Today was my daughters 5th birthday. I bought(yes, I bought them because I failed a attempt at making home made vanilla cupcakes at midnight the night before I needed them, I think lack of sleep contributed to the failed cupcakes and I need to get better at baking) a couple dozen cute bumblebee cupcakes for my daughter to take to her pre-K class this morning. She was so excited (and so were all her friends) because there usual snacks are fruit,cheese and crackers. So sugar filled cupcakes were a huge hit.
She enjoyed being the center of attention today while at school, and also she enjoyed having a special day that was all about her. We had lunch with daddy, she went on a special shopping trip with her grandma, and then I cooked a pineapple ham, with the works.
Even though she had cupcakes at school she requested a chocolate birthday cake. So I told her I would make her a chocolate cake.
We(really I mean "I") are not too big on sweets, but I'm not opposed to occasionally indulging in chocolate and sugar! Sometimes you just need a little chocolate!
Although I like to try to eat healthy and I like for my kids to eat healthy, I don't want to be one of those mothers that has a panic attack if my kid eats a sucker every once in a while or drinks a juice box(I just might cringe a little more now thinking about whats IN the sucker and juice box)And also I really love things like apple pie, brownies and milk and Oreos(okay I lied, I may be a little bigger on sweets than I originally stated,but I do now make all those things home made to avoid strange ingredients that I can't pronounce.)
So tonight I made a chocolate sheet cake, I used a recipe from the Pioneer woman's website because I've never made a homemade chocolate cake before. This one was definitely by far the best recipe for chocolate sheet cake. It was a little hard for me to get past eating all that butter and sugar though....But after I took a bite I quickly got over it. If you don't mind something super sweet then I would suggest this. I just wouldn't suggest this recipe being a everyday kind of snack, although I wish it could be.
I would also say to stop at two pieces to avoid going into a sugar coma, but just be warned that it is really hard to stop at just two pieces. The left overs probably won't last long around here! My children loved it of course, and so did I! I added hot pink sparkly sprinkles to top it off. So here is the link to the recipe!
NOTE: I did not put nuts in mine and it turned out wonderful!
Enjoy!
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/06/the_best_chocol/
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