Banana Mug Cake | Kirbie's Cravings

A morning of baking, One Direction, and mug cakes. Very good.

Banana Mug Cake | Kirbie's Cravings | A San Diego food blog.



Yeah, yeah, don't I look amazing? I bet you don't look so great right when you get out of bed.

Is anyone else going to kill something if we get ONE MORE INCH OF SNOW?????!!!! AND IT'S STILL COMING!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

~Ashley

Coffee Cake in a Mug

I absolutely hate breakfasts.



 

I find cereal, toast, and anything else except bacon and eggs disgusting.



 

I usually eat leftovers from the fridge when I eat breakfast.



 

But the story isn't over. I found a delicious, fast, and easy recipe for coffee cake in a cup.



 

Well, this was a few months ago, and I have made the mugcake several times since. Here is the recipe.



 

 

Coffee Cake in a Mug



Ingredients:

1 tbs butter

2 tbs sugar

1 egg

2 tbs sour cream

vanilla

1/4 cup all purpose flour

1/8 tsp baking powder

crumb topping (see below)

OR

Nutella (not both, that's gross.)

Procedure:

1. SOFTEN not melt the butter in a large mug in the microwave.



2. Fork in the sugar until creamy.



 



 

3. Add some egg. I usually use a whole one, but you don't have to. Mix.



4. Add the sour cream and some DROPLETS of vanilla. Not dribbles. Droplets. Mix.



5. Add 2 tbs of nutella IF you are using it.



6. Add the flour. I used gluten free, but it's the same for regular flour. Also add the baking powder. Mix.



7. If you didn't add nutella, mix the following with your fingers in a small bowl and sprinkle on top (I didn't):

1 tbs butter

2 tbs flour

1 tbs brown sugar

1/2 tsp cinnamon



8. Put in microwave for one minute MAKING SURE IT DOESN'T GO OVER THE TOP! If it still looks REALLY wet and jiggles when you shake it, microwave for 10 seconds more. If needed, 10 seconds more. I usually do 1 minute and 15 seconds.



9. Eat. Careful, it's hot.

We bought some Trader Joe's "Cocoa Almond Spread". It tastes just like Nutella, but a VERY faint almondy taste and it's a bit less sticky. BUT it has way less fat and sugar. Yes, please.



 

~Ashley

How to Take in a T-shirt

Ever get a big, boxy t-shirt from a performance, church event, or club?



Here's how to take it in so it fits like a normal tee.

1. Start with your shirt- I have already cut off the neck, do so if wanted. It depends on how tight it is around your neck. Mine was pretty tight, so I cut it off.

2. Turn the shirt inside out and smooth it on a floor or table. Make sure there are no creases or folds in the fabric.



3. Place a normal t-shirt (or one you've already taken in, in my case) onto the shirt. Line up the SHOULDERS and the top of the sleeves FIRST. Then smooth it out all the way, making sure there are no creases or folds.



4. Draw with a marker around the edges of the shirt on the following places: under the sleeves, down the sides of the shirt. Go all the way to the edges of the working shirt, not the model shirt. (See picture below)



5. Remove the model shirt. Pin directly on the lines.



6. Sew all along the lines, making sure to stay right on the lines.



7. Turn the shirt right side out. DO NOT FEAR! I know it will be all bunched up-this is due to the extra fabric inside the shirt! We'll fix this in a minute. First, try on the shirt and make sure it fits. If it doesn't, make adjustments with a marker and sew again.



8. Turn the shirt back inside out and cut off the excess fabric on the outside of the sewn edge. Also to the sleeves!





9. Turn the shirt right side out and try it on one more time. If there are bubbly parts, turn it back inside out, and mark/pin/sew it again.



11. Congratulations! You took in the shirt! You can also hem the neckline and shorten the bottom if wanted/needed.



~Ashley

Randomness From Aussiebloggers.com

I happened upon a random blog post generator today and decided to try it out. It was rather like a mad lib, except you got to choose what you wanted to say. So without further ado, aussiebloggers.com.au/blogpost.html's post generator.

"Blimey! I just returned from my daily swim on the beautiful Fijian beach and realised I have not updated this since people stopped clapping and Tinkerbell died... You would not believe that my hands were chopped off and I was waiting for bionic ones. I prostrate myself in sorrow and beg thy forgiveness..

I am lost in a sea of pseudo-olde-english and I am busy with with setting fire to people wearing Crocs, learning to fart the theme to neighbours, and just generally being the life of the party to my cats. My day seems to be a litany of stuff and giggles from the second I am woken by murderous Teletubbies to early afternoon. I am avoiding recapture. it will be fun fun fun till they take my T-Bird away.

I will try to remember I promised you I will write something that makes sense soon. You wanna test me? Don't hold your breath though, you're likely to turn blue..."

~Ashley