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Cake Mix Doctor
Several years ago I saw a Cake Mix Doctor book at a local bookstore and perused it. I later checked it out of the library for some in-depth study. After this I decided to purchase a copy of my own. I...
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St. Louis
After we left Michigan we headed west to St. Louis. Drew was a good little traveler, although Megan did work hard to keep him entertained. We started our trip in the pouring rain, but eventually the...
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A good apple cake recipe
We love apples here at our house. I always start getting excited about driving up to NC to look for apples about mid-August. Not many of the apple barns are open that early, but you can usually find...
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For the Birds
We've been having some bird activity around here this week. A couple of house wrens have been building a nest in our birdhouse. We read that they sing the most when they are nesting and we enjoy...
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The wedding cake
DD Nora wanted me to make a key lime cake with coconut icing for the wedding. She had a recipe for the icing, but not for the cake. I did a lot of experimenting over the last few months before finally...
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Banana Snack Cake
This was Rob's last week at his summer job with IT on campus. He starts in with teacher meetings next week. I've been going to make something for him to take to work for the last couple of weeks and...
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A new cake
I've been looking for a recipe for a good pumpkin bundt cake for an event later this month. I think I found it this weekend. I made this Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bundt Cake which calls for an unusual...
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How I Spent My Spring Break
Since Mark and Katie are both teachers and were on spring break this week I had the week off too. It turned out to be a very busy week with some planned activities and some which developed at the last...
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Cherry Coffee Cake
I recently made this cake for a church function and realized I had never posted the recipe here on the blog. I got this recipe many years ago from a woman who is a missionary in France. It takes basic...
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Some cake tips and a birthday boy
Our grandson Ryan turned three last week. His parents had a party for him at a nearby park on Saturday. Ryan's favorite aspect of the party was playing on the playground equipment. He played so hard...
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A few new things
It seems that I often find myself trying to come up with ideas to utilize partial amounts of ingredients such as part of a can of evaporated milk, a cup of spaghetti sauce, or half a block of cream...
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Oreo Cake
I've been in a purging mood this spring and while going through a file of recipes recently I came across the recipe for this Oreo Cake and realized that I hadn't made it for many years. To remedy that...
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