Attempting to Blog Without Ryan

As some of you may have noticed, every blog post on our last attempt and on this one has been undertaken by my wonderful husband. I, personally, avoided blogging because for some reason I put it in a category with scrap booking and crafts. Not that those hobbies aren't great. I just have never had the patience for either. So, here we go! This is my first attempt. I do not promise anything eloquent or profound, but it IS something yummy.

Besides sitting around talking to each other all day (as seen in the earlier post), Liam and I have started trying out new recipes. Our most recent experiment is Apple Pudding Cake. The recipe was given to my mom by her friend and then passed on to me. We didn't have the original sauce recipe, so this is one modified from a Better Homes cookbook.

What you need:

Cake Ingredients
1/2 C oil
1 1/2 C sugar
2 eggs
4 C grated apples
2 C flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 C chopped nuts

Sauce Ingredients
1/2 C (1 stick) butter (I used margarine and it was just fine)
3/4 C packed brown sugar
2 Tbsp. light corn syrup
1 tsp. vanilla
Whip Cream (optional...though really a must!)

Mix the oil and the sugar until well blended. Beat in the eggs for a couple of minutes. Add the grated apples. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, soda, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Gradually stir the dry ingredients into the apple mixture. Add nuts if desired.

It should look something like this...




Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.






When the cake has about 5 minutes left, start making your sauce.

Bring butter, brown sugar and corn syrup to a boil in a saucepan whisking occasionally. Lower to a medium heat and continue a light boil for a few minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.

In the original recipe, the sauce is dumped over each individual slice of cake. (The cake is good even without the sauce.) The following is my modification.

Dump the sauce onto over the top of your cake while both are still hot. Let rest for 10-15 minutes or until the sauce has fully soaked into the cake.

Presentation note: If you are going to serve the cake right away, you can 1 1/2 times the sauce. Save the extra sauce until serving. Pour a little sauce onto a plate, place a piece of cake in the center, and top with whip cream.

Yummy! Thanks, Mom, for the great recipe!





Soon to come on our blog..... cloth diapers and homemade wipes.

Hey... we're BLOGGERS... for real this time... hopefully...

A year and a half ago we attempted to enter the blogosphere because I was required to start one for a writing class. After two postings, it died. Despite this, we have apparently had a few faithful fans who checked weekly for updates and we are sorry to have disappointed you for so long. Hopefully we can make it up to you as we unveil version 2.0. Some of the exciting things you can look forward to include updates on our latest White House addition, Liam, our amazing spontaneous adventures, unrivaled design undertakings, and maybe even a recipe or two.

As a preview of the exciting things to come, Rosa Lee held a private interview with Liam to discover his views on the complexities of life as a baby living in the White House. His most compelling statements are in the first 40 seconds.