My friend Carl from high school sent me a message on Facebook asking if we could make 2 graduation cakes for his twin daughters who are fraternal twins, not identical so he wanted two different cakes. Kiersten likes vanilla cake and her favorite color is purple so this is the cake we made for her. … Continue reading
Courtney and I are working on a couple of graduation cakes for a friend’s twin daughters (I’ll post the cakes later today or tomorrow) and we needed some cupcakes in order to make some graduation caps so this is a recipe from my big file of recipes that I hope to have time to make … Continue reading
I’ve signed up on a lot of websites for recipes and coupons and so I get a lot of recipes and coupons. This website called “Vocal Point” often sends me coupons for free items because they want people to try them and then give feedback so just recently I got a coupon for a free … Continue reading
It was Cami’s birthday yesterday who is our cute neighbor and a member of my Sunday School class so Cort and I made her a little fondant covered cake. All the same ingredients (as in cake, frosting and fondant) as the previous entry for Dakota’s friend’s birthday cake, just in miniature! Happy Birthday Cami!
This is a birthday cake for Courtney’s friend Dakota who wanted it for a friend who is a girl, did you follow that? That’s all I know! Cort and I both put on our Facebook status’ that we were looking for opportunities to practice our fondant decorating skills and so if any of our friends … Continue reading
I got this cute little book the other day from http://www.paperbackswap.com called “Candy Bouquets Create Your Own Gifts and Centerpieces” and this is the first creation that Courtney and I made from that book (more are soon to follow I’m sure). The book is full of cute little ideas for candy centered gifts for all … Continue reading
This recipe comes from the Food Network Magazine and yes, that’s Deen as in Paula Deen, these are her sons and this is a recipe from their cookbook “The Deen Bros. Take It Easy”. I made a pot of chili today (“Family Favorite Chili”) so these went along nicely. 2/3 cup yellow cornmeal 1/3 cup … Continue reading
Some of the other bargains I scored at Smiths this morning were 3 of those new Philadelphia Cooking Cremes in 3 different flavors which were only .75 after the sale price and coupons. I figured for .75, I would give them a try. They all came with multiple recipes on each container and this one … Continue reading
I know some of you out there will appreciate this and for those of you who live near me and get a Sunday paper then you can get the same stuff for free! This morning at Smiths grocery store I got 6 bottles of Propel water, 3 boxes of Ronzoni Garden Delight Pasta and 3 … Continue reading
This recipe comes from the September 2010 issue of the Food Network Magazine. I didn’t have all the ingredients called for so I didn’t follow the recipe exactly but I’ll give you the original recipe and my changes. I thought the potatoes seemed a little odd in the pasta but they were really good as … Continue reading
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