HeyEmmie

I want a Hello Kitty Zombie cake! Good for Halloween, or any time you want to eat an undead kitty.  Found on Hello Kitty Hell.

Fall is here, and it is a good time to make pumpkin fudge, which is delicious.

Formula:

* 3 cups white sugar
* 1 cup milk
* 3 tablespoons light corn syrup
* 1/2 cup pumpkin puree (from a can)
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
* 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 1/2 cup unsalted butter

Method of Manufacture:

1. Line 8×8 inch pan with parchment paper.
2. In a saucepan (NOTE: your saucepan should only be 1/3 full or it will probably boil over), mix together sugar, milk, corn syrup, pumpkin and salt. Heat on medium and stir until everything is dissolved. Bring to a boil over high heat for ONE minute, stirring if necessary so it doesn’t boil over. Reduce heat to medium and continue boiling. Do not stir at all until I say it’s ok or you will have crappy fudge.
3. When mixture registers 238 degrees F on a candy thermometer, remove pan from heat. Add pumpkin pie spice, vanilla, and butter. DO NOT STIR THEM IN! Put the pan into the sink in some cool tap water to help cool faster.  DON’T STIR IT WHILE IT IS COOLING! JUST LEAVE IT ALONE! Cool to 110 degrees F.
4. You can stir it now, it’s ok.  Stir for about ten minutes until it is less glossy and all the butter has been incorporated. It should get thicker and it will feel like your arm is going to fall off. Just make sure you will be able to transfer it into the 8×8 pan.  Once in the pan, smooth the surface and spread it out with a silicone spatula.  Let it sit for an hour at room temp, then you can score it with a knife into whatever size pieces you want.   Cover and refrigerate for 24hrs then finish cutting.
5. P.S. If you have sticky crap stuck on your saucepan, put water in it and bring it to a boil to get it off.

I’m not usually an apple person, but this weekend I went apple picking with my husband’s family.  And I think I’ve fallen in love with the Honeycrisp.  It is sweet, slightly tart, crispy, juicy and delicious.  And pretty to look at.  I think it’s the perfect apple.

I realized today that a lot of my posts are about cheeseburgers. There are two about flipping burgers, “The raise for no reason” and “My new dream job”.  Then there was the delicious canned cheeseburger (“Fun food on the go” and “You CAN haz cheezburger!!!!”). There was Sniff sniffing a cheezeburger, and of course the donut-cheeseburger.

What does this say about me? There is something about a slab of sizzling ground beef and a slice of cheese between two pieces of bread that I like.  Maybe I should get a job at McDonald’s instead of furthering my career in chemistry.

Over at Cake Wrecks, they posted this artery-clogging creation. That is a glazed Krispy Kreme donut-bun. Just looking at it, I can feel my heart becoming sluggish.  It actually isn’t as bad for you as the Heath Shake, which is surprising. It reminds me of a Jim Gaffigan joke:

We’re never satisfied when it comes to food. ‘You know what’d be good on this burger? A ham sandwich. Instead of a bun, let’s use two donuts. That way we can have it for breakfast. Look out McGriddle – here comes the donut-ham-hamburger!’

This is a Heath Shake from Baskin Robbins.  It is horrible for you. The Consumerist has dubbed it the “death shake”. It has 2,310 calories, 320% of your RDA of saturated fat, and 266 grams of sugar.  To put things into perspective, that is 0.58 pounds of sugar.