This is my first-ever attempt at live blogging. Today I am going to be a baker! My mom and I went to the orchard today and I have 10 pounds of apples and some recipes from Epicurious, and I am determined to make a pie (for E) and cupcakes (for me) this afternoon.

Let’s see how this goes.

3:37 pm, CST: This SHOULD be everything I need for both recipes.

First step, pie crust.

4:01 pm, CST: Dough is prepped and ready to go in the fridge.

Next step, start cupcake batter.

4:02 pm, CST. Realize I do not have eggs or baking soda. Shit.

4:03 pm, CST. Am going down the block to Mel’s house for eggs and baking soda. God bless her and send her cupcakes.

4:18 pm: Returned. Melissa will be stopping by to pick up her cupcakes before work. Now, cupcake batter.

4:54 pm: Muffins are ready to go in the oven!

4:57 pm: Cupcake batter is SOOO yummy! Observation – apple slicing is difficult when you are a klutz and afraid of your own paring knife. Cupcakes are in for 18-20 minutes.

5:18 pm: Cupcakes are not “springy to touch.” I’m leaving them in longer… damn this 1970s oven. At least I got all the dishes cleaned up so far. Now am just dreading slicing ten effing cups of apples for pie.

5:24 pm: Cupcakes are springy! Removed from the oven. I do NOT want to slice those apples. I think I’m going to nap till the cupcakes cool, then make the cinnamon-cream-cheese frosting, THEN finish the pie. Good plan!

6:58 pm: Up from nap, leave for Target to buy apple slicer thing.

7:55 pm: Return from Target with apple slicer, peeler, and new pair of Converse One Star sneaks in black suede. Yeah.

7:59 pm: Time to make cinnamon cream cheese frosting and slice some apples!

8:07 pm: Dropped chunk of cream cheese in cat’s bowl. Sliced off the kibbly part and it’s okay now.

8:13 pm: While typing that last line, cider boiled over and I have no more. Huge mess. No cider reduction. EFF.

8:25 pm: Still cleaning up cider from stove. Frosting is unrescuable. Eff eff eff.

8:49 pm: Completely EPIC FAIL. Started slicing up apples, got three done, and realized am out of sugar. Used it all on Frosting Fail. Now I cannot make pie filling tonight and sliced apple will go brown. I declare Baking Fail for today.

Runny frosting and apples that will go brown tonight. Send in the Fail Boat!

Tomorrow I will buy more sugar and more stuff for cream cheese frosting and I’ll get it right. Sigh. Is this a sign that I should not be a baker, or a sign that I should just make a better grocery list, have backups, and not leave anything boiling?