Finally! Some Oven Love :)

If you had not heard the news via twitter, then you are in for a treat:  the oven is in!

Yes, that's right, Dad finally flipped the last switch and turned on that shiny, stainless steel appliance of joy and baking. :-D

So last night I made a trip out to Wal-Mart in order to prepare for the baking fest that lies ahead of me.

I made a box of brownies yesterday (I know, I know, I'm trying to stay away from box mixes, but I wanted to try out that oven ASAP) and they were yummy.  See?

Only one brownie left. :-(

Today, when I got home from school early (just one of the many perks of being a senior), I bake strawberry cupcakes... alas, also from a box mix.  But that's because I've never made strawberry cupcakes before, and wanted to jump right into the baking.  Soooo, I do feel like I cheated a little, since I'm trying to go "homemade" all the time.  But the next time (sugar cookies, I hope), I'll do it the homemade way.

I also found some whipped icing at Wal-Mart (in the Craft/Martha Stewart/wedding section) which I used to ice these yummy little cuppies.

The only problem that I have is that the oven does not beep very loudly when it preheats (not a big problem) or finishes cooking (a much larger problem).  Also, I think it only beeps once, instead of obnoxiously repeated, like Old Oven.  So I may have cooked these guys a little long.

However, they are so yummy, as all of my family can attest to.  I may have piled the icing on a little too high, though, because we had some icing noses going on. ;-)

More updates can probably be found on my Facebook page and/or Twitter, because I can update more easily to my phone, but rest assured that I will be blogging faithfully this summer about all of my baking endeavors before college.

And I'm making my graduation cake next week.  It's gonna be awesome!

(And in other cake news, have you heard of Cake Boss?)

The Weekend Without An Oven

We finally got our oven delieverd on Wednesday.

Then it sat in its big box until Saturday.

On Saturday, Dad basically turned our kitchen upside down.

Now we have an old oven sitting out on our deck, and our new oven sitting in the middle of the kitchen floor.  And did I mention the big gaping hole where it is supposed to be?

Needless to say, I haven't baked anything for days.  And I can foresee a bakeless future for the time being, because apparently the old oven was smaller than the new one.

So please bear with me until I actually have an oven, so I can bake again. :)

A Quick Update

I realize that it's been a month since I last blogged (ah! that's waaay too long!), but I've been super busy and I hate my oven.

I know, I know, they're just excuses.  And I am totally ashamed of myself for waiting this long between blog posts.

I have been baking, though... I just made some peanut butter cookies and some chocolate cupcakes last week.  They were delicious, but I forgot that I didn't take any pictures until after all the treats were eaten!  (Although there is a pic on my facebook that I took from my phone, if that counts for anything.)

Mainly I just wanted to say that:  
we're finally getting a new oven!!!!

If you've been following this blog long enough, you know how much my oven and I absolutely abhor each other.  One of us was going to have to go, and my parents are kicking the oven out, not me! :)

Since I'm leaving for college in three months (going down to Florida to attend Saint Leo University), I won't have too much time to enjoy the shiny, new, stainless steel oven, but I plan to make the most of these three months.

The oven is coming on Wednesday, and I will be happy to blog all about it (seriously guys, I think I'm almost more excited about getting this oven than I am about graduating in three weeks... almost)-- right after I bake lots of yummy treats!