Ribbon necklace~

Handmade flower sewed by hand attached to ribbon with glass beads.

Mother's Day!

My sweet husband made me his amazing " Bajan French Toast", followed by a card, chocolates, matching earrings & necklace! Afterwards we spent some time over his parents house & had a great time! Later that evening we went on a date with just him & I! I sure did miss my little lady! We went to our favorite hibachi place in town! Afterwards he suprised me & took me to where we went on our 1st date! It was a beautiful evening!

In the picture of him & I, I'm wearing one of my latest hair clips I made! I made the flour out of ribbon & attached a beautiul pearl to it.

Irish Coffee Cake

I ended up making this back in March for Saint Patty's Day. I actually messed up the recipe and was able to fix it and my whole family loved it! I made it again this past week the same way I did the 1st time when I messed up get that same texture! It was a hit again!


Irish Coffee Cake
1 stick of butter
1/2 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 cup self-rising flour ( recipe below)
4 Tb Black coffee
2 TB Irish Whiskey
2 tsp of vanilla

Preheat your oven to *325 & grease 1 springform cake pan.

Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, adding a little of flour after each egg. Beat in the coffee & vanilla, then fold in the rest of the flour. If it's too wet , add in some more flour till just a little thick.

Syrup
2/3 cup of black coffee
1/4 cup sugar
1Tb whiskey

Bake for 40 mins, once cool prick the cake all over and mix together the syrup & pour all over the cake.

Frosting
1 1/4 cup heavy cream
1 Tbsp Irish Whiskey
3/4 chip of confectioners' sugar

Smear all over the cake & for finishing touches, I drizzled some coffee over the whipped cream decoration.

A whole lot of baking!

Banana Bread

I decided to change this recipe up from where I got it. I ended up adding more eggs and some vanilla = )



Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
4 eggs, beaten
4 mashed overripe bananas
1 tsp of Vanilla, well I never really measure it just pour some in!

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack

Sarah's Cranberry Upside-Down Coffee Cake

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I kinda threw this together with taking idea's from some other recipes I found & change it up = )


2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup butter
1 1/4 cups cranberries or use however much you like = )
1/2 cup chopped nuts , pecans or walnuts will work

1/2 cup butter, room temperature
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract * I never measure when a recipe calls for vanilla, because in my opinion you can never use too much!
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt



Turn on the oven too 350 degrees. Stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.

In a saucepan over medium heat, combine brown sugar and 1/3 cup butter. Bring to a boil, then pour into bottom of springform pan. Sprinkle with cranberries and nuts,

In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 3/4 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the heavy whipping cream. Once mixed together, pour batter into prepared pan.

Bake for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes. Then invert onto serving platter and carefully remove pan. Serve warm.

Italian Bread~Take 2

I made this recipe on Sunday and my it flopped, although it still did taste very good! The only problem I had was it , that it didn't rise. Make sure that your using a good yeast, that is fresh & that hasn't been sitting around either. This time I used rapid rise yeast it work really well with the recipe. The active yeast I used on Sunday didn't work at all, and I just bought it the day before I made the bread!












Here's the recipe:

Italian Bread from Taste of Home

Yields 2 loaves

32 servings.

2 packages (1/4 ounce each) active dry yeast or rapid rise yeast
3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoon butter
3 cups warm water 110* to 115///8
8 to 10 cups all-purpose flour divided.
1 tablespoon salt
1 egg, beaten
Melted butter.

In a large mixing bowl, dissolve the yeast in 1/2 cup warm water. Add the sugar, butter, salt, egg, remaining water and 4 cups flour; mix well. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a stiff dough. Turn out onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hr.

Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divided in half. Shape each portion into a loaf place seam side down on greased baking sheets. With a sharp knife, make four shallow diagonal slashes across the top of each loaf. Cover and let it rise until doubled, about 1 hour.

Bake at 350* for about 37-42 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool. Brush with melted butter.

Easy Teriyaki Chicken-Crock pot recipe.

Ingredients

2-3lbs skinless chicken pieces
20-oc can pineapple chunks
dash of ground ginger
1 cup teriyaki sauce

1.Place chicken in slow cooker. Pour remaining ingredients over chicken.
2. Cover. Cook on low-6-8 hours or on high 4-6hrs.