Saturday, January 25, 2014

G's Birthday Food! 2014

Another two weeks and another birthday.  My birthday was on the seventh, and G's was on Tuesday, two weeks later.  And...GR's is on Feb. 12th, but then it will be birthday-quiet until July when I'm slammed with SR's, JK's, and my dad's, followed by my mom's August second.  Whew!.  But, I ramble.  G gets to pick his birthday food, just like the Blessings, and the veteran readers of my blog will not be surprised by his dinner choice, yawn.  But, he loves it, I love him, and so it's all good.  He chose to have a quiet day at home after opening his pressies.  Immediately afterwards, we ate the first half of cake, he had a second slice in the afternoon, and then we had more later.  See the pics and the links below.

 My Pineapple Upside Down Cake has become a huge hit for my family.  As a matter of fact, we are heading over to my parents for dinner tonight to celebrate his birthday with them, and another one is baking in the oven as I type this.  My mom has never had a vegan version of this cake and wanted to give it a try.  Who are we to argue?  

For dinner he wanted slow-cooked black-eyed peas, fried potatoes with onions and garlic, and cornbread.  I made two types of cornbread: my Sweet Corn Muffins for the kiddos and I.  I baked them in my doughnut pans for fun, and I baked his Ozark Cornbread in a star pan 'cause he's my star, aww.

Anyways, it was a nice day.  Keep a lookout for another birthday post a couple of days after February 12th!


18 comments:

  1. Stick-To-Your-Ribs grub. Like I said back in November of 2012: ain't no skillets going in my oven. Can't you revamp the cake recipe for those of us who feel putting a skillet in the oven?

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    1. SV, G was sitting behind me when I read your comment, and he said it's time for you to move into the 19th century.

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    1. Will G be standing by with the fire extinguisher while I bake this cake?

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    2. Look at my tofu nachos recipe to see how G handles food-related fires.

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  3. Happy Birthday G...love your food choice. Hope you had a great day. My Birthday was on the 20th.

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  4. happy birthday g! your pictures are making me hungry!

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  5. Happy birthday G!
    What a busy time of year for your family!
    Upside down cakes are always so yummy :-) The black eyed peas look so delicious

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    1. Thank you, Sandy! This cake is so moist! Busy is fun in short bursts. :-)

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  6. G knows good food. I've never baked a pineapple upside down cake but I bought some pineapple slices with that intention quite a while ago. Maybe you will inspire me to get it done sooner rather than later. It looks so pretty!

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    1. Andrea, you should bake it! I'd be interested to see your gluten-free version.

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  7. I would be quite chuffed if that was my birthday meal. Beans and fried spuds = heaven. Also, everything looks cuter in donut form, which you've just proved!

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    1. I'm glad you put "chuffed" in context because we had not idea what that meant! :-)

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