Mardi Gras King Cake FINISHED!

Cyndi | January 26, 2010

Finally, I finished this cake.  It’s not pretty as the one in my previous post……but……it tastes good!  Here is a picture:

Then….right before I finished it, my husband and daughter walked in the door.  Guess what they had with them?  A King Cake from the BEST King Cake Bakery in Louisiana.  How dare they????
But….my mom and [...]

Mardi Gras King Cake - Part 2 - Rolling Out the Dough!

Cyndi | January 26, 2010

Yesterday, I shared some Mardi Gras links and recipes with you.  Also, I started making my King Cake.  I mixed up the dough and had to let it rise for an hour.  I was having trouble getting it to rise because my house was SO COLD!  So, I moved the dough into the bathroom, near [...]

Mardi Gras King Cake

Cyndi | January 25, 2010

Most of you know that we live in Louisiana.  Mardi Gras is a traditional celebration around here.  There are many things about Mardi Gras that we DON’T celebrate….but there are a lot of really fun times to be had during this celebration!  Click HERE for more information about Mardi Gras.

One of our favorite traditions during [...]

Putting Up Christmas Decorations

Cyndi | December 10, 2009

We finally did it!  We put up the tree and a few decorations around the house tonight.  The best thing was that we did it as a family!  It was really great to work together!
Our tree is very old…in fact, it’s one that was in the attic of this old house when we bought it.  [...]