It's Friday! This has been a long week, and I am so glad the weekend is finally almost upon us! So recapping this past week.
It has been C-O-L-D this week! But i'm thankful for the cold rather than all the snow a lot of the country is getting!
Alyx went from smiling, laughing and being a goober to sound asleep the other day in literally 2 seconds. It was so funny. She just looked at me and plopped her head down and went fast asleep!
My house is completely decorated for Christmas except for our tree. I kinda love our mantle this year =)
I made this cream cheese pound cake the other day, and it was amazing so i'm sharing the recipe with you!
3 sticks of butter, softened
1 (8oz) package cream cheese, softened
3 cups sugar
6 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
3 cups all purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 300°F
Use an electric mixer to mix the butter and cream cheese until creamy.
Gradually add sugar and beat for 5 minutes. Then add eggs one at a time. Stir in vanilla. Add flour and salt gradually to the mixer.
Pour batter into well greased bundt or tube cake pan.
Place 2 cups of water in an ovenproof container on the rack in the oven next to the cake.
Bake the cake for 1 hour 30 mins.
Icing:
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon milk
You can thank me later for sharing this recipe! haha My father in law tried it and said it was the best cake he's ever had. I would make this over and over again! The only thing that I did different was I squeezed a fresh orange into the cake mix and then used the remainder of the juice from the orange and squeezed it into the icing. So it had a hint of orange flavor to it. So So good!
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The other night before bed Alyx made herself comfy on her new couch she got for her birthday =)
She is too funny! She looks like she just had a full meal and now she's taking a rest!
And lastly, last night Emma and I went to Target. She had a little fun there...
We laughed and laughed at these! So cute!
Happy Friday all, Enjoy your weekend!!!
I love your mantel too! And all that fun Emma had at target! :) I can't believe Aylx just passed out like that. I've heard of babies and kids that do that but mine is not one of those so it totally mind blows me when I see it! Happy Friday!
ReplyDeleteThat first picture of Emma is cute! I love that hat, and of course the last ones of her at Target are hilarious! Your mantel looks like something out of a magazine! I want to get our house decorated too, but Joe said I have to wait until I get it put back together from "moving". And, I *have* to try that bundt cake. It sounds and looks A.MAZE.ING! Have a great weekend, Johannah!
ReplyDeleteLove the reindeer on you mantel!! :o) and those foam hats from Target are just fabulous. :oP
ReplyDeleteI loved these recaps as much as I did on IG! Your mantel is AWESOME!!! Yay for no crazy snow for you all or us!!!!
ReplyDeleteYour mantel is awesome! I wish we had one to decorate. Maybe someday.
ReplyDeleteThat cream cheese pound cake looks DIVINE! YUM! Definitely need to make that, soon!