Bless Your Heart

Living out loud in the Carolinas

Category: cooking

  • Saturday we awoke to a note on our door that our neighbor accidentally cut the telephone cable. This is a problem since our internet is DSL. I felt like a true American Pioneer as I tried to survive until today without phone or the web. It amazed me how often over the course of 2…

  • So, I feel like my first fondant cake was a success! First I rolled out some white fondant and tinted it black then rerolled it out and cut out some daisies. Fondant is surprisingly easy to work with, although not the tastiest of cake coverings. So after cutting out black & white daisies (17 of…

  • It has turned warm (hot really) except for this week when we have a nice temporary cool down. And warm weather round here means grilling time for CSP. So meal planning has been tough lately as I’ll ask what he’d like for dinner and suggest something from my little repetoire. Then he’ll shoot it down…

  • So I whipped up a batch of icing while my first practice cake was baking this evening. Good thing I’m practicing.click to enlarge and witness my pitiful first attempt. And thing is, it’s not the first cake I’ve ever baked! I bake cakes quite regularly as CSP is a big fan. But this is the…

  • When I set my mind to something I go all in. But I can be a sprinter. Case in point: my garage. It is half full literally to the ceiling of boxes waiting to be unpacked. Most of the boxes contain my hobby materials. There are yarn & knitting boxes, jewelry supply boxes, boxes full…

  • Last month I posted a picture of a sausage ring I’d made. Some of you commented that you’d like to know more about it. I used to be a Pampered Chef consultant (great way to make money to pay for our wedding). That’s when I learned the ring technique. The ring is made up of…

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