Nates Birthday food celebration

This morning i woke up and made some waffles with an apple compote syrup thing.  Sounds good eh? delicious. First i prepared the batter last night to rest overnight. I mixed it all up and jammed it into my fridge.

Overnight Waffles

• 2-1/4 c all purpose flour
• 2 Tbs sugar
• 1 pkg yeast
• 1tsp vanilla
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1-3/4 c milk
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cooking oil or butter

1. Mix together flour, sugar, yeast, vanilla, and salt. Add in milk, eggs, and oil. Mix well. Cover and chill overnight
2. Stir and pour about 3/4 c batter into your waffle maker.

This recipe makes these lovely looking waffles

So after i created these godly syrup holders i melted down some apples and created a compote (nates request) I was VERY happy about how it turned out considering i completely winged the whole thing.

Apple Syrup/Compote (this made enough for 3 waffles so adjust accordingly)

• 1 red delicious apple peeled, cored, and chopped
• half a stick of butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 c milk

1. I mixed all of this together and simmered in a saucepan for about 45 mins.

Here is the half-eaten result.

It looked better in person (i have a shit camera).

After some Boston Market lunch, an hr massage, some fish purchasing, comic books, and going to see Saw 5 we came home and i starting in on making Nate his official Birthday Cake. This cake, i can assure you, is the most delicious cake ever created on earth. Trust me.

Double Chocolate Pudding Cake

• 1 (18.25 oz) pkg devils food cake mix
• 1 (3.9 oz) pkg instant choc pudding mix
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/2 c vegetable oil
• 1/2 c water
• 2 cups semisweet choc chips (i used ghiradelli)

1. 350 degrees, grease/flour a 10″ bundt pan.
2. stir together cake mix, pudding mix. Make a well and pour in eggs, sour cream, oil and water. Beat until blended. Stir in choc chips and then pour batter into pan.
3. Bake 50-60 mins until toothpick comes out clean.

Glaze

• hersheys choc bar
• 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
• 4 tbs butter
• 3 Tbs milk

1. Melt all in microwave slowly (20 secs at a time) and stir until blended.
2. Drizzle over top of cooled cake with a spoon

Here is the delicious finished project for your enjoyment!