Time to clean out the fridge

Sometimes I get the best on-the-fly ideas when I'm either talking with a friend or commenting on something they've posted...and this on-the-fly moment is courtesy of just such an occasion :) This is a comment on a friend's blog...for your reading pleasure :p

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I've come to realize that our lives are like a refrigerator: if we leave things in there for too long, they begin to rot, produce a foul smelling odor & usually make us not want to even go near the fridge. While cleaning out the fridge is not appealing, is quite stinky & produces a large trash bag of straight-up yuck, it is most necessary for the health of all who come in contact with said fridge to go through the cleaning process.

If the fridge represents our heart & soul, we owe it to ourselves & all those we love to go through the stinky & unpleasant process of cleaning out the yuck & throwing it away so we have room for all of the wonderful things that are yet to come :)
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I feel I want to expound on this idea, but can't quite get the right words so I'll keep meditating on this thought & hopefully I can add what I come up with :)

Baking just makes it all better...or at least somewhat better

While in the midst of a quite annoying day, to avoid anyone being severely harmed by my hand, I decided that baking would be the best way to relieve some of my frustration, so here it is...

Since I've been out of town sooo much lately, I have virtually no 'staple' ingredients so I worked with what I had...and might I just say that what I had turned out famously.

Step 1: remove box from pantry
Step 2: make sure you have 2 eggs...and yes, there were exactly 2 eggs left
Step 3: decide water is just not luxurious enough for my baking today...substituting with evaporated milk definitely fits the bill
Step 4: follow directions & bake cake
Step 5: cool...this, by far, was the hardest step!
Step 6: decide that dinky little icing packet that came in the box was just not an appropriate topping for this sweet thing
Step 7: mix together a quick cream cheese butter cream frosting - so sorry, no pics or exact measurements - I only made a small amount, but here are the ingredients.

Cream Cheese Butter Cream Frosting

cream cheese - maybe 2 oz.
softened butter - maybe 2-3 Tbsp.
powdered sugar - maybe 5-6 Tbsp.
granulated sugar - maybe 1-2 tsp.
evaporated milk - just a splash...maybe 1/2 tsp.
vanilla extract - just a dash...really, just a dribble

Just blend it all together until it looks & tastes right (how not exact is that...eyes rolling). I always whip my frostings for at least 5 min. after I think the taste is right to incorporate as much air as possible...this makes it fluffy :)

Step 8: cut appropriate serving size & not the serving size you *think* you want
Step 9: douse in gorgeous sweet & creamy frosting
Step 10: snap glamour shots :)
Step 11: enjoy the fruits of my labor
Step 12: get a tish bit weepy when the last bite is all that's left...

Ingredients!

Heading into the hot box.

Cooling, cooling, cooling...I was so impatient

Glamour shot #1

Glamour shot #2

Glamour shot #3

Last bite...so sad :(

So, here's my baking by annoyance...while I'm still somewhat annoyed, my house smells of cinnamon, I've consumed my quota of sugar & butter for the day...and tomorrow, my co-workers can taste the fruits of my annoyed labor.