Duncan Hines Yellow Cake Mix
2 sticks butter
3 cups flour
1 1/3 cups sugar
3 tsb cinnamon
3 tsb vanilla
1 pinch salt
Make the cake according to the directions.
Spray a rectangle baking pan with non stick spray.
pour batter into pan and bake according to directions (do no over bake).
Melt butter on stove
Add sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and salt
Add flour slowly (if it gets too dry add more butter)
After cake cools crumble mixture on top of cake, covering it completely.
Put cake in warm oven (turned off) for 20 min.
Sprinkle with Powdered Sugar before serving.
It’s time to start focusing on your outdoor living plan. Memorial Day will be here before we know it. I have been noticing a lot of exterior spaces have the most amazing outdoor lighting plans. I def do not!!! It’s on my wishlist though. I asked our sponsor, Patdo Light Studio to show us some examples of the spaces they created. WOW!!!! It really is amazing with a little light will do!!
A new sensation is coming to Broadway this fall, Moulin Rouge, The Musical. It is already getting impossible to get tickets.
Enter a world of splendor and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur and glory! A world where Bohemians and aristocrats rub elbows and revel in electrifying enchantment. Pop the champagne and prepare for the spectacular spectacular… Welcome to Moulin Rouge! The Musical.
Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary film comes to life onstage, remixed in a new musical mash-up extravaganza. A theatrical celebration of truth, beauty, freedom and—above all—LOVE, Moulin Rouge! is more than a musical; it is a state of mind.
How wonderful life is…at the Moulin Rouge.
We have a limited number of mezzanine tickets for Tuesday, September 24th at $160. EMAIL me to save your spot.
Everyone is devastated today with the news that the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris was on fire. Thankfully, I just heard that the 2 iconic towers were able to be saved and they will rebuild. I thought that I would pick a book club choice that is set in the city of lights which also became an immediate best seller…This week’s book is The Lost Girls of Paris: A Novel by Pam Jenoff. Here is the summary:
1946, Manhattan
One morning while passing through Grand Central Terminal on her way to work, Grace Healey finds an abandoned suitcase tucked beneath a bench. Unable to resist her own curiosity, Grace opens the suitcase, where she discovers a dozen photographs—each of a different woman. In a moment of impulse, Grace takes the photographs and quickly leaves the station.Grace soon learns that the suitcase belonged to a woman named Eleanor Trigg, leader of a network of female secret agents who were deployed out of London during the war. Twelve of these women were sent to Occupied Europe as couriers and radio operators to aid the resistance, but they never returned home, their fates a mystery. Setting out to learn the truth behind the women in the photographs, Grace finds herself drawn to a young mother turned agent named Marie, whose daring mission overseas reveals a remarkable story of friendship, valor and betrayal.
For more information or to purchase this book, click HERE.
To follow up with the Easter table post from earlier this week, I have including some amazing Amazon Friday finds to help with your Easter table….Bon Weekend!!!!
This would make a wonderful centerpiece…..
These would be great in a bowl or scattered around the table….
So cute for the dessert table!!!!
These placemats are so decorative….great for a buffet table
If you are planning on decorating eggs this year…this is a must!!!!!!
I just ordered this vase…its so adorable!!!!!
I’d love to use these as placemats
These napkins would look great on any Easter table!!!!
These toooooo!!!
Next week my son is turning 21!!!!! I cannot believe it. We are going to have a Big Celebration Week since he will be home from college. I found this amazing recipe for a yummy cake batter dessert. We all LOVE anything cake batter so I am going to give it a try. I think he will LOVE LOVE it!!!!! It would also make a perfect Easter dessert……
- 36 Birthday Cake Golden Oreos
- 4 Tbsp butter, melted
- 1 box (3.4 oz) French Vanilla instant pudding mix
- 1 cup milk
- ¼ cup dry Funfetti cake mix (just the dry powder)
- 4 cups Cool Whip (about 2 8-oz pkgs), divided
- About ½ cup sprinkles
- Place 20 cookies in a gallon size resealable bag and begin crushing the cookies with a rolling pin or meat mallet until the cookies become coarse crumbs. Pour the cookie crumbs into a large bowl with the melted butter and toss to combine. Press into a greased 8 or 9-inch square baking dish, compacting them loosely in there. Set aside.
- Wipe out the bowl and add in the pudding mix, dry Funfetti mix and milk, whisking until combined and letting sit for 2 minutes. Add in one package (2 cups) of the Cool Whip and ¼ cup sprinkles, folding it in until combined. Carefully spread this mixture over the cookies in the pan.
- Spread the remaining Cool Whip over the top of the cake batter pudding layer.
- Crush the remaining cookies in another plastic bag until coarse crumbs as formed. Sprinkle the cookies over the top with the sprinkles. Cover and refrigerate for at least 6 hours before cutting into slices to serve.