Simple Summer Menu – and birthday cake from scratch!

Last week wasn’t very exciting on the menu front. We ate out for two meals (a rare occurrence!) and I kept things very basic for the meals we ate at home. However, I decided to make my husband’s birthday cake from scratch. I do a lot of baking, but somehow I’d never made a cake with frosting from scratch. Anytime I need an uncomplicated recipe I head over to SouthernPlate.com. Christy didn’t let me down…I combined her recipes for Easy Peasy Birthday Cake and Creamy Chocolate Frosting and came up with a beautiful presentation that was hubby approved! I found the icing much easier to work with than store bought frosting.

I put chocolate sprinkles in the batter to make it a little more festive. 🙂

We did eat more than just cake! Here’s the rest of the week’s fare:

Breakfast:

• Cinnamon Raisin Toast
• Cereal
• Blueberry Pancakes with Turkey Sausage and Scrambled Eggs (birthday breakfast for my man!)

Lunch:

• Ham and Turkey Sandwiches with Apples and Goldfish
• Tuna Salad on Toast (We’ve been watching Seinfeld re-runs, what can I say?)

Supper:

• Tacos/Fruit
• Spaghetti/Spinach Salad/Whole Wheat Toast
• Hot Dogs/Deviled Eggs/Cucumbers
• Popcorn Shrimp/Salad
• World’s Best Chicken/Green Beans/Salad/Never Fail Blueberry Muffins 
• Supper out x2

 

In the interest of full disclosure – I share my menu posts the week after it actually happens. I plan my menus on Monday, so it just works better this way!