Checking In: The Hask Mask in a Tub, new (Old) MAC Eyeliners, and baking a Sprinkle Cake

I baked a cake!
হে বন্ধুরা. খুশি মঙ্গলবার! has the universe ever sent you a gentle reminder that perhaps you should probably get back to doing what you love? I got one of those nudges to start baking again (it’s been months) because I made this kick-butt cake a few days ago… granted it was from a mix, but still!

Of course I had to share it with you… ?

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It’s the Sprinkle party Snack Cake mix With Frosting by a brand called Baked. I picked it up randomly at cost plus world Market a few weeks ago because it was on sale and…I liked how the box looked!

The box includes the frosting and the dry components for the cake.
Notice the stunning sprinkles…
My sous chef

Love the colors

I could whip up a cake from scratch, but eh, baking needs attention, precision and, well…heart. I haven’t had much leftover soul to invest in baking sweets lately, but then I found this cake mix. Not only did it make things easy, but the cake actually tastes homemade. অত্যন্ত বাঞ্ছনীয়!

The mix includes a packet of dry components for a butter-based vanilla cake with rainbow sprinkles, and another packet for ordinary with vanilla frosting. The directions are pretty detailed, too, which makes it easy to not mess up.

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বিড়াল এবং মেকআপ sweatshirt ??

$ 42.

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Here’s the batter…
THIS CAKE IS SO GOOD. It’s light-as-air and melts in your mouth, and it doesn’t have that obvious taste of your typical boxed cake. hard to explain, but to me boxed cakes all taste the same — kinda oily and heavy, without much flavor. Anyway, this one’s really, really good, and so is the frosting.

If you happen to live near a world Market, I suggest grabbing a box!

Anywho, that lovely cake opened up a metaphorical baking door, so I’ve made even more goodies since then, including brownies, chocolate chip cookies, and marbled cookies, which are half chocolate chip and half dark chocolate.

Chocolate chip cookies and brownies, YUM!
The most stunning thing I ever did see…
Marbled cookies
I’m thinking of making a pie next, because rumor has it that Trader Joe’s has a pre-made gluten-free pie crust. Or, maybe I’ll make some savory scones, or perhaps I’ll finally try my hand at croissants?!

Sorry, I’m getting distracted. before I lose my train of thought, I have one more world Market thing to show you — this box of dark chocolate sprinkles!

It’s from Holland and from a brand called DeRuijter (“masters of bread toppings”), and the picture on the front looks like a loaf of French bread cut in half with the dark chocolate sprinkles on top.

OK, so how does this work, exactly?
Can somebody please explain what’s going on here? Do you eat the bread with just the sprinkles on top, or do you toast the bread in an oven to melt the sprinkles? Or, are the sprinkles attached to the bread with Nutella or peanut butter or something? Or, do you just eat it ordinary like a dark chocolate sprinkle sandwich?

If someone from Holland could please explain just exactly how this works, please fill me in, because I don’t know what’s going on here, and I would love to, LOL!

Now, to ensure that this post is marginally related to beauty, I finished the packets of Hask Hair Masks I got a while back, so I popped into Ulta to grab some more and found out that they sell the Argan Oil version in a jar for six bucks!

Can I just say that I’m STOKED?! I’m kicking myself for not getting a second jar. দীর্ঘশ্বাস…

Also, I’m breaking in some fresh MAC eyeliners this week. They’re not really “new new,” since they’re new versions of old colors I’ve loved for a long time, but I’m still excited to use these sticks of Teddy, Costa Riche, Powersurge and Prunella!

The old-school G’s

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