SHOTGUN AND ROSES CAKE

SHOTGUN AND ROSES

SHASTA RECYCLED WINDOW

My  1963 Shasta was missing one of her side windows due to the previous owner having a window air conditioner in it. I have been looking high and low for a replacement to no avail ....yet. This afternoon I dug through all my miscellaneous boxes and came up with this for now. I have to admit... kinda love it!
It's made with a scrap piece of  wood that I painted silver, then attached a mirror and a floor grate to it.

MY BEST MEATLOAF

Absolutely delicious meatloaf ! Those who claim they don't believe there can be such a thing as a great meatloaf will love this. 

Ingredients
1 tablespoon Seasoning Salt
1 teaspoon beef broth
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1/2 cup ketchup
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 cup chopped onion
1 medium red bell pepper, chopped (optional)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 pound lean ground beef
1/2 pound pork sausage
1 1/2 cups bread crumbs

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

In a large bowl, mix everything except meat and bread crumbs.

Pour mixture into bowl with the ground beef and pork sausage. Add bread crumbs and mix all together with your hands.

Transfer the meat mixture to a cookie sheet or baking pan. Using your hands, shape the meat into an oblong or rectangular shape.

Bake for 30 minutes. Remove and top with added ketchup and continue to bake for 20 more minutes.

Porcelain Silk Roses

Do you have silk flowers that have seen better days?...Recycle them!
 I just wanted to change the color...

You can breathe new life into worn silk flowers with Mod Podge or school glue. Porcelain look flowers are beautiful when arranged in a vase, wreath or bouquet. This method requires little previous crafting experience to apply, so even first time crafters can enjoy using this unique technique.

Coat silks with glue or Mod podge
Let dry 24 hours
Paint flowers with acrylic craft paint
Spray with a high gloss sealer

KEY LIME PIE SMORE'S

WOW Key Lime Marshmallows!!!....YUMMY!!I love s'mores and I love Key Lime - this is the perfect combo! 

You need...
8 oz. bag Campfire® Key Lime Mallow Bursts
1 pkg graham crackers
Hershey syrup or candy bar
1 campfire or stove burner

Toast them beautiful green marshmallows and sandwich in between two graham cracker squares along with a drizzle of chocolate syrup or candy bar, or BOTH!  ENJOY!!!

If you can't find these marshmallows at your local grocery store here is a link for online ordering....KEY LIME MARSHMALLOWS

CHOCOLATE CHIP PUDDING COOKIES

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• 1 cup  butter softened
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3.4 oz pkg instant vanilla pudding mix
• 2 eggs  room temp
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 1/4 cup flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 2 cups milk chocolate chips
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1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream together butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Stir in pudding mix (dry) and vanilla.
3. Beat in eggs.
4. In a separate bowl mix together flour, baking soda and baking powder. Then slowly stir into the wet ingredients. Stir in the chocolate chips.
5. Bake on a well greased cookie sheet for 10 to 12 minutes...

SWEET CONFETTI CUPCAKES

Sweet adorable confetti cupcakes....

Confirmation Cross Cake

 Chocolate cake with Italian buttercream!

Au GRATIN RING BOLOGNA

Ingredients

• 1 ring bologna sliced 1/2 inch thich
• 2 tbs butter, softened
• 5 Larger red  potatoes, scrubbed clean and peeled
• 1 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 tbs flour
• 1 tsp  garlic salt
• pepper to taste
• 1 pinch nutmeg (ground)
• 1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar 
• 1 cup Farmers cheese , or Mozzarella

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Brown the ring bologna slices in a heavy cast iron skillet.
2. Slice the potatoes. Add them in the skillet along with the bologna.Add butter. Combine the milk and  sour cream in a bowl. Add the flour, garlic, salt , nutmeg, and pepper and whisk. Pour over potatoes.
3. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Remove the foil and and bake for another 20-30 minutes. Just before serving, sprinkle with cheese and bake for another 3-5 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly.

ENJOY!!!

LEOPARD WEDDING CAKE

POWDER PUFF PRINCESS

Half Dolls have been cherished by Victorian and Edwardian Ladies since the early 1920's.

Once upon a time, women applied their loose powder with soft, fluffy 'puffs' made of feathers, cotton, and even fur. Not like the cosmetic sponges that women use today, powder puffs were made to look pretty in addition to being functional.

 If you ever watch old  movies from the  early 1900's, you will often notice that the leading lady has a vanity table in her bedroom with beauty items that look almost too exquisite to touch. Vanity items from long ago were designed to be displayed, and powder puffs from the bygone era came in many interesting and beautiful styles.They were also a statement made from the well to do ladies.

These vintage beauties fetch upward into the hundreds of dollars. I'm just not a buyer at that price, and then I would fear breaking it. I came up with a way to repurpose some items I already had. I did order a 7 inch puff Fashioned from the purest soft, combed lamb's wool. They last a lifetime because you can wash them. 

IRISH CAR BOMB CAKE

This is a chocolate Guiness cake filled with Bailey's cream topped with a whiskey buttercream!

1 (18.25 ounce) package devil's food cake mix
1 (5.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup mayonnaise
4/ eggs
1/2 cup warm  GUINESS beer
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees 
2.In a large bowl, mix together the cake and pudding mixes, sour cream, oil,mayo, beaten eggs and beer. Stir in the chocolate chips and pour batter into 2 well greased 8 inch cake pans.
3.Bake for 30-40 minutes, or until top is springy to the touch and a wooden toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool cake thoroughly in pan at least an hour and a half before inverting onto a plate .Frost/Enjoy

Frosting...
2 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
6 tablespoons butter
5 tablespoons Irish cream whiskey aka Bailey's
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt

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• ~whip all inredients on high until light and fluffy

CHOCOLATE MELTAWAY CAKE

Chocolate Meltaway...aka amazing!!! 

This new favorite is a triple chocolate cake filled with chocolate mousse and chocolate topped with a chocolate whipped buttercream!!

1 (18.25 ounce) package devil's food cake mix
1 (5.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup mayonnaise
4/ eggs
1/2 cup warm milk
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees 
2.In a large bowl, mix together the cake and pudding mixes, sour cream, oil,mayo, beaten eggs and water. Stir in the chocolate chips and pour batter into 2 well greased 8 inch cake pans.
3.Bake for 30-40 minutes, or until top is springy to the touch and a wooden toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool cake thoroughly in pan at least an hour and a half before inverting onto a plate .Frost/Enjoy

Frosting...
2 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
6 tablespoons butter
5 tablespoons evaporaed milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt

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PRESSED COOKIES

INGREDIENTS
1 cup soft butter~2 sticks
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs beaten
2 tsp. vanilla
4 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
2 T . lemon juice

DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
2. Cream :butter, sugar,vanilla and eggs with a mixer.
3. Sift together dry ingredients and add with lemon juice to creamed mixture. Mix well.
4. Pack dough into molds, or make into balls and flatten with fork onto an un~greased cookie sheet.
5. Bake 10 to 12 minutes.

DILL PICKLE BREAD bread machine

 DILL PICKLE BREAD

1/3 c. dill pickle juice
2/3 c. warm water (110 degrees F.)

1 tsp sugar
1 dill pickle, chopped fine
1 Tbsp. butter, softened
1 Tbsp. Mrs. Dash
1/2 tsp. dill weed
2 c. PLUS 2 Tbsp.  Flour
2 tsp.  active dry yeast

Dissolve yeast and sugar  in a cup for about 10 minutes,

or until frothy.

Place ingredients in the pan of your  bread machine.  Set for  2 lb. White Bread/light Crust Setting.

*Please note the bread pictured was removed from the machine for baking  in a cast iron dutch oven.