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Easy Easter Bunny Cake

by Dana on April 6, 2012

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An Easter Bunny Cake is cute and requires very little cake decorating skills.  This was a fun project for the kids to get involved it.  Let the kids help bake the cake and decorate.

1.  Bake cake in (2) round cake pans.

2. Cool and trim middle “bump” if necessary so cakes will lie flat, set aside excess.

3.  Use (1) round cake for making the bunny ears and bow tie.  Use used a bowl to help with the rounded edges.  Leave the other round cake for the head.

 

4.  Assemble the bunny cake by placing the bow tie, round cake for head then bunny ears.

5. Decorate cake as desired.  We used white icing with a star tip facing straight down to decorate a majority of the cake & smooth pink icing for the ears.  The kids used pink icing for the nose, black licorice for the eyes and whiskers, and flower sprinkles to decorate the bow tie.

Want to make your own homemade Butter Cream Icing?

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Easter Cake

by Dana on April 4, 2012

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Looking for an Easter Cake?

A cross is a simple cake to make for your Easter celebration.

  • Bake a sheet cake in the flavor of your choice
  • Remove cake from pan and cool
  • Level cake (if necessary) by trimming any “bumps” with a sharp knife
  • Mark and cut the sheet in the form of a cross, set aside excess
  • Decorate with colors of your choice

We used white icing with a star tip facing straight down to decorate a majority of the cake.  In order to give the cake more definition, we used blue icing (again with a star tip) around all the edges and along the bottom of the cake where it meets the cake board.

HAPPY EASTER!

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Looking for ideas on the best Super Bowl Party recipes?

I recently held a contest to win a Game Day Party Pack where I asked YOUR favorite Game Day recipes.  I compiled all those delicious recipes into 1 huge post of Super Bowl Party recipe ideas!

Please feel free to leave your recipe in the comments section.

Dips:

Stephanie’s Pizza Dip:

3 pkgs. Cream Cheese softened
1 bag of shredded Parmesan cheese
1 bag shredded mozzarella cheese
1 jar of pizza sauce
Pepperoni (optional)

Directions:
Mix cream cheese, bag of Parmesan cheese and 1 cup of mozzarella cheese in a bowl – mix thoroughly.
Spoon the cream cheese mixture into the bottom of a baking dish
Next, Layer the jar of pizza sauce on top of the cream cheese mixture
Layer the remaining mozzarella cheese on top of the pizza sauce
Cut the peperoni into pieces and layer on top of Mozzarella cheese
Bake on 350 degrees until bubbly

Dip with Tortilla chips. Awesome and easy!

David’s Simple Dip:

French onion dip with sour cream and French onion mix.

Kathie’s Fiesta Ranch:

Hidden valley powder mix with plain yogurt or the vanilla to make it a little sweeter.

Kirstin’s Chips and guacamole:

Slice and dice avocados, tomato, onion. Sprinkle with lime juice and salt. Serve with corn chips

Heather’s Easy Queso:

1lb hamburger cooked & crumbled
1 big block of Velveeta cheese
1 jar of salsa
Put it all in the crock pot & serve with chips

Tracey’s Hubby’s Queso Recipe:  
Hamburger seasoned with Lowry’s , mild queso and tostitos chips

Barbie’s 7 layer Taco Dip:

Ingredients
1 (1 ounce) package taco seasoning mix 1 (16 ounce) can refried beans 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened 1 (16 ounce) container sour cream 1 (16 ounce) jar salsa 1 large tomato, chopped 1 green bell pepper, chopped 1 bunch chopped green onions 1 small head iceberg lettuce, shredded 1 (6 ounce) can sliced black olives, drained 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese

 

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Apple-Pear Butter Recipe

by Dana on December 30, 2011

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Apple-Pear Butter
by Mackenzie at The Centsible Family

Prep time should be about 30 minutes and will cook for 11-13 hours so be sure to start it early in the morning or leave it on low during the night.

Ingredients:

  • 5-6 pounds apples and pears – peeled, cored and finely chopped
  • 3 cups white sugar
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

 

Directions:

  1.  Place the apples in a slow cooker. In a medium bowl, mix the sugar, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Pour the mixture over the apples in the slow cooker and mix well.
  2. Cover and cook on high 1 hour.
  3. Reduce heat to low and cook 9 to 11 hours, stirring occasionally, until the mixture is thickened and dark brown.
  4. Uncover and continue cooking on low 1 hour. Stir with a whisk, if desired, to increase smoothness.
    Spoon the mixture into sterile containers, cover and refrigerate or freeze.

 

Notes About Recipe:

  •  I adjusted the sugar down to 3 cups because 4 cups was too sweet for my first batch. You can also substitute the sugar with honey instead and that will help with the sweetness.
  • Also I added 4 Bartlet pears to my recipe just to give it a different flavor and used two different types of apples as well.
  • Be very careful when cooking this recipe. I learned the hard way that you CAN overcook the sugar as my first batch had a layer of burnt sugar on the bottom of the cooker. However, by spooning the butter out I was able to leave the burnt butter in the cooker and only use the good butter.
  • Also, as you cook the recipe it may look more like Apple Soup then butter. It reduced about 75% for me (which is probably why I had the burnt sugar layer) but it will be very liquidy while the slow cooker is turned on. Even at the “Keep Warm” setting it was still more liquid then butter…making me believe I cooked it wrong. So I turned off the cooker and let it sit over night and the next morning it was perfect, almost jam consistency. Since this recipe depends on what kind of sweetener you use, what type of apples you use, etc. the thickness and consistency may vary.

 


Recipe was adapted from All Day Apple Butter at AllRecipes.com. The above picture of the canned butter is from their website as well.

Thanks, The Centsible Family!

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Orange Cranberry Chicken Recipe

by Dana on December 29, 2011

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Orange Cranberry Chicken
by Jenny at The Healthified Mom and Freebie Spot

Prep time should be about 10 minutes and will cook for four hours and yield about 6 servings. If you have a big crock pot (about 6qt) you can double the batch and when finished put half in gallon size bag for the freezer!

Ingredients

  • 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts, frozen
  • 3/4 c Russian salad dressing
  • 1 pkg dry onion soup mix
  • 1 2oz pkg fully cooked bacon, chopped
  • 1/4 c no-pulp orange juice
  • 1 can (16oz) whole berry cranberry sauce

Instructions

  1. Lightly spray slow cooker with cooking spray. Place frozen chicken breasts in slow cooker.
  2. Mix together the dressing, soup mix, bacon, orange juice, and cranberry sauce.
  3. Pour mixture evenly over the chicken, cover, and cook on high for 4 to 6 hours.

I recommend spreading the chicken out as evenly as possible in order to get the most coverage from your sauce. And never, ever lift the lid off your slow cooker. If you do it just once, you may need to add 30 minutes or more to your cooking time.

Thanks, The Healthified Mom!

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Crockpot Applesauce Recipe

by Dana on December 27, 2011

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Homemade Applesauce
by Brianne from Just Trying To Save Money

You only need a few ingredients to make a great tasting homemade applesauce and the added benefit is your house will smell like an apple pie!!

Ingredients:

3/4 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Water
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1 tsp. Vanilla
8 – 10 Apples peeled, cored and cut into cubes

Directions:

 

    1. Turn your crock pot and on high and add water, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla and mix thoroughly. Peel and core your apples to get ready for the crock pot. Either slice or cut your apples into cubes and toss them into the pot!
    2. Mix all ingredients together in crock pot. Leave it covered on high for 3-4 hours.
    3. After 3-4 hours you will see your apples turn to mush and ready to smash into applesauce. Our girls like it a little chunky so I use a fork and mash the whole pieces of apple just a little to make it look more like applesauce. If you want a smoother applesauce you can use a mixer on low to get a better consistency. Since this is our first batch of homemade applesauce I only made 1 batch to see how it turned out. Since the whole family loved it, I think this will become a addition to our jar gifts that we make for Christmas gifts!

 Thanks, Just Trying To Save Money!

 

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December 26, 2011

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December 24, 2011

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Reindeer Cookie Recipe

December 23, 2011

Reindeer Cookies by Mackenzie at The Centsible Family Ingredients: 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 cup butter (2 sticks – softened) 3/4 cup granulated sugar 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 large eggs red and brown M&M’s chocolated-covered mini pretzels Directions: Combine flour and baking [...]

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December 22, 2011

Overloaded German Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies by Jenny at Healthified Mom Ingredients: Cookies 1/2 c semisweet chocolate chips 1 T shortening 1/2 c butter, softened 3/4 c sugar 1 egg 1 T strong brewed coffee 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 c all-purpose flour 1 T cocoa 1 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt Filling 3/4 c [...]

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