this pink rooster: Recipes

Saturday, June 10, 2017

Saturday Catalog CASE - From My Kitchen

Hello, friend...and welcome...for this week's Saturday Catalog Case. Oh...and I'm also celebrating National Black Cow Day...so let's start there!

When I'm looking for a bit of crafting or celebration inspiration I look to the National Day Calendar...and I can always find something fun. Today...and each year on June 10th...is National Black Cow Day. Now...my mom always referred to the typical root beer float as a black cow...and I've written about how much we love our root beer floats. But...I've learned that a true black cow is made using chocolate ice cream and root beer...or vanilla ice cream and cola. The things we learn while stamping...LOL! I also learned that there's such thing as a Black Cow Cupcake...which fit perfectly for what I had planned for today's Saturday Catalog Case.

So...I put it all together...for this...Black Cow Cupcakes...sweetly packaged with the Label Me Pretty Bundle.

I fell in love with every tag in this Annual Catalog photo...and it's today's CASE. I seriously couldn't resist.

Actually...I did a pile of them...because I love to give away goodies...and because they were so easy!

Oh...and because this new, 3/8" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon...in every 2016-2018 InColor...is truly as amazing as it looks!

As for the Black Cow Cupcakes...I grabbed the recipe HERE. They're made with cocoa and root beer extract...so they're truly black cow flavored, including the root beer frosting! I used Watkins Root Beer Concentrate...and it all truly has the old fashioned root beer flavor...like the root beer barrel candies we used to get in the penny candy bin. Yep...showing my age a bit here...and it's all good. Ha!

And one last note...if you leave your cupcakes on the counter to cool...the cute five-year-old in the house may just decide to help himself...and that too is all good!

Have an amazing day!

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Product List

Label Me Pretty Wood-Mount Bundle [145304] $36.75	Label Me Pretty Clear-Mount Bundle [145305] $31.50	Label Me Pretty Wood-Mount Stamp Set [143858] $23.00	Label Me Pretty Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143861] $17.00	Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack [144177] $10.00	Dapper Denim 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141414] $8.00
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.00	Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad [141396] $6.50	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [141397] $6.50	Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad [141398] $6.50	Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad [141395] $6.50	Emerald Envy 3/8" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon [144226] $7.00
Flirty Flamingo 3/8" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon [144227] $7.00	Peekaboo Peach 3/8" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon [144228] $7.00	Sweet Sugarplum 3/8" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon [144229] $7.00	Twine Baker's Whisper White [124262] $3.00	Pretty Label Punch [143715] $18.00	Starburst Punch [143717] $18.00
1-3/4" Circle Punch [119850] $18.00	1/8" Circle Handheld Punch [134365] $9.00	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Fancy Friday Blog Hop - Think Pink

Welcome to the Fancy Friday Blog Hop!

Our theme this week is all about PINK...like this..which I love, love LOVE...so I wanted to do so something super fun!

I had done a bit of baking..and I typically share...so I thought it would be fun to go all out pink with some gift packaging...like this!

I love that Stampin' Up! has so many pink options...for ink, cardstock, DSP and embellishments! I couldn't decide which one to use...so I chose not one, but two pinks!

My first pink pick was the bright, fun Melon Mambo...and I found this perfect, striped DSP in the Pop of Pink Specialty DSP. Yep...where else would I look...right? Ha! Then, I added a cardstock pinwheel and an embossed tag...and tied it all up with Thick Baker's Twine.

Next...I chose the soft, sweet Blushing Bride...one of my favorite pinks EVER! I stayed with striped DSP...this time from the Subtles DSP Stack...and also added the same pinwheel, embossed tag and baker's twine here, too!

Both pink...but so different!

Curious about what's under all that pink wrapping? It's banana bread...the Best Ever Banana Bread, that is!

I got this recipe years ago on a crafter's blog...and unfortunately it appears that it was so long ago that I don't remember who it was. Aack! Regardless...I've made dozens of loaves of bread...large and small...and countless muffins using the same recipe, too. It just wouldn't be right if I didn't share it here, too!

Best Ever Banana Bread

1/2 cup butter, room temperature

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1-1/2 cups unbleached flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup very ripe bananas, mashed

1/2 cup sour cream

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter loaf pan; set aside.

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, and beat to incorporate. Whisk together (or sift) flour, baking soda and salt. Add to butter mixture, stirring just until combined. Add bananas, sour cream and vanilla; mix to combine. Stir in nuts and pour into prepared pan.

Bake for about 1 hour and 10 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes; turn onto rack for cooling.

This recipe makes three small loaves...which I bake for about 40-45 minutes, and it makes about14 muffins, which I bake for about 20 minutes, or so.

For this project I used small loaves...because they're easy to wrap...and super fun to share!

Thank you so much for joining us on Fancy Friday! And now...I'm sure you'll want to hop over to see my awesome friend Cindy's Fancy project. It's sure to be amazing!