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Butter Pecan Cake with Buttercream Maple (Pecan) Frosting
A crisp fall day. The smell of pumpkins and leaves in the air. And chilly. You can smell that too. Just enough to walk a little brisk or to throw on a scarf and where you pull your boots out. Whether Fall has just begun or it’s full in swing and you’re looking for a dessert for Thanksgiving or Christmas this Butter Pecan cake with a Buttercream Maple Frosting always tugs at my heart strings. It makes me want to lick the bowls (yes, plural) and sniff the air washing down the hallway; or sneak into the kitchen to see how much time is left only to hear my mom…
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New Krusteaz Cookie Mixes Make Clean Up a Breeze
I don’t know where in the world you are, but in Southern California it’s been hot. Thanks to the heat, I haven’t been turning my oven on to do much baking, but I recently got a package full of really good reasons to bake cookies. Krusteaz sent me a package full of cookie mixes to try, complete with one apron for myself and an apron for one of the kids, a potholder, a set of measuring spoons and a super-fun set of cookie cutters. Despite the heat, we’ve baked a few batches and we are really enjoying the deliciousness of the soft, chewy cookies. The box came full of different…
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3 Simple Ideas for School Lunches
Do you stress – even a little – about what you are going to put in your kids lunch for the day? Last year I was telling a friend of mine that my daughter kept leaving her lunch that I made her and was ringing up quite the tab at the school cafeteria. When I would ask my daughter about this she said she didn’t like what I had made her. Hmmm. My friend recommended that I have her help me in the mornings pack her lunch. That way, she couldn’t complain that she didn’t like her lunch – because she helped make it! I have also been…
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7 Easy Birthday Cake Designs
This next week we are hosting my daughter’s birthday and I decided to make the cake this year. I am always astonished at some of the cake designs on Pinterest. They are so talented! But I am not that talented by any means, so I wanted to find cake designs that could be done easily but look great. I think I am going to make the chocolate cake recipe again (go here for the recipe) and make some cupcakes. Here are some of my favorite cake designs. Which one do you want to try out for your next party? Happy baking! Somewhere Over the Rainbow Cake: This…
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The Importance of Community
We have been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. These sponsored posts help support the site, but all opinions are mine alone. #ASweetSale #CollectiveBias #Albertsons It is hard to believe that we have lived in our neighborhood for almost 20 years now! I moved here years ago and rented an apartment because my then-boyfriend (who is now my husband) told me he had friends who lived in the neighborhood and that they really liked the area. Who knew that our family would be going on 20 years, have lived in two apartments in the area, purchased our home 100 yards from our apartment, got engaged, married and had our…
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