Cadbury Cookies

Tis the time of year when Cadbury shows up in America. I love their chocolate and Cadbury mini eggs are no exception. Camille found this recipe and we decided to check it out... Cadbury Mini egg Cookies.

The only change we made is that since we had eaten 1/2 the bag at the movies (Alice in Wonderland) last night we added a handful of white chocolate chips and a handful of butterscotch chips for fun.

enjoy!

Ace of Cakes 2

I made Bakerella's Red Velvet cake as I mentioned in part 1. Here is a picture and my opinion. This honestly wasn't my favorite cake. It was super dense and I got sick of eating it after a couple pieces. sad sad day in cake world. The frosting was phenomenol though.

On Tongue and Cheeky Brooke posted Pollyanna cupcakes. How delightful is that, I will definitely have to try this one out...when I am in the mood for cake again. It was my birthday this week and honestly I need a break. :)

Ace of Cakes

I have recently become enamoured by the idea of homemade from scratch cakes. I really like Betty Crocker cake mixes so I never really cared to make cakes from scratch, but one sunday I was thinking about the movie Pollyanna. To me Pollyanna and Anne of Green Gables are 2 of the ultimate Sunday afternoon movies. I don't know why but they are. In Pollyanna I always loved the cake the kitchen ladies were making for the fundraiser fair. It always looked so nice and pretty.


I decided to flip through my Betty Crocker cookbook until I found a cake like it and try it out. Sucess! it was just the right amount of sweet and moist. Here is my adaption:


2/3 cup butter crisco
1 & 3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 & 1/2 tsp vanilla (the real stuff is oh so much better)
2 & 1/4 cup flour
2 & 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 & 1/4 cup milk



Heat oven to 350 degrees. grease and flour to 9in circular cake pans. Beat butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Beat for 5 minutes on a high speed (I know it seems like forever but it makes a world of difference). On a low speed alternate adding milk and dry ingredients mixture. Pour into pans and bake for 35 minutes (until toothpick comes out clean).

Frost with French Silk Frosting:

2 & 2/3 cup powdered sugar
2/3 cup softened butter
2 oz melted chocolate (I only had hershey's kisses to melt and I just made up a measurement and melted 8 kisses in a small tupperware for 30 seconds, stirred, and then an additional 30 seconds in the microwave).
3/4 cup vanilla
2 Tbsp milk


Blend all ingredients together until fluffy.

I was to busy enjoying the cake to actually show a cut piece in a picture.

So since then I have been craving more homemade from scratch cake and decided to take a cue from Bakerella and make some Red Velvet Cake. It's baking right now so I will followup with pictures and the Cream cheese frosting I made instead of Bakerella's frosting (which I am sure is delicous but I didn't have enough powdered sugar on hand for it).

Happy me from A to Z

This past week on Write.Click.Scrapbook there was a mystery challenge, and I decided to play along. After gathering all of my supplies and making my list I ended up with a "Happy me from A to Z" mini book. I love this because it will be fun to look at when I need a pick me up, and it is a quick glance at my personality.

Here is my list:

A- Aggies
B- Boys
C- Chapstick
D- Disneyland
E- Entertainment
F- family and friend time
G- Gospel of Jesus Christ
H- Holidays
I- Ice Cream
J- Jeans
K- Kitchen gadgets
L- Light
M- Magic
N- Never-never land
O- Organizing
P- People in general
Q- Quiet time in the morning
R- rock music
S- Scrapbooking
T- T-Rex
U- Utah
V- Vacations
W- Winter wonderland
X- eXtraordinary things
Y- Yummy food
Z- Zoo animals

When my computer isn't virus ridden I will update with pics of the actual project.

Valentine's Day 14

Spread the love with those you love and find a way to serve someone else today. Visit a nursing home, make some blankets, shovel snow, donate items to a local charity. there are a million different ways to help someone else today.

Valentine's Day 13

It's the weekend...go on a date.

Need some different date ideas? check out this article at Make and Takes.

Valentine's Day 12

Heart attack!!

Remember doing that in jr high and high school. well do it of your kids, significant other, neighbor, friend, etc. It's a fun and super easy way to make someone smile. Just a bunch of paper hearts and maybe some candy or a gift taped all over someone's room or door.