Baby It's Cold Outside!

Dear Friends

Baby it's cold outside and I wanted to share a delicious soup recipe that will warm your heart!  My loving man found this recipe while streaming.  He says he wants to learn to cook but I always end up in the kitchen.  Don't get me wrong, I love to cook but I'm one of those who usually doesn't measure and never follows a recipe so teaching is hard for those who want to learn.  I do know this loaded potato soup was amazing!  I did substitute the cheese for white cheddar which I prefer to cook with  if the recipe calls for cheddar.  I love Cabot Vermont extra sharp, and I added more broth and did half milk and half & half.  I love Laura Vitale "Loaded Potato Soup", recipe.  I'm going to try her garlic bread and lasagna next and can't wait to share.

Here is the link for the soup.  

Loaded Potato Soup

Grandmas Pound Cake

Dear Blogging Friends

When I was growing up we didn't have many sweets.  Maybe a pie, penny candy from a country store named Creechees or my dad would win chocolate covered cherries at Christmas time.  Sometimes I would visit my grand parents on the weekend, their house always smelled wonderful. The smell was like my grandma just finished baking. Grandma had a pretty house, she had a white velvet sofa that I loved. On occasion she would let me sit on it and to me that sofa was the closest thing to heaven.

My grandma could cook anything but along with her hoe cakes, fritters and sweet potato pie her pound cake was my favorite, forgot to mention another favorite banana pudding, sweet potato bread, etc!  From history pound cake is a staple and it's made from staples in the kitchen, eggs, butter, flour, sugar and there are many variations.  This is my Grandma Reathas pound cake recipe. It's wonderful how the smell of a pound cake can bring back so many memories.

Recipe

6 eggs

2 cups a of sugar

2 cups of all purpose flour

2 sticks of butter

Package of cream cheese

Teaspoon of vanilla

Naked Spring Cake

Dear Blogging Friends,

My Loving man and I traveled to see our daughter and and son-in-law this weekend.  My daughter and I love to shop Goodwill together in her area, we found some great buys, I can't wait to share mine with you!  My daughter wanted something sweet!  So, she made her first Naked Spring Cake.  We had lots of fun making this and it turned out pretty and delicious.  Chocolate cake and cream cheese frosting.  The scale was a Christmas present from me and her dad and makes a great cake stand!  A good time was had by all!

Always something beautiful to share so stay tune!