Rainbow Jar Cake (or goo)

Because I didn't go home for Easter weekend, my friends who were also staying in Denton and I got together to dye Easter eggs and bake. I've heard of baking things in jars, and wanted to try it, but never actually considered it until my friend Paige showed up at my door with a huge box of jars and showed me this website. Apparently she and our other friend Ashley had decided that's what we were making.

The recipe on the website calls for white cake, but we used funfetti, because it's so much better. Other than that, though, we pretty much just followed directions.

This is how it was supposed to look.

Just batter. Perfect lines thanks to Paige.

Fresh out of the oven

The colors rose through the cake. So cool!

After we decorated them!

View down the jar.

We only hit one problem, but it was a big one. Only the top half of the cake baked in the 35 minutes it was in the oven. The rest was legit goo. We ended up all stopping and saving it for when we could re-bake it. 

I tried to re-bake it the next day, and put it in the oven for another 25 minutes, BUT IT WAS STILL GOO. I just ate it. It was still good.

My rainbow goo and me.

If you want to try it, I have no idea what I would suggest to avoid burning the top while trying to solidify the molton goo at the bottom. If you figure it out, let me know. 

Here's the recipe:

April Fools! (yeah, about a month late)

First of all, sorry for making this email everyone. I couldn't, for the life of me, remember what my password was and that was the only way to get a password reset link.

Now, on with the cooking. I love April Fools because I love pranks, but I never really celebrate it. I'm absolutely terrible with thinking of good enough pranks to pull on April Fools without raising suspicion. I first heard about this a long time ago, and always wanted to try it, so it seemed like the perfect time. I should also say that this was actually last year's April Fools, but I still think it's good enough to share.

Cupcakes anyone?

APRIL FOOLS! IT'S MEATLOAF!

With mashed potato frosting.

They were spit out a few times, but only because it's not what anyone was expecting. Once people realized what they were eating, they finished it. They were actually really freaking delicious.

There was no special recipe, it's just whatever meatloaf you like, and I used instant mashed potatoes (plus A LOT of food coloring). The only thing is to make sure you have foil cupcake liners. The meat cooks into a weird shape, so the foil holds the shape of a cupcake better. Plus, I'm pretty sure paper liners would just absorb juices and be soggy. Gross.

I would definitely recommend this if you want to get coworkers or something. EVERYONE will fall for it, and you'll be super popular.