Why I Had Children, and Also Why I Have a Delicious Account

October 28, 2008 @ 7:21 pm | Filed under: Family

Today my daughters surprised me with a chocolate cake in a mug, which they heard about from a Delicious link (no pun intended, but it fits) I posted right here on this blog. The cake included 78 chocolate chips. They counted. It was heavenly: warm and melty, and even though I shared bites all around, they insisted that I should get the lion’s share, and I was stuffed afterward. Oh my goodness.

And they even cleaned up the kitchen afterward. Someone give those kids a raise.

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patience says:

oooh, that’s a good reason why I need a microwave!
Posted on October 28th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
MelanieB says:

Something to look forward to. One day, maybe.
Posted on October 28th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Love2learn Mom says:

Sweet!!!
Posted on October 28th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Andrea says:

Personally…my favorite part of the story was the clean kitchen…le sigh!
Posted on October 28th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Dizzy Dee says:

Awe, that’s very sweet!!

Your daughters definitely need a reward!!
Posted on October 28th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
WendyinVA says:

Awww, that is sweet!

Hmmmm… maybe if I print out the recipe and leave it on the kitchen counter… )
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 7:12 am
Beck says:

Those good, good kids.
My Boy came sleepily downstairs this evening and asked me – while I shuffling tiredly around the kitchen – if I would like him to help me with whatever I was doing. Aw.
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
helene says:

My fourteen year old son made the cake-in-the-mug this week. He said he would remember it for his bachelor-living-in-an-apartment-days ahead. I told him I hope those days are a long way off…..and when they come I hope he comes home for chocolate cake from scratch instead!
Posted on October 30th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Penny in VT says:

Too cute!
Posted on November 1st, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Kathy Ceceri says:

LOVE this! My boys wanted to know if I was making up the part about the sweet homeschooled children who made their mom some and cleaned up afterwards.

Come see my chemistry tie-in on GeekDad (http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2008/11/chocolate-cake.html) and the How-to Wiki I wrote elsewhere on Wired.com (http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Make_Cake_in_a_Mug). I got it to work with hot chocolate mix (more geek-friendly), and found a buncha other cake-in-a-mug links.

But had to cut back after 4 in 4 days.
Posted on November 10th, 2008 at 8:22 pm

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