Just An Update, No Cake : (

   Okay you guys - I'm going to be honest with you... I've been uber depressed, lethargic, and spotty on my meds which have been making me sleep a lot and be very unmotivated. Some cray-cray stuff is happening right now in my life and to tell you the truth a lot of my online business stuff has just been taking second place.
   However, I am starting to really apply myself in other areas such as answering the freelance blogging ads, of course - LOVING the rejection in every single one, lol. One of my favorite teachers once told me that sometimes it takes seven hundred rejection letters to get the one that will change your life.. situation.. whatver. : )
   So - I'm going to go ahead and POST this blog I have been keeping from you guys out of sheer laziness.. and it's for "Vanilla Shaped Heart-Attack Cake" which I by no means will ENCOURAGE you to eat... but you're an adult and you make your own decisions.. So now.. with this update.. I will get to work on some of the best f-in vanilla cake I have ever put in my mouth to date. So good that it didn't even need icing.. !

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"Vanilla Heart-Attack Shaped Cake"

Eat at Your own Risk! (lol) Yummo! I really can't stop gushing about this cake, ya'll. Literally... they had to keep it away from me so I wouldn't sleep eat it, and give myself a heart attack from eating it. And, by the way - every piece was worth every palpitation. (don't worry, I only got about two pieces of this cake - it was so good everyone else wanted some, haha) Alrighty - Let's get to it.. First, get your ingredients together and preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Then whisk your dry ingredients together. This takes place of actually having to buy cake flour. It's a short cut I use, but you can purchase cake flour if you want to, it's your life - however this saves you a bundle of time without having to purchase the flour and gives you a discount plus an even texture throughout the cake. Start getting the wet ingredients together. Eggs, Sugar, Butter, Vanilla, & Crisco... YES - another recipe with Crisco... ...

"That is Sooo Damn Fall" Pumpkin Butternut Squash Soup

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." - Albert Camus Pumpkin & Butternut Squash Soup Prep time - 10 mins (Yea, loving that!) Cook time - 2 hours Total time - 2 hours 10 mins (Set It and Forget It, honey!) Serves - 10 INGREDIENTS 1 Tbsp EVOO 2 Onions, chopped (Grab the Ninja or food processor) 4 Stalks of Celery, medium dice 2 Carrots, minced 4 Cups diced Butternut Squash 29-oz. can Pumpkin Puree (Watch out for pie filling, it is NOT the same) 1 Medium sweet apple (your choice), small dice 2 Tblsp Brown Sugar (we use a little more) 4 Cups Chicken Stock or Broth 8 Cups Water 3/4 Cup Heavy Cream 1 Tbsp Unsalted Butter INSTRUCTIONS Heat EVOO in pan or soup pot over medium. Sauté the chopped butternut squash, onion, celery carrot and apples (we like caramelize these with a pat of butter added) Whisk Stock and Puree together and Pour in water to deglaze, and add brown sugar Sa...

"Ya Don't Have To Be From Tara" Collard Greens

My friend, Tara, and I had an interesting conversation about where her name came from, and she seemed genuinely fucking surprised that I had any knowledge of Tara (the majestic house from "Gone With The Wind"). And, I really don't blame her. Where we live you're more apt to see sand cranes, piers, and palm trees held up by sticks than you will see majestic southern homes with huge columns. That's where huge columns came from by the way... Or America's obsession with putting columns up everywhere rather. The movie inspired people everywhere to embrace the south in their soul, throw up some columns, put on a bandanna, and make some collard greens. Now, I'm not even sure collard greens were even in "Gone With The Wind" but they are quintessentially southern none the less. I am from a super small town where if there weren't collard greens on my Granny's table at least three times a week then the world had probably gone to hell in a hand b...

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