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Sweet Treat Link Party
My new blog friend Lisa is hosting a “Sweet Treat Link Party” on her blog http://www.sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com so a couple of my recipes, Apricot and Banana Muffins and Blueberry Tart, are now on her blog. Go check it out! There are literally hundreds of sweet recipes to drool over!
Squash and White Bean Soup
The 3 butternut squash that we got in last week’s Bountiful Basket have been sitting on the counter staring at me for a week now so I went online today and googled “butternut squash recipes” and found this one at http://www.marthastewart.com and it sounded like one that my family would like so I gave it … Continue reading
Sunflower Garden Fondant Birthday Cake
My good friend Tonianne is turning 50 and her husband John threw her a surprise birthday party and asked if we would make a cake for the party. The party invitations had daisies on them and Tonianne loves sunflowers so John asked if we would make a cake with those flowers on it. She loves … Continue reading
Bountiful Baskets #2
Here is our Bountiful Basket week #2! For $15 we got the following: 7 bananas 3 red pears 7 plums 9 apricots 1 pineapple a pack of figs (about 7) 4 tomatoes 1 bunch spinach 2 heads broccoli 1 head iceberg lettuce 1 head cauliflower 1 pack (8 oz) mushrooms And for an additional $10 … Continue reading
Beach Cupcakes
Here are the finished cupcakes decorated in the camp’s beach theme. I frosted them with my homemade Vanilla Buttercream Frosting. For the sand, I crushed graham crackers in my food processor and then poured them on a plate and dipped the freshly frosted cupcakes in them, rolling around gently as needed to cover the tops. … Continue reading
Cookies and Cream Dream Cupcakes
And cupcake recipe #3 for the girls from “101 Gourmet Cupcakes in 10 Minutes”. As you can see from the picture, I had some Oreos peeking through my cupcakes so learn from my mistakes and make sure that your batter is smoothed over the cookies so that they don’t poke through. I thought the batter … Continue reading
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes
Cupcake recipe #2 for the girls at camp from “101 Gourmet Cupcakes in 10 Minutes”. These have a pleasant surprise at the bottom, a mini Reeses Peanut Butter Cup, yum! 1 box chocolate cake mix 3 eggs 1 cup milk 1 bag mini chocolate peanut butter cups 1 Mix together cake mix, eggs and milk. … Continue reading
Pink Lemonade Cupcakes
I spent this morning making about 80 cupcakes for the girls in my neighborhood who are up at Girls Camp right now. I made 4 different kinds of cupcakes which I will post except for the “Chocolate Chip Mint Cupcakes” which are already on the blog. The pictures for them will be without frosting because … Continue reading
Blueberry Tart
Another dessert for the family 4th of July dinner. This one is from http://www.realsimple.com. I doubled the filling ingredients so that there would be enough to cover the pastry and I used both strawberries and blueberries to top the tart. 1 (8 oz) sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed 1 egg, beaten 1 tablespoon sugar 4 … Continue reading
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