Source How much present happiness is worth future distress? Last night I ate a piece of cake with ice cream. When I got to bed I was lying down feeling a little sick to my stomach. Yesterday I wanted to buy some earrings but at the end of the week would I be short money […]
Source When my son was little, he used to eat all the frosting and leave the cake. I asked him why and he said “I don’t like the bread.” 🙂
I have been supporting and mentoring a younger friend who aspires to own a bakery. It is so much fun! I have never owned a bakery but I love them, love sweets, and love to bake. I get to live vicariously through someone and I get to talk about things I love. It’s so fulfilling […]
So my sister-in-law tells me a story about her talking to my brother about coffee cake. They are at Starbucks and she has a piece. She says I don’t taste any coffee. He says coffee cake doesn’t have coffee in it. You drink it with your coffee. She tells me that my idol Ree Drummond, […]
(Photo credit: Lin T) That’s right ladies and gentlemen! Half a century. Step right up and see the lady who has lived for five, count ’em, decades. Woo hoo! Seriously folks, I am grateful to be alive. I have had a beautiful and blessed 50 years. Yes, some hard times too but as they say, […]
I visited relatives for the July 4 weekend. I was talking to my Aunt about how people are forgetting how to cook. You can buy everything ready made these days – even jello. As if jello is so hard to make! It is important to me to pass down the love and art of cooking […]
First of all, do you say car-mel or car-a-mel? I say car-mel, two syllables. I like the way it sounds with three though. Anyway, a friend gave me this. It’s hard to believe but this was my first piece of caramel cake. I know, astounding. It is an unmistakably Southern cake and so delish. It […]
This is the cake I made for my husband’s birthday last weekend. It is a Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing. I wanted to bake him a cake from scratch but he wanted a cake from a box. Duncan Hines. What can I say? I am an inconsistent baker. 🙂 Anyway, it was yummy. Related […]
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