"Eat All The Sweets" - A 30 Day Tale of Love & Happiness

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  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
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    Gooey Butter Cake looks like... lemon bars?
    Looks delicious and disappear-worthy either way. :smile:

    Gooey Butter Cake is a St. Louis thing (I think). I had never had it before I moved here but it is UH-MAY-ZING. They have whole bakeries with all different flavors like red velvet, chocolate chip, pumpkin, berry, etc...

    http://www.gooeylouiecake.com/

    It looks like lemon bars and the texture is similar - but it has a lot of powdered sugar and cream cheese in it and so it is very buttery and sweet at the same time.

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    Thanks for this! Might have to try it this week :)
  • whitebalance
    whitebalance Posts: 1,655 Member
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    OHP tarts and sweet gainz for everyone :drinker:
    (now I need to make Bench Brownies or something)

    Can I have some of your Bench Brownies? Mine definitely needs to break through a plateau.
    Me too! Bench is my nemesis. I'll take a pan... for the gainz....
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  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
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    All I have now is a stock photo of my Mother's Day cake that was actually gone before Mother's Day. (So I went to the store and got ice cream)

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    Yum! Gooey Butter Cake is awesome but I love making Gooey Butter Cookies - slightly less gooey but much more portable:

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  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
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    Gooey Butter Cake looks like... lemon bars?
    Looks delicious and disappear-worthy either way. :smile:

    Gooey Butter Cake is a St. Louis thing (I think). I had never had it before I moved here but it is UH-MAY-ZING. They have whole bakeries with all different flavors like red velvet, chocolate chip, pumpkin, berry, etc...

    http://www.gooeylouiecake.com/

    It looks like lemon bars and the texture is similar - but it has a lot of powdered sugar and cream cheese in it and so it is very buttery and sweet at the same time.

    Gooey+Butter+Cake.png

    Yep, this is the "cake mix cheat" way to make it, and how we *always* make it. My daughter and I tried once to make it the STL ("real") way, but it was a colossal mess. :laugh:

    We shall try again...one day.


    ETA: And the cookie version looks delicious too!
  • igsalem
    igsalem Posts: 68 Member
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  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
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    Gooey Butter Cake looks like... lemon bars?
    Looks delicious and disappear-worthy either way. :smile:

    Gooey Butter Cake is a St. Louis thing (I think). I had never had it before I moved here but it is UH-MAY-ZING. They have whole bakeries with all different flavors like red velvet, chocolate chip, pumpkin, berry, etc...

    http://www.gooeylouiecake.com/

    It looks like lemon bars and the texture is similar - but it has a lot of powdered sugar and cream cheese in it and so it is very buttery and sweet at the same time.

    Gooey+Butter+Cake.png

    Yep, this is the "cake mix cheat" way to make it, and how we *always* make it. My daughter and I tried once to make it the STL ("real") way, but it was a colossal mess. :laugh:

    We shall try again...one day.


    ETA: And the cookie version looks delicious too!

    The cookie version is super easy - it is one of my favorite things to take for picnics, etc in the summer time. Also you can make it with devils food cake mix instead of yellow cake mix...

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  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
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    <snip>

    The cookie version is super easy - it is one of my favorite things to take for picnics, etc in the summer time. Also you can make it with devils food cake mix instead of yellow cake mix...

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    Super-nom!


    I have done the cake mix version with a few different flavors. About ten years ago, my mom bought me a book called, "The Cake Mix Doctor," which has all sorts of fun ways to doctor-up cake mixes to make professional-looking cakes with a mix. I still use it in lieu of internet recipes for cakes, as I typically stock-up on mixes when they are $1 or less and try to keep some in my pantry.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
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    Day 1: Gooey butter cake
    Day 2: Gooey butter cake
    Day 3: Entenmann's glazed donut and 2 bites of Talenti Double Dark Chocolate
    Day 4: Reese's Fun Size Cup and 1/4 cup of Talenti Double Dark Chocolate
    Day 5: 1 square Ghiradelli Intense Dark Sea Salt Soiree and a slice of angel food cake with vanilla cool whip frosting and blackberries
    Day 6: 1 square Ghiradelli Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramel
    Day 7: Hostess Donettes for breakfast - 2 powdered, 2 chocolate. 1 Hershey's Dark Chocolate miniature
    Day 8: Homemade Double Chocolate Pound Cake. Was so disappointed there was no vanilla ice cream to go with this at the Mother's Day Party!
    Day 9: Ghiradelli Sea Salt Soiree and likely more sweets tonight after dinner.

    We are going on an extended vacation and need to eat up all the food in our fridge/freezer. Pretty sure there is a tub of Nestle Chocolate Chip cookie dough and at least partial pints of Talenti in the freezer that will need some attention - not to mention all the remaining Easter candy that needs to be disposed of... that will all be fun - but figuring out what to do with some of the other random ingredients should be fairly interesting...
  • AglaeaC
    AglaeaC Posts: 1,974 Member
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    Day 1: 450 ml lemon sorbet, 486 kcal. Okay, won't buy again; should be more extravagant for that amount of calories.
    Day 2: B&J's Caramel Chew Chew. Sugar coma approaches, think I overdid it a bit.
    Day 3: Small serving of salmiak liquorice ice cream, and Daim bar.
    Day 4: White-chocolate cranberry cookies, mint thingies, and a couple of white-chocolate miniature bars.
    Day 5: Mint thingies, few white-chocolate miniature bars.
    Day 6: Half-healthy today; oranges and bananas with whipped heavy cream, which was about to go bad.
    Day 7: B&J's Caramel Chew Chew.
    Day 8: Cookies, different chocolate ones.
    Day 9: Chocolate-chip cookies. Nowhere nearly as nice as homemade, can't wait to have a functioning oven.
    Day 9 bonus: B&J's Caramel Chew Chew.
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
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    ay 1: Haagen Dazs Cappucino Gelato (101g) topped with ReddiWhip Original Whipped Cream (16g) and drizzled with Hershey's Light Chocolate Syrup (1tsp); Silk Light Chocolate Soy Milk (8.2oz); King's Hawaiian Sweet Rolls (2)

    Day 2: Little Debbie Cinnamon Streusel Cake (1); Silk Light Chocolate Soy Milk (8.4oz); King's Hawaiian Sweet Rolls (2)

    Day 3: Kashi Oatmeal Raisin Flax Soft Baked Cookies (2); McDonald's Strawberry & Cream Pie (1)

    Day 4: Starbucks Mocha Frapuccino (Bottled, 9.5oz); Silk Light Chocolate Soy Milk (8.10 oz) with (2) Kashi Oatmeal Raisin Flax Cookies; King's Hawaiian Sweet Rolls (2)

    Day 5: Kings Hawaiian Sweet Rolls (4); Kashi Cherry Vanilla Soft Baked Bar (1); Talenti Double Dark Chocolate Gelato (153g)

    Day 6: Kashi Oatmeal Raisin Flax Cookies (2); Talenti Double Dark Chocolate Gelato (114g)

    Day7: Albertson's Cinnamon Roll Pull Apart (3..possibly might eat another for 4.) Celebrate today, work it off tomorrow :bigsmile:


    Sort of looks like this..but more cinnamon roll like.

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    Holy Mother of Nom. That looks delightful.

    On the East Coast, we call this Monkey Bread. My SMIL makes this every Christmas Morning for breakfast. BEST THING EVER.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
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    Day 1: Brown Butter Snickerdoodles (2), Edy's slow churned vanilla with a sprinkle of cinnamon
    Day 2: 3 brown butter snickerdoodles, 1 serving of Breyer's triple chocolate gelato, and one rolo
    Day 3: one serving of B&J Mississippi Mud Pie and one serving of Talenti Sea Salt Caramel
    Day 4: Edy's slow churned french silk.
    Day 5: small DQ midnight truffle blizzard, scone from the local tea shop, B&J Milk and Cookies
    Day 6: B&J Milk and Cookies and white/dark chocolate cream cheese bar
    Day 7: white/dark chocolate cream cheese bar and Talenti Southern Butter Pecan gelato
    Day 8: white/dark chocolate cream cheese bar, Ritter Sport milk chocolate with chocolate mousse and Blue Bell Salted Caramel Ice Cream:
    Day 9: white/dark chocolate cream cheese bar and 150g Talenti Southern Butter Pecan gelato. I'm going to need more of that one soon.
  • dunnodunno
    dunnodunno Posts: 2,290 Member
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    I also had an oatmeal cream pie today.
  • enkennon
    enkennon Posts: 161 Member
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    I had half of a lemon pound cake slice today! delish
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,375 Member
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    BTW, going into Day 9 now (for me, not sure of the 'official' count) and I'm down another 2lbs. :laugh: I find this especially amusing because a 'friend' of mine said I could never be 'fit' and 'healthy' eating this way. My bike time has improved, not sure on lifting since I literally twisted my hips and had to take some time off. But overall, showing steps forward. :drinker:

    I meant to congratulate you on the loss! Take care of those hips.
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,302 Member
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    Salted Caramel Gelato next? Almost out of the SOuthern Butter Pecan. Anyone? Bueller? John Boy?
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
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    Day 1: Chocolate Chip cookie, Small brownie & a piece of randomly cut Chocolate Sheet Cake
    Day 2: FiberOne Chocolate Chip Cookie bar (Not sure if this counts, but omg, have you had these? so yummy!) & Edy's Slow Churned Mud Pie Ice cream
    Day 3: Edy's Slow Churned Mud Pie Ice cream
    Day 4: Edy's Slow Churned Caramel Swirl
    Day 5: Edy's Slow Churned Caramel Swirl
    Day 6: Edy's Slow Churned Peanut Butter Cup Ice cream, Jello Chocolate Mousse, FiberOne Chocolate Chip Cookie bar and Strawberries.
    Day 7: Edy's Slow Churned Fudge Tracks
    Day 8: Homemade Lemon Squares with fresh berries
    Day 9: Peach Angel Food Cake

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  • applejuices
    applejuices Posts: 19 Member
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    After lurking the gelato thread and regretting not participating, I've been following this thread and doing the cleanse on my own...thought I would chime in here now:

    Day 1: Held a huuuge bake sale, ended up eating one and a half lemon squares, a mint chocolate chip cookie, and wo amazing Reese’s peanut butter cup cupcakes bought at the bake sale. Chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting and a mini Reese’s inside.
    Day 2: Pint of Ben and Jerry’s Half Baked Froyo. The whole pint. So amazing and full of chunks of deliciousness.
    Day 3: Package of Birthday Cake M & Ms. Not bad- actually tastes pretty cake-like. Also, it’s teacher appreciation week, so I had two small browned butter blondie with chocolate chips and nuts from the lounge.
    Day 4: Teacher appreciation week continues- two small chocolate cupcakes with buttercream frosting.
    Day 5: One slice of marble cake with buttercream frosting, along with a little (lot) of extra frosting… one large chocolate chunk cookie, half of an M & M cookie, and half of a brownie.
    Day 6: An apple cinnamon donut from a local orchard bought at the farmers market, 3 homemade chocolate chip cookies and a couple of candies (chocolate, obviously)
    Day 7: Another pint of Ben and Jerry’s Half Baked Froyo. Happy Mother’s day to ME!
    Day 8: A slice of almond Danish pastry from a local bakery and a serving of Talenti Sea Salt Caramel
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
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    Salted Caramel Gelato next? Almost out of the SOuthern Butter Pecan. Anyone? Bueller? John Boy?

    Solid choice.

    Have you tried the chocolate peanut butter cup yet?
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,302 Member
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    Not yet. Maybe Round 3 of the "Gelato get in my belly" Challenge.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
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    Not yet. Maybe Round 3 of the "Gelato get in my belly" Challenge.

    :laugh:

    It's my favorite. RIght now on the Talenti front I'd rank them Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup, Southern Butter Pecan, Sea Salt Caramel.

    Although, if you're more of a dark chocolate person it might not be your thing-- some people find it too sweet.

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