Today is National Pound Cake Day! I love pound cake, don’t you? When I am nauseated, pound cake is the best internal settler I have found. Do you have a favorite kind of pound cake like me? My Nana’s (of course) was the very best – but a cold piece of Sara Lee will do…
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Let The Good Times Roll!
Looking for a quick and easy way to dress up your cupcakes for Mardi Gras? If you have a Mardi Gras party coming up and don’t have time to make a King Cake – although here is a really easy one – you can still be the hit of the party. You’ll need: Cupcakes- any…
Mardi Gras King Cake
Have you ever been to Mardi Gras? It is a celebration of food, drink and debauchery – it is supposed to be one last big party prior to Lent which is the 40 days leading up to Easter. There are many parades and family gatherings with friends in tow, generally associated with New Orleans (NOLA)…
Banana Cake with Peanut Butter Icing
Last week when I was hunting up my mom’s birthday cake recipe, I ran across a couple of interesting things that I will be sharing over the next few weeks. This first one has to do with Rose. My mother has had four best friends in her life Mary Jo was her best friend in…
Pineapple Cake with Coconut Pecan Icing
My mother’s birthday was last Friday. At 76-years-old, she gets around great and still drives which makes her very popular at the senior apartments where she lives. She has a group of friends who play cards a few nights each week and there are always snacks. Because mom and her peer group were teenagers during…
Strawberry Chocolate Poke Cake
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Do you like poke cakes as much as my family? They all do and this is a new creation of mine that I’ll be serving on Valentine’s Day – and you can too! It’s easy and does not take any special skill, that’s for sure. This cake is Strawberry Chocolate…
Candy Cane Cake Roll
There are lots of cake rolls around Pinterest these days and I am no exception. Ever since I found out I can make a roulade, or cake roll from a cake mix I have been trying all different kinds of tastes. That’s when I decided to make something light, pretty and pink just in time…
Orange Dark Chocolate Petit Fours
Tonight’s recipe is so easy! Using the other half of the cake mix I made the orange/dark chocolate cake roll box, I made 40 stellar petit fours. The best part, besides them tasting really great, it was not labor intensive and may be accomplished in steps on different days. Easy, tasty and pretty – what…
Orange Dark Chocolate Cake Roll
I was going to make my white fruit cakes this weekend but the weather had other plans. It started sleeting Thursday about noon and took my daughter and me 2 and ½ hours to drive the 25 miles home from work that evening. Work was called off the next day and Monday is not looking…
Pumpkin Pudding Poke Cake
I love a good poke cake and while this season is not exactly the time for a summery slice, I have found a way to enjoy one and I want to share it with you! Are you familiar with the seasonal release of the Kraft Jell-O favorite Pumpkin Pudding? I was not until Wednesday when…