Some Nashville fans!
Some Nashville fans!
A fan's "Brick" inspired tattoo in SoCal
A fan's "Brick" inspired tattoo in SoCal
NFG backstage at a sideshow in Jersey!
NFG backstage at a sideshow in Jersey!
The whole tour at The Melt in Cleveland.
The whole tour at The Melt in Cleveland.
Awww.. Get a room!
Awww.. Get a room!
Olive Jordan.
Olive Jordan.
Hush puppies in New Orleans!!
Hush puppies in New Orleans!!

HCT Memories
HCT Memories
Me & Jerm going for a radio interview.
Me & Jerm going for a radio interview.
Our home on HCT. I miss it.
Our home on HCT. I miss it.
A lil Friday's after the Boston show!
A lil Friday's after the Boston show!
Dakotah & I out in NYC!
Dakotah & I out in NYC!
One of the cars we gave away!
One of the cars we gave away!
Grubbin' with the gang in NYC
Grubbin' with the gang in NYC
Stage clothes in the making...
Stage clothes in the making...
Jerm doin' what Jerm does best.


sighhh… I love New Zealand.
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tastydeeds: Devil’s Food Cake with Marshmallow Frosting Stephanie and I made this cake this weekend for Ferg’s birthday. This is my favorite cake. It was so insane. It takes a little bit of extra work and a whoooole lot of butter, but it’s so worth it. Trust me. Ingredients: Cake: 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup boiling hot water 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (not dutch process) 1/2 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened 1 1/4 cups packed dark brown sugar 3/4 cup granulated sugar 4 large eggs, warmed in very warm water 10 minutes (seriously) Frosting: 1 lb butter (4 sticks), room temp 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups confectioner’s sugar 1 16 oz jar marshmallow cream Chocolate Spiderweb: 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips Directions: Melt chocolate chips. I put them in a glass bowl set in a pan of boiling water and just kept stirring, stirring, stirring until they were all melted. CAREFULLY (melted chocolate will stick to you and burrrrrrrn) pour into a piping bag, or a ziploc bag with a corner cut off (thrifty baking). Trace the bottom of your cake pan on parchment paper. In the circle you traced, pipe in melted chocolate a spiderweb design. Add a spider if you’re feeling creative. Maybe even some poor bugs waiting to be eaten. Make sure the design is on a flat surface, and put it in the freezer for at least an hour. Preheat oven to 350 with the racks in the upper and lower thirds. Butter two 9 in round cake pans and cover the bottom with a circle of parchment paper. Flour the sides and tap out the excess. Whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl. Whisk together boiling water and cocoa in another bowl until smooth, and then whisk in milk and vanilla. Beat butter and sugars with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until light and fluffy, ~3 minutes. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. At low speed, mix in flour in 3 batches, alternating with cocoa mixture and beginning and ending with flour, mixing until just combined. (Flour-Cocoa-Flour-Cocoa-Flour) Divide mixture among pans, smoothing tops. Place in oven, one on the upper rack, one on the lower rack. Bake for 20-25 minutes, switching pan positions halfway through. Now, the frosting. Oh, the frosting. I assure you, there are no typos in that recipe. It seriously uses a pound of butter. And it is worth it. This frosting is so disgustingly good. It makes the cake taste like what your Little Debbie snack cakes always aspired to be. Beat the butter in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Mix in 1/4 of the sugar until just combined, and then add the rest. Add vanilla and mix. Stir in the marshmallow cream. Yes, the whole jar. Stop arguing. You’ll thank me later. When the cake is done, they layers may be refrigerated before using. Take them out and assemble at least a half hour before serving. If you’ve done things right the chocolate spiderweb should easily slip off the parchment paper and onto the top of your cake. Voilà! The best cake you’ve ever eaten. The cake recipe and chocolate spider idea are both from Epicurious, which is my go-to website when I need a recipe that will impress someone. The frosting was Stephanie’s family recipe. Oh yeah, and HAPPY HALLOWEEN Gonna go for it when I get home. And the whole family will be in town for it! Geeeez, I love Halloween.
Me & Maximus!! Gonna Miss This Kid While I’m On Tour.