Thursday, January 22, 2009

Whipping Cream Pound Cake

whole cake


slice


I had half a pint of heavy whipping cream set to expire in my fridge so I needed to find a recipe. Not far into my searching, I found this one, which sounded pretty good. The pound cake was really delicious and actually tasted better a few days later.


Saturday, January 10, 2009

Unlikely like

My music taste is generally in the alternative genre, but I also like indie. And I love college radio.

Every once in a while I like something that can only be classified as pop. Usually, it's a sappy song with a good hook that gets me.

So here's the latest song that I hate to admit I like. The worst thing may be that it's by someone from American Idol. The horror!






I like this video. It's cute!

Sunday, January 04, 2009

Cookies, Cookies and More Cookies


This year's cookies include (clockwise from CC Cookies) Chocolate Chip Cookies, Sour Cream Cookies, Kiefels, Gingerbread Cut-Outs, Pecan Tarts, Swedish Sugar Cookies and Rugelach. My grandmother made the Pecan Tarts and the Kiefels. The others were made by me and the gang. I can't link to most of the recipes because they're old and/or not easily available online.



Clockwise from left Chocolate Chip Bar Cookies, Decorated Santa Cut-Out, Kiefels, Coconut Thumbprints, Pecan Tarts. I made the coconut and CC ones, the tarts and Kiefels were still made by my grandmother and the Santa was made by my sister's husband's brother's wife. I just put it in the picture because it's pretty.

Thursday, January 01, 2009

Yummy Gifts

Two of my favorite Christmas gifts are food and drink. Pictured below is a sample of the edible goodies I got this year: coffee and Hickory Farms gift sets.



Can you spot the two Christmas ornaments not hanging from the tree?