Dr Pepper Cake, YUM!!

We hung out during a rainstorm at a friend's boat house!

Both of my son's birthday is this month. My oldest will be 9 on the 8th and my youngest will be 5 on the 17th! Because they are super spoiled, and I wouldn't have it any other way, it seems like we have a month long celebration!! Yesterday was out was the Boat Outing which was a total blast,  and today I am making a test run on their homemade birthday cake that they are so excited about!



DR. PEPPER CAKE!

I made this recipe for an 8-in round cake!

Ingredients for batter:
3/4 cup of Dr. Pepper
1/4 canola oil
1/2 stick of salted butter
4 tablespoons of Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa powder) ~ we LOVE chocolate!!
1 c sugar
1 c flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 egg
1/4 c buttermilk

Remember this is my trial run cake!

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees (I have a convection toaster oven, so I used it)
2. Spray pan with cooking spray
3. Combine Dr. Pepper, canola oil, butter, cocoa powder, sugar, egg in a saucepan and cook on low to
       medium heat until it starts to simmer. (stir to mix, but not too much)
4. When it begins to simmer, turn off stove and add the flour, baking soda and mix (but not too much)
5. Stir in  the buttermilk
6. Pour in pan and bake for about 20 minutes or until a toothpick can be inserted and come out clean.

While the cake is cooling, you can make the Frosting!!

Ingredients for Frosting:
1/2 stick of salted butter
2 tablespoons of Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa Powder
4 tablespoons of milk
2 cups of Confectioners Sugar (I call it powdered sugar)

1. In a saucepan, combine the butter, cocoa powder, and milk. Stir over medium heat until it is melted and
    smooth.
2. Add the powdered sugar (a little at a time), stirring until smooth.
3. Pour over the cake.

I added some walnuts, before I baked! YUMMY

 This has GOT to be the easiest cake to make, and I am not a baker by any means!!!  I couldn't believe the simplicity of it. I

 have made the trial version, and I will add the frosting when we get ready to eat it tonight with dinner. I will also add a scoop of ice cream just to top it off! I will post the after pictures later tonight! Pin It Pin It

Rainy Days!

We have went from having highs over 110 degress and a drought to highs barely reaching 80 and rain, rain, rain! This is how we do summer rainy days at our house! What are Rainy Days like at your house??

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After a Trip to Hobby Lobby today, a Pinterest Idea sparked an interest!  I was able to purchase 2 spring time plates and a plain glass candle holder for a grand total of $3.49 (plus some Tacky glue, but I didnt put that in the cost because I will be using that for something else)!!

Everything was on sale total= $3.49!

Carefully, while arguing with my son over some Coco Puffs, I used some hair spray and an old tooth brush to get all of the price tags and stickers off of everything. I don't know what I was thinking because I had apparently bought the most stickered up ones that had!

                                  

 I then placed the candle stick holder in the center of what I determined to be the bottom tray (plate).

Take your Tacky Glue and put glue around the top of the candle stick holder and place the top tray (plate) ontop. I then created a weight from a cup of water to sit ontop until it dried.

Yep you guessed it, being the crafty person that I am! I forgot to glue the bottom tray (plate) to the candlestick holder first! SO, after I removed the hand-made weight, I put some Tacky Glue on the bottom, centered it, and then placed the weight back ontop of the top tray!

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% Daily Value*

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Cholesterol 0mg 0%

Sodium 45mg 2%

Total Carbohydrate 20g 7%

Dietary Fiber 0g 0%

Sugars 14g

Protein 1g

Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 0%

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