November 06, 2008
Just had to post more pics....
Here are a few pics of our weekend with Josh and Joeye. Also posted a few pics of todays lunchtime....
Enjoy........
Josh and Papa
Lets cover papa with leaves
Joeye loves to play in the leaves
Joeye very proud of the tomato she found in the garden.
Papa's little helpers
Josh has decided that he no longer needs morning naptime. However, he just can't seem to stay awake long enough to finish lunch. His falling asleep while eating lunch has become a daily occurence this week.
Yes, that is a french fry in his mouth, and yes, I did have to pry the rest out of his mouth...YUCKKY!
Joeye finished lunch but didn't make it home before falling asleep either.
Enjoy........
Josh and Papa
Lets cover papa with leaves
Joeye loves to play in the leaves
Joeye very proud of the tomato she found in the garden.
Papa's little helpers
Josh has decided that he no longer needs morning naptime. However, he just can't seem to stay awake long enough to finish lunch. His falling asleep while eating lunch has become a daily occurence this week.
Yes, that is a french fry in his mouth, and yes, I did have to pry the rest out of his mouth...YUCKKY!
Joeye finished lunch but didn't make it home before falling asleep either.
Joeye usually falls asleep in the car after morning preschool. Must be hard doing all that coloring and playing.
November 05, 2008
Anne's Christmas Rum Cake
My favourite RUM CAKE - as requested by little brother
PREHEAT oven to 350 degrees F
This cake will make 2 bundt or funnel cakes.
Spray cake pans well with Pam. I prefer non-stick pans also.
INGREDIENTS:
1 Cup Butter
1 1/2 cups White Sugar
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
5 large Eggs - beaten
2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon nutmeg
2 teaspoons cinnamon
3/4 cup dark rum
2 cups walnuts or pecans (1 cup if using raisins also)
2 cups raisins (1 cup if using nuts also)
RUM SOAK MIXTURE:
1/2 cup rum
1 cup white sugar
Mix and bring to boil. Let boil for 3 minutes.
THIS IS WHAT YOU DO:
In a large bowl:
Cream butter well. - Do not use margerine
Add eggs - and mix well
Mix white and brown sugar together and add to egg mixture. Mix well.
In another bowl:
Sift flour
Add salt, baking powder, nutmeg and cinnamon.
If you are adding nuts or raisins, add those to the flour mixture now.
Mix 1/3 of the egg mixture with 1/3 of flour mixture and add 1/3 cup of rum.
Add another 1/3 of egg mixture, flour mixture and 1/3 cup of rum.
Add remaining egg mixture, flour mixture and 1/3 cup of rum.
Blend well.
Pour into well sprayed pans and bake for 1 hour.
When cake is done, Mix 1/2 cup rum with 1 cup sugar and bring to boil . Pour this mixture over the hot cake. It will soak into the cake. If you don't think it is soaking fast enough you can always make small poke holes in the cake with a fork. But don't worry, sometimes it just takes a bit of time for the rum mixture to soak through.
When cake is cool, take it out of the pans and, wrap in foil . you can now put them in the freezer until needed. I recommend waiting at least 24 hours before cutting cake. The longer the cake is stored the better it will taste. I always make mine at least a month before the holidays.
Once the cake is completely cooled, I always wrap it in cheesecloth that is soaked with rum, before I wrap it in foil. The extra rum gives it a little extra flavouring.
If you don't want to use rum, you can always use 2 tablespoons of rum flavouring and omit the cake soaking part at the end.
Hey little brother, let me know how this turns out for you and just wanted to let you know that I will be making my cakes this weekend. I will make an extra one for you. I will send it with the Christmas gifts later this month.
Enjoy!!!!
PREHEAT oven to 350 degrees F
This cake will make 2 bundt or funnel cakes.
Spray cake pans well with Pam. I prefer non-stick pans also.
INGREDIENTS:
1 Cup Butter
1 1/2 cups White Sugar
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
5 large Eggs - beaten
2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon nutmeg
2 teaspoons cinnamon
3/4 cup dark rum
2 cups walnuts or pecans (1 cup if using raisins also)
2 cups raisins (1 cup if using nuts also)
RUM SOAK MIXTURE:
1/2 cup rum
1 cup white sugar
Mix and bring to boil. Let boil for 3 minutes.
THIS IS WHAT YOU DO:
In a large bowl:
Cream butter well. - Do not use margerine
Add eggs - and mix well
Mix white and brown sugar together and add to egg mixture. Mix well.
In another bowl:
Sift flour
Add salt, baking powder, nutmeg and cinnamon.
If you are adding nuts or raisins, add those to the flour mixture now.
Mix 1/3 of the egg mixture with 1/3 of flour mixture and add 1/3 cup of rum.
Add another 1/3 of egg mixture, flour mixture and 1/3 cup of rum.
Add remaining egg mixture, flour mixture and 1/3 cup of rum.
Blend well.
Pour into well sprayed pans and bake for 1 hour.
When cake is done, Mix 1/2 cup rum with 1 cup sugar and bring to boil . Pour this mixture over the hot cake. It will soak into the cake. If you don't think it is soaking fast enough you can always make small poke holes in the cake with a fork. But don't worry, sometimes it just takes a bit of time for the rum mixture to soak through.
When cake is cool, take it out of the pans and, wrap in foil . you can now put them in the freezer until needed. I recommend waiting at least 24 hours before cutting cake. The longer the cake is stored the better it will taste. I always make mine at least a month before the holidays.
Once the cake is completely cooled, I always wrap it in cheesecloth that is soaked with rum, before I wrap it in foil. The extra rum gives it a little extra flavouring.
If you don't want to use rum, you can always use 2 tablespoons of rum flavouring and omit the cake soaking part at the end.
Hey little brother, let me know how this turns out for you and just wanted to let you know that I will be making my cakes this weekend. I will make an extra one for you. I will send it with the Christmas gifts later this month.
Enjoy!!!!
November 04, 2008
Halloween pic of Emilee
As I was on facebook, I saw that Les posted a halloween pic of Emilee.
Here she is.....Nice picture
I hope she gets to come and visit again soon.
Here she is.....Nice picture
I hope she gets to come and visit again soon.
November 03, 2008
Had a great weekend
I had a wonderful weekend. Papa and I had a sleepover Saturday evening with Joeye and Josh. We played with barbies, building blocks and watched Treehouse TV.
On Sunday morning Josh and Joeye helped Papa rake leaves in the back yard. I will post pics later this evening when I get home.
Halloween was very quiet this year. We only had about 300 children come to the door. That is about half what we would normally get. I think the reason is that our subdivision has grown so much that there are many more homes and the little ones are easily tired with all the walking.
I also noticed that there was not many older kids that passed this year. We usually have the older teens at the door until 9pm. This year the street was empty by 8pm.
Therefore, Papa gets to have all the leftover treats. We will be giving most of it away to Andrea. I just need to call her and tell her to come and get it. I want it out of my house ASAP.
I am back on my diet kick again. I am hoping to lose 8 to 10 lbs by the end of the month. That is 2 to 3 lbs per week. I will keep you posted as to how I do.
Not much more happening around here right now.
I will try and post more pics tonight...
On Sunday morning Josh and Joeye helped Papa rake leaves in the back yard. I will post pics later this evening when I get home.
Halloween was very quiet this year. We only had about 300 children come to the door. That is about half what we would normally get. I think the reason is that our subdivision has grown so much that there are many more homes and the little ones are easily tired with all the walking.
I also noticed that there was not many older kids that passed this year. We usually have the older teens at the door until 9pm. This year the street was empty by 8pm.
Therefore, Papa gets to have all the leftover treats. We will be giving most of it away to Andrea. I just need to call her and tell her to come and get it. I want it out of my house ASAP.
I am back on my diet kick again. I am hoping to lose 8 to 10 lbs by the end of the month. That is 2 to 3 lbs per week. I will keep you posted as to how I do.
Not much more happening around here right now.
I will try and post more pics tonight...
