Living in a Cereal World

It's that time again. What  carrot   cake  would I  try   this   year?  Nothing fancy, nothing super decadent (or super healthy 😛). Just a classic carrot cake. So I made this  Classic Carrot Cake : I decided not to do the decorative icing because what would I have done with the rest of the cookie icing? Maybe if I had/knew some kids close by we could've decorated cookies but I don't so...pass. Just dump some pecans on there and my dad's good 😁. And of all the carrot cakes I've made over the years this  is the one he raved about. Maybe it's the pumpkin pie spice?

I know I've slowed down as of late, for two reasons: shelf space and finding something I want to try. And the two are related because it's getting harder to find regular sized boxes of cereal. Everything is "Large Size" or "Family Size" and I can't stash boxes away like I used to do. Plus I don't want to make a commitment to a large box of something and then not like it and be stuck with it. So taking all that into consideration, that's why it's taken me a year to try Cinnamon Toast Crunch Churros. 😁 I finally found a regular-sized box on sale at Wegmans, so it was time. I don't know why I thought I wouldn't like this. I mean really  wouldn't like this. What's so terrible about original Cinnamon Toast Crunch? That's basically all this is, shaped like a tiny, 1-inch churro. So every couple of years Cinnamon Toast Crunch could just come out with another wacky shape, like Cinnamon Roll Crunch (seriously, they should do thi