ABC: Congo Brownies

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I have a confession – love brownies.  Don’t like blondies.  I usually find them over-top too sweet.  So when I saw this choice from our ABC line up, I was not inspired at all.

Tom on the other hand got all excited and pump fisted the air yelling “FINALLY, something that is not cake – YES!”

Do you think he is trying to tell me something?

Yeah, I did not think so.

So, after all that hula-hoop performance by him, I could not say no to this, plus I been slacking on my participation with the group, I was boxed in.

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ABC: Butterscotch Spiral Coffee Cake

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I been so absent with the Avid Baker’s Challenge post, its a wonder that I have not be kicked out by our gracious host Hanaa.

But this weekend was long, it was raining outside, I had caught up with all of DVR viewing and I wanted a yeast cake and ABC choice was a Butterscotch Spiral Coffee Cake.

Butterscotch people!

As in gooey, caramel-y, sticky and sweet.  Pair it with a yeast cake filled with layers of butter and cinnamon, and the cake had me at “hello”.

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Banana Cake with Mocha Frosting and Salted Candied Peanuts

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When we arrived last Monday from our Mexico vacation, both Tom and I were holding each other up – yes, were relaxed and loosed and ready to take on the world.  But having just spent most of the day traveling in ferries, transfer buses and planes, by the time we walked in our house, we were exhausted.

We both called our respective work and told them we were going to take the day off.

And we slept.

A lot.

Actually, he slept more than I.  Because, my body knows that when I have plenty of time to oversleep, my internal wake up alarm kicks in and there is nothing that stops me from waking up and not being able to fall back to sleep.  I usually go nuts trying to accomplish this, until I simply give up and get out of bed.

Then I walk around antsy all day.

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