Today is my daughter Courtney’s 19th birthday and so she and I decided to attempt a full size fondant cake. It actually came out pretty good! I found the recipe for the cake underneath the fondant on a great website called cakecentral.com. This is the recipe they suggested for using under fondant. It comes from … Continue reading
This is a Taste of Home recipe so these are not my Grandma’s muffins but someone else’s grandma’s muffins. They were really tasty right out of the oven with butter! 2 cups flour 1/2 cup sugar 3 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 egg 1 cup milk 1/4 cup butter, melted 1/4 cup honey … Continue reading
Happy St Patrick’s Day! I am proud to have Irish ancestors who came to America during the Potato Famine so we had a big Irish feast here tonight in honor of those ancestors. I got this recipe from Bob’s mom who as far as I know is not Irish. 🙂 It is quick, easy, smells … Continue reading
This is a Barefoot Contessa (who is Ina Garten) recipe from the January/February 2010 issue of the Food Network Magazine. She made these easier to make than other scone recipes that I’ve tried, by making it so that you mix the dough entirely in a mixer. They are yummy! scones: 3 1/2 cups flour 1 … Continue reading
You can’t be making Mardi Gras food and not make a King Cake! Here’s my attempt, it is delicious! (It looks like kind of a mess but I googled pictures of King Cakes and this is pretty much how they all look although some are a little nicer mess than mine.) The recipe came in … Continue reading
These were my contribution to the silent auction for the youth fundraiser. I made 2 trays of corn on the cob cupcakes. They were not difficult to make but the assembly took a little time. Both the cupcake recipe and the decorating instructions come from the “Hello, Cupcake!” cookbook by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson. … Continue reading
This post will be more story than recipe about these mini chocolate cupcakes, just so ya know! 🙂 Last night we had a huge fundraiser activity at our church to raise money for a big youth activity this summer. We had a big dinner and an even bigger silent auction with all kinds of donated … Continue reading
Another Betty Crocker recipe using a sugar cookie mix (which were on sale last week at Smiths and with a coupon, they were about $1, bargain!). If you like almonds, you’ll love these bars. The almond paste is a bit pricey but there are recipes on the internet for making your own which I will … Continue reading
This recipe came out of the Food Network magazine from October 2009. It is their version of Red Lobster’s famous “Cheddar Bay Biscuits”. Bob and Courtney said they were better than Red Lobster’s, can’t think of a better compliment than that! biscuits: cooking spray 1 3/4 cups flour 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons baking powder … Continue reading
Courtney is having dinner with friends tonight so I volunteered to make them dessert. She wanted chocolate cake so I went to my big file folder of recipes that I want to make one day and found this one. It’s a Kraft recipe which I received in an email. 1 package (2 layer size) white … Continue reading
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