Tasty Cake, Poor Photo Skills

Yeah, I made an awesome coffee cake and took a few awesome pictures of the awesome coffee cake ... and then I deleted those awesome pictures. But check out ComeUndone's version -- it's prettier than mine, anyway. And then go read about how I fed a group of hungry fishermen with my awesomeness.

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A Few of My Favorite Things

I like bananas, and chocolate, and coffee. So making these muffins was pretty much a spiritual experience.

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Marble (?) Cake!

I am killing the Twice Baked Challenge lately -- muffins last week, a marble cake today, and more muffins on the horizon when the bananas I brought home yesterday ripen. That means I'll have way, way too much Baked goodness to eat on my own, so I'm giving it away. Seriously. Read about my quasi-marble cake, which is not beautiful but is certainly tasty, and if you want some, let me know. First come, first served.

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And now, muffins.

It's been a long day. Somewhere between an hour in the dentist's chair, running and hollering around my neighborhood, a couple of marble bundt cakes (baked, not eaten -- yet) and half of my next Death Race Movie, I forgot to let you know that I made muffins the other day, and that they were tasty. Silly me.

(All my Twice Baked Challenge posts will be over at Twice Baked, by the way.)

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Forever, starting now

Photo by FLEECIRCUS

When the Oscars Death Race ended this year, I felt ... kinda sad. It was time-consuming, a bit stressful and often torturous (see: The Wolfman) going through it, but when I didn't have any more movies to squeeze into my busy schedule, I realized how much I was enjoying it all. I also realized that with a deadline, I'd gotten through way more of the movies on my list than ever before. I work under deadlines professionally, so I know they can be great motivators. But I'd never really thought about implementing them for fun before.

As it turns out, I'm the kind of masochist who enjoys living under pressure. So why not use it for good? Here, I'll be laying out goals and deadlines, then tracking my progress as I (hopefully) meet them. I promise to stick to fun, life-enhancing experiences -- no Jersey Shore marathons or whining about weight loss. Here are the three goals I've come up with so far:

• Best Picture Death Race: In the absence of an actual Oscars Death Race, I'll be attempting to see all of the Best Picture winners in chronological order, starting with 1929's Wings. Deadline: Oscar Night 2012.
• Passport to Everywhere: I have 39 empty spots in my passport, and about three years before it expires. The goal is to earn extra pages before I need to renew. Deadline: May 4, 2014.
• Twice Baked Challenge: When Kimra and I started our blog, my goal was to have baked my way through it within a year. That deadline came and went, but with this new focus, I'm hoping to correct the situation. Deadline: Dec. 31, 2011.

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