Paul and Cori

Things we love: cooking, photography, crocheting, reading, math and board games.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

cookies! molasses

Yum! Just thinking about these makes me want to eat another one :)
For these soft molasses cookies, I used all shortening, dark brown sugar, ginger, allspice, cinnamon and nutmeg, then dipped them in raw sugar- sweet and spicy and delicious!
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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Wichita: Animals and Old Town

I went to Kansas to visit my Laura for her Spring Break (she's a special ed teacher), I hadn't seen her in well over a year, and we had such a great time. I miss her again already. I finally had an opportunity to take some new pictures, which I had been itching to do for a while! Tanganyika Wildlife Park and Old Town were both excellent photo spots.

 The wildlife park is like a zoo, but more interactive, you get to be in many of the animals' habitats and see many more without fences, or get much closer than allowed at a zoo. The staff also walked around the park with animals to show
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Wichita's Old Town was very industrial with big old buildings, a train station, and shopping. Just my camera's type of place. :)

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There are also wonderfully beautiful sunsets.
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Sunday, March 6, 2011

Koleen wrote a cake recipe: breaking all the rules!

Sometimes it is worth it to break all the rules! Especially if Paul is out of town! Koleen is entering a cake contest for one of her farm magazines: the recipe she wrote is "Pumpkin Cake with Whipped Maple Frosting" and it is super delicious, moist and delicious! She wanted people to try it out, and make sure the wording made sense. Because I love my sister so dearly, I had Angela come over so we could bake a dairy cake! While Paul was in CA on a business trip.
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And here is where the fun begins:
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The cake it self is actually dairy free, it's the frosting that would kill my lovely husband. I couldn't find a pumpkin, in this area, this time of year, so we used a butternut squash- and toasted the seeds in the oven while the cake was baking. 7 people tried Angela and my Koleen Butternut Squash Cake, and every one of them loved it, loved it, loved it! I'm wishing my sister luck int he contest, and expressing my happiness that now this recipe is in my life! Maybe one day I will figure out how to make a delicious non-dairy maple (not too sweet) icing, so Paul can have a piece. Step one: experimenting with Coffee Rich, to see if it will whip. This cake is so good though, that it really doesn't even need frosting!
Although, it is really yummy, and makes the cake pretty!
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