PAULA DEEN DON'T HAVE A HEART ATTACK BUT I USED UP ALL MY BUTTER!

AH! Well making Friday's basil patty pan I used all my butter before I got an intense CRAVING for some peach cobbler! I had two HUGE peaches which smelled INSANE and were about to go bad. What better way to use them than in a cobbler? Plus- WTC causally noted earlier that day- hey I defrosted the whipped cream if you're going to bake anything sweet. Um what? DONE. Cobbler was getting made no matter what.

But what's this! All the butter is gone? I literally gasped and knew that somewhere in Savannah a little part of Paula Dean died that night.

Well- like I said those peaches were going to eat themselves. I googled Vegan Peach Cobbler and almost every recipe just subbed vegan butter for butter! I think that's cheating. I'm looking at you vegans!

I was growing restless when I thought- hey maybe a crumble instead! That needs butter too- but what if I used granola instead? Well hello gorgeous! Let's do this!

 So the closest thing we have to granola was this.

I am ashamed! WTC and I don't really eat cereal. WTC makes eggs almost everyday and I usually make a protein smoothie (with almond milk, Greek yogurt, and a fruit of some type).
I don't even know who this man is. 

Well whatever, this will have to do.

 Peel and chop your peaches and add to ~1/2 c crunchie cereal.

To this add some honey (I enjoy local honey fresh from the hive!) some cinnamon (~1/2 tsp), some pumpkin pie spice (~1 tsp) and about 1-2 tsp vanilla extract. I just dashed a bit here, slung some there- you know Rachel Ray esque baking. 

(I'm done with the food network references, I swear!)

Mix and add to a 8X8X2 baking pan.

I baked this at 350 (only because I had other things baking at that temp at the same time) for ~ 15 minutes (Basically I couldn't wait another minute). 

Take out of the oven and put some of that defrosted whipped cream on it! YUM. Not bad for a near crisis!

Also- I gave WTC a bite from a peach treat I whipped up last week and he recoiled in horror. I had no idea what his issue was- but he said, "The skins are still on this!" Apparently I am an absolute werido because I eat the skins on my peaches. WTC said he had never known anyone to do this- and I really don't eat them any other way. SO this recipe is sans skins but as you may have noticed my peach blueberry clobber was created with skins and had no complaints, just saying...

SO- who is the odd one. Me (SSC) who eats the peaches WITH skins- or WTC who insists on NO skins.

Leave a comment- tell me your thoughts on this manic Monday.

Sweet Treats Y'all!

OK! Impromptu birthday get together- quick! What do you bring?

Cupcakes! 

From where? 

Duh where any downtown gal gets her cupcakes- The Cupcake Shoppe!

This is a snap shot of their logo affixed atop a half dozen of these scrumptious treats. (Cute right? The old sorority girl in me berserks out at labels and things wrapped with ribbons) Cupcakes are $3 each or you can get a dozen for $33. They come in a variety of flavors but once they run out of that flavor for the day sorry you are shit out of luck. And no- they cannot make you a red velvet cupcake 3 minutes before closing, and yes I am talking to you miss "I just came from shopping at Charlotte's at Cameron Village and boy am I pooped! All those monogrammed goodies just spurned my appetite!" I saw you trying to hassle your treat of choice out of the counter lady Tuesday night... umm hmm don't play...

So which delectable treats did I choose for the birthday boy? 

Get your taste buds in gear because here we go! Top row right to left: we have simply cinnamon, peanut butter cup and coconut. Bottom row right to left: we have black and white, mint condition and you mocha me crazy.

Taste descriptions:
Simply cinnamon: Cinnamon spice cake with cinnamon cream cheese icing
Peanut butter cup: Chocolate cake with peanut butter buttercream
Coconut: Fresh coconut cake with vanilla buttercream rolled in coconut flakes
Black and white: Chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream
Mint condition: Chocolate cake with mint buttercream
You mocha me crazy: Dark chocolate cake with espresso buttercream

Yum. Yum. So what's that you're asking? Which have I had before? Sit down. Take a load off and let me tell you a story. Many moons ago when I was a graduate student whose job was escorting 3 adorable kids to various Raleigh outings we would come here usually after a day at a museum (side note: if you are a Raleigh nanny/sitter downtown museums are where. it. is. at. Weekly events and free entertainment? You're welcome.). Confession. I usually had 3 kids in tow. They were cake people. I am an icing person. So there is a good possibility that I have only sampled the icings.. in every flavor. Judge me if you must! But I can report the kids loved the cakes and I can report that the icings are to die for. Whew! Now that we are all open and sharing with our feelings, I can now say with great certainty that if you have NOT been to this little shop on Glenwood (across from DIVE bar) you have not lived. Now go forth into the great world that is seeking treats.