Originally
we had planned to make steak. I had let the girls decide what they wanted to
learn to cook. I also have them bring home what they cook to their families.
Steak was going to be a little pricey and there’s not really anything to learn
about preparing steak. I went ahead and did some shopping and bought a big
roast and items for scalloped potatoes and a hundred bucks later, I got what I
needed.
I
picked up Logan, Macy and Lily… we started the evening with playing “In a
Pickle” which was kind of a weird game, but when shopping for games, I decided
to make them food related. Sounded like a good idea at the time.
We
got up the next morning and I forgot all about what we’d eat for breakfast.
When waffles were mentioned, I thought, well heck, you all can learn how to
make those too. I dug out my waffle maker, pulled out good ole Betty Crocker to
“Crispy Waffle” recipe and away we went.
As you can see in
this picture they look super excited, don’t they? I think they were still
asleep or they were hoping that Queen Grandma-ma Purple Plum was going to wait
on the three princesses.
The first waffle
wasn’t a full circle because the last time I poured batter in the waffle maker,
it oozed out the sides and all over the counter. Wasn’t going to make that
mistake again, but guess I got a little chintzy with the batter and let me tell
you, the princesses let me know about it.
“Gramma, we want it
to be completely round.”
“Yes ma’am, let me
try that again!”
They each ate two
waffles. Princess Dragonfly hadn't been exposed to powdered sugar because she was surprised that it was sweet (unlike flour) and thought the
waffle made that white stuff sweet. I thought that was adorable. I told her if
she ground up regular granulated sugar, it’d come out looking just like flour…
as she had figured.
We worked on our
time table and decided we wanted everything to be finished at 4:30, so I’d have
enough time to drive them home where they would serve their families. Since
they wanted dessert, I had all the ingredients for Lavender Devils Food Cake
and we began with that.
Each one worked on
their part. Princess Dragonfly was in charge of measuring all the ingredients
and adding them to either Princess Frost’s mixer (for the batter) or to
Princess Flame’s pan where she was cooking the filling for said cake.
After the cake was
in the oven, they prepped the meat with seasoning. We modified Betty Crocker’s
recipe for roast by rubbing the meat with seasoning, adding one cup of beef
boullion to the prepared meat, sealing it with foil and popping it in the oven
at 300 degrees for four hours.
As the meat cooked, they peeled potatoes, cooked
up the sauce, assembled and topped the potatoes with cheese. We crammed those
into the oven to come out the same time as the roast.
They began
decorating the cake. I thought it’d be easier if the icing was left out after
they prepared it so it’d be more spreadable, but it was so spreadable that it
nearly ran off the cake. The filling needed to be thicker too, but we hurriedly
spread everything on and shoved it in the icebox… err… refrigerator, where it
needed to set for two hours.
I found boxes to put
all their food in, packed things up and headed out the door. We dropped Lily
off first and before I got back home, I was told the roast was delicious! After
I dropped Logan and Macy off, I heard later from their mom that the little
stinkers didn’t even save any meat for their mom.
Here's their meat and potatoes:
I guess it was a
success.
Next lesson was going
to be Surprise Inside Cake, but due to the time required, we had to make a
change… Pup Cupcakes instead.
