Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Sunday Night cake

I whipped up a quick cake for my husband's birthday dinner on Monday...our plans changed due to a family member illness and we found ourselves unexpectedly at home. So the time crunch called for some quick and easy baking...
I tried a new recipe, Sunday Night Cake, found in the Baked bakery's second cookbook, Baked: Explorations, called Sunday cake. The authors used this description for the cake,  "a no-frills affair-- no layers to fill, no curds to set, no egg whites to whip. It is just an exceedingly pleasing, simple, and delicious gently spiced sour cream cake." They include a chocolate frosting recipe, but suggested swapping out confectioners' sugar for chocolate if pinched for time...so I did.
This is the first sour cream cake I have ever baked. The sour cream definitely gives the cake a noticeably different flavor. I usually bite into desserts expecting them to be super sweet, so this cake was a bit out of my cake comfort zone. My husband used the word "interesting." I melted some chocolate and drizzled it over my piece just to experiment with the flavors. If you like sour cream I would recommend giving this recipe a try.


Sunday, February 26, 2012

happy birthday husband

another blessed year with my JJ.



Friday, February 24, 2012

This Moment 2.24.12


   {this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. (From Soule Mama...love this tradition so I am striving to do this as well...I need to take more time to savor and it will be such a treat to look back and remember these moments)

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Lions, and Tigers, and Birthdays, Oh My!

From the end of December through early March, we celebrate birthdays for a good majority of friends and family. I have shopped till I literally dropped(on the sofa) and eaten a ton, well, not literally a ton, but what certainly feels like a ton of birthday cakes and desserts. I thought I would post a few photos from the birthday season...wonderful times spent celebrating another great year with those near and dear.


Friday, February 17, 2012

This Moment 2.17.12

 
{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. (From Soule Mama...love this tradition so I am striving to do this as well...I need to take more time to savor and it will be such a treat to look back and remember these moments)

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Topsy-Turvy Gardening Goals for a wannabe urban homesteader...

I love the homesteading concept of making many things yourself, but I live in an old condo building in the middle of a city. I have no land to work. I have no storage. I have a toddler who has her hands in anything she can reach. I have a good friend who has used the topsy-turvy tomato plant grower for several years. I got ambitious with my gardening in 2011 and decided to grow some tomatos with a topsy-turvy. The one I purchased also had holes for herbs so we purchased several herb plants along with our tomato plant. The herbs grew...the tomato plant never grew. I don't know if I over-watered it or under-watered it, or didn't give it special tomato plant food...all I really know is that my tomato crop was zero. Not a single tomato grew in the urban garden.


I have since consulted a couple websites and books. I think my problem might have been the wrong variety of tomato plant. I might be down, but I am not out. I will try again this summer. Wish me luck. Any fellow topsy turvy growers out there?

Friday, February 10, 2012

This Moment 2.10.11


{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. (From Soule Mama...love this tradition so I am striving to do this as well...I need to take more time to savor and it will be such a treat to look back and remember these moments)


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