs, beaten
1 lb. bulk sausage, cooked
1/2 cup chunky salsa
2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
24 flour tortillas (whole wheat tortillas can be used too.)

Scramble eggs until done; stir in cooked sausage, salsa, and cheese. Warm tortillas in microwave 20-30 seconds or until warm and flexible. Place 1/2-3/4 cup of the egg mixture into the tortilla; roll burrito style. Freeze burritos in a single layer on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper. When fully frozen wrap burritos individually and place in a zip-top freezer bag; freeze. To serve: unwrap burritos from foil or plastic wrap and wrap in a paper towel. Cook in microwave until heated through or thaw burritos, wrap in foil, and bake at 350 degrees for ten minutes.

I used Italian Style Ground Turkey instead of sausage, added some hash browns, and forgot the salsa. I haven't had one yet. I hope they're good.



The chocolate cake I made is the same recipe as I used for these. The Buttercream Frosting came out of the KitchenAid Stand Mixer cookbook too. It was so simple.

1/3 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup cream
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
4 cups powdered sugar, divided

Put butter in mixer bowl and mix until creamy. Add cream, vanilla, salt, and 1 cup powdered sugar. Mix for about 2 minutes or until well blended. Scrape bowl. Gradually add remaining 3 cups of powdered sugar and mix until well blended. Add milk, 1 tsp at a time, if necessary. Beat until smooth.

I made the cake for my friend and co-worker, Twyla. She just graduated last weekend from the University of Wyoming with a Bachelor's Degree in Social Science. She did all her classes online. I'm so proud of her! I asked her what she wanted and she said she wanted me to bake. For some reason she thinks I'm a good cook and every time something comes up that should involve gifts (birthdays, etc.) I ask her what she wants and she always asks me to cook. She is delusional. Unfortunately, the cake turned out pretty ugly, but I think she'll still like it. I also made the Sugar Donut Muffins for her. They turned out ok.


The recipe for the Sugar Donut Muffins is here.



The Meatball Sub Casserole recipe can be found here.



I was going to make my baby sister a cake because she graduates this weekend with an Associate's Degree in Human Services, but I am all baked out! I was going to make a chocolate/cream roll (like a jelly roll) and make it look like a diploma. I'll try to do it Friday because I don't have to work.

"When baking, follow directions. When cooking, go by your own taste." ~ Laiko Bahrs

"Noncooks think it's silly to invest 2 hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet." ~ Julia Child