In honor of the upcoming beautiful and poignant holiday, we're re-using this fun post from four years ago.... and Lacey Blodgett's amazing patriotic cake! Here you go!
I knew it!
I knew I would think today is Tuesday and of course it is not Tuesday.
It is Wednesday, and I need to have some Yankee Belle Fun here for Thursday!!!!
EEEEEK!
But, wait.... we had a Memorial Day weekend, so there is fun to be had! We were farming and planting and watching all kinds of little kids and sweet babies and we had a wonderful time going to the annual Hilton Memorial Day parade and paying our respects to veterans... and our flag. And our high school marching band, and our first responders....
It was a lovely parade, and then some quiet time at the cemetery, planting flowers in the Blodgett garden.
We embraced service, life and loss, and it was all good!
Lacey made the creation of the day.... Patriotic cake!
Now, that's an eclectic picture, you're saying.... Why are the cakes on Barilla Fettucine boxes? Is this a new thing?
Well, this is what happens when you need to reassemble your 140 year old oak table and haven't done it yet.... and there was no place to set the cakes to cool where little kids couldn't/wouldn't get them!
These are 6" cakes, white cake dyed to the appropriate colors....
Top shot! Lacey frosted the cake, then decorated the top with strawberries and blueberries...
Isn't that perfect?????
PHOTOBOMBED BY JON!!!!!!
And this is triple berry sauce on French vanilla pound cake from Sam's Club... I made the berry topping by thawing triple blend berries and slicing two pounds of fresh strawberries into the berry mix, and adding about 1/2 cup sugar and letting it sit for about 20 minutes....
So we had red/white/blue desserts covered!
Happy Baby Alert!!!!
Morgan! She's getting so big, she's 18 months old now, and her dark
straight hair has turned to blonde curls! How funny!!!!! She looks like
her mama but she got my square (read: big) head!!!! She's adorable!
Happy Baby Alert #2!!!!!
Lena!!! Big brother Finn is running around her exer-saucer, and she thinks he's soooo funny!
And then here....
I knew I would think today is Tuesday and of course it is not Tuesday.
It is Wednesday, and I need to have some Yankee Belle Fun here for Thursday!!!!
EEEEEK!
But, wait.... we had a Memorial Day weekend, so there is fun to be had! We were farming and planting and watching all kinds of little kids and sweet babies and we had a wonderful time going to the annual Hilton Memorial Day parade and paying our respects to veterans... and our flag. And our high school marching band, and our first responders....
It was a lovely parade, and then some quiet time at the cemetery, planting flowers in the Blodgett garden.
We embraced service, life and loss, and it was all good!
Lacey made the creation of the day.... Patriotic cake!
Now, that's an eclectic picture, you're saying.... Why are the cakes on Barilla Fettucine boxes? Is this a new thing?
Well, this is what happens when you need to reassemble your 140 year old oak table and haven't done it yet.... and there was no place to set the cakes to cool where little kids couldn't/wouldn't get them!
These are 6" cakes, white cake dyed to the appropriate colors....
And this is triple berry sauce on French vanilla pound cake from Sam's Club... I made the berry topping by thawing triple blend berries and slicing two pounds of fresh strawberries into the berry mix, and adding about 1/2 cup sugar and letting it sit for about 20 minutes....
So we had red/white/blue desserts covered!
Happy Baby Alert!!!!
Happy Baby Alert #2!!!!!
And then here....
Finn, Morgan and MacKenzie, with a little berry snack and fun going on....
A beautiful day.... A happy day, with a few bittersweet moments, and that's okay.
We're into planting season here, and there's always a project or two
going on, so as the fresh veggies go in and start to produce, we'll have
some fun on the farm! And we're going to try old fashioned rhubarb
custard pie, a Ruthy favorite!
Wishing you a great week from all of us at Yankee Belle Cafe, excited about summer!
Multi-published, bestselling author Ruth Logan Herne is living her dream
of writing sweet books that touch heart and soul. With over 3/4 million
books in print, she's loving this chance to work with multiple
publishers.... and do what she dreamed of for years: write the kind of
books she loves to read! You can find her on facebook at Ruth Logan
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