Saturday Baking

I spent most of Saturday afternoon in the kitchen (in between laundry and catching the Ohio State basketball score!). I baked a chocolate cake, frosted and froze it - the cake was from an Aldi's mix, but the icing was homemade. I cut it into serving pieces before freezing. It's much easier to thaw just 1 piece and be satisfied rather than have the whole cake staring at you! I also made brownies from an Aldi's mix, pumpkin pie with real pumpkin, not canned, and an apple tart. That should last us a few days, anyway. I still have some banana bread frozen, so that will go into lunches along with the brownies. I meant to make some ranch oyster crackers but didn't have the dry ranch mix, so will need to pick that up on my milk run this week. Some days, I feel like I run a bakery, but I know nothing will go to waste, and it's cheaper and relatively more healthy than packaged snacks. Now if I could just figure out how to be more organized so it doesn't take up such a big chunk of time!