Your Aunt Dawn gets the credit for this recipe for sure! She made this for us this summer while we were in Florida and it is the MOST delicious poundcake EVER! AND it's EASY! You will definitely impress your friends with this cake.
1 box of Butter Pecan Cake mix (Duncan Hines)
1 container of coconut pecan frosting (Duncan Hines)
4 eggs
3/4 cups oil
1 cup water
1 cup chopped pecans
Preheat oven to 350 and you'll be baking it for 50 minutes. You can use a tube pan or a bundt pan, but I use bundt because it looks so beautiful when you get done! (an FYI on the bundt pan, I recently bought a new one at Walmart, can't remember how much, I think it was $12, but definitely less than $20. It is RED on the outside, and has an enamel coating on the inside - I LOVE IT!)
Spray the pan with pam for baking, or your favorite cooking spray. (I have used the original pam when I didn't have the one for baking and it turned out fine.) In the bottom of the pan, sprinkle about 1/2 cup of pecans. Set aside. Mix all the other ingredients - YES, the frosting too! - together and beat with electric mixer about 3 minutes. It will be lumpy of course - you have pecans and coconut in there! Pour it into the pan on top of the pecans, and tap it on the side a couple of times to even it out on top. Bake it for 50 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
Let it cool in the pan for about 5 minutes, then put a plate on top of the pan, turn it over and TADA!!!! I sprinkle a little powdered sugar on top. One of my co-workers wants me to try a bouron glaze on top, but I haven't yet. I'll post a photo as soon as I get this one out of the oven.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Decorative Ball with Paper Flowers
A few weeks ago I posted here about making paper flowers out of recycled / upcycled magazine pages. After making LOTS of those cute little flowers, I decided to make a larger craft project using the flowers and made two pomanders (decorative balls).
Pomanders are those decorative balls with paper, silk or sometimes even real flowers that you see on the back of chairs or the ends of pews sometimes in weddings. They can also be used as a cute hanging decoration for a garden tea party or just inside somewhere.
To make the pomanders, I chose two different sizes of styrofoam balls. I found "smooth styrofoam" ones at Michaels which were much easier to work with than those with a rough, grainy surface. Using hot glue, I attached each of the individually made flowers onto the ball, and also attached a long white ribbon for hanging. Here are some photos of the results:
With Alison and Stephen opening their Etsy shop to sell handmade items in order to raise money for their Uganda adoption (check it out at http://www.etsy.com/shop/Uganda1418), I thought these cute decorative accents would make a good addition to the other items they are offering. So, I'm sure these little flowers are going to keep me very busy crafting!
Pomanders are those decorative balls with paper, silk or sometimes even real flowers that you see on the back of chairs or the ends of pews sometimes in weddings. They can also be used as a cute hanging decoration for a garden tea party or just inside somewhere.
To make the pomanders, I chose two different sizes of styrofoam balls. I found "smooth styrofoam" ones at Michaels which were much easier to work with than those with a rough, grainy surface. Using hot glue, I attached each of the individually made flowers onto the ball, and also attached a long white ribbon for hanging. Here are some photos of the results:
With Alison and Stephen opening their Etsy shop to sell handmade items in order to raise money for their Uganda adoption (check it out at http://www.etsy.com/shop/Uganda1418), I thought these cute decorative accents would make a good addition to the other items they are offering. So, I'm sure these little flowers are going to keep me very busy crafting!
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