I'll Try Anything Once

Ok, maybe not anything, but I got your attention.  Eliza, my daughter who just turned three, likes to watch you tube videos of nursery songs and a princess cake tutorial caught her eye.  So we watched it a few hundred times, why do they never get sick of watching the same thing OVER and OVER. You can find it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwqaF8f3VW0
  
Anyway, I felt like I should give it a try for her party.  We just had a small party with friends from home because we were camping on her actual birthday.  So I gave the cake a try.  Now, I am not a baker and they start the tutorial with the cakes already made.  You need to make 3- 8 inch rounds and due to some issues getting them to come nicely out of the pans- I had to make 5.  Now at this point I was tempted to give up and head over to Walmart, but luckily my princess was taking a nap and I had some time.  You also need to bake a cake in a glass, oven safe bowl to get the shape for the top of the skirt.  So here are some pictures:

And the best part...the real PRINCESS was happy!!

Fruit Salsa and Sugar/Cinnamon Chips

This recipe is courtesy of Allison from Lipgloss Lounge.  She made it for a 31 Party she had and it was delicious.  I have a work party tomorrow so I called her up to get the recipe.  You start out by chopping up some apples, blueberries, and kiwi.

Then you blend up some fresh strawberries.

Pour it over chopped fruit and mix it all together, then chill in fridge.

Then you use tortillas (I used whole grain ones because I had them at Allison's and liked the texture), spray them with butter spray, and shake a cinnamon and sugar mixture over them.  Put them in the oven at 400 degrees for about 8 minutes.

Cut into triangle pieces and store in an airtight container.

Finished Product

I hope it turns out as good as Allison's, we will see tomorrow.  Check out her blog for an awesome watermelon cookie tutorial.

Blueberry Dump Cake

Traditionally, I do not bake much because my will power is extremely weak around sugary treats.  However, we had some extra blueberries so I tried a Blueberry Dump Cake.

Simple ingredients include cinnamon, cake mix, butter, sugar, and blueberries.

You mix the blueberries, sugar, and cinnamon on the bottom of a 9x13 pan

My little helper mixing it all together.

Pour dry cake mix over blueberries.

Cover with pats of butter or melt the butter and pour over the batter.  i would melt the butter next time because the cake mix stayed dry in places.  I ended up stirring it up, which made it not so pretty as you will see next.

OK, so kind of ugly right, but put it on some vanilla ice cream and you have a yummy treat!