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Monday, June 7, 2010

Metamorphosis Monday, A Giveaway and Strawberry Sheet Cake

Giveaway Time!

I have a really great giveaway for you! Josh over at Bluegala is letting me giveaway a top or dress (of Bluegala's choosing) to one lucky reader!



I love this little top! It has a great neckline for a show off necklace!




I love this little orange shirt! It would look great with a pair of jeans or capri's. It just screams summer!




I think this white dress would be cute with a little tee shirt under it!




I think this is a great little black dress.

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This giveaway is open for 30 days and will end on July 6. At that time I will choose a winner by random number generator. The winner will be able to choose the size of their winning dress or top.






Today I'm hooking up with Between Naps on The Porch for Metamorphosis Monday. I'm still working on a few more projects for our livingroom and so I thought I'd share a quick one with you.


This picture is a little hard to see, but this is a pineapple thing I've had for a long time and a candlestick that I bought at D.I.. I asked my sweet hubby to paint them black and glue them together. He had to file down the candlestick a little to make it fit right, but I thought he did a really good job!




I asked my sweet hubby to take a picture of the finished product and he took it outside to get a good shot. I kind of wanted a picture of it in our livingroom, but this is what you get
!




I wanted to make a strawberry cake with fresh strawberries, but I couldn't find a recipe for what I wanted. I wanted fresh strawberries and no strawberry Jello. So I put my thinking cap on and came up with this recipe. I made it in a sheet cake pan because I think a thin piece of cake with a nice covering of frosting is yummy! I made a nice strawberry cream cheese frosting for this cake, and I think it turned out a winner.


Strawberry Sheet Cake


3/4 cup strawberry puree, room temperature (follows)
1/4 cup milk, room temperature
6 large egg whites, room temperature
1 tablespoon vanilla
2 1/4 cup cake flour
1 3/4 cup sugar
4 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter, softened

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a sheet cake pan with Pam.

In small bowl, combine puree, milk, egg, vanilla and mix with a whisk until well blended. In another bowl whisk flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.

In a mixer at slow speed mix the dry ingredients and the butter until combined and resembling moist crumbs.

Add liquids and beat at medium speed for about 1 minute or until fluffy and well mixed. Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl and beat for 1 more minute. Spread the batter into prepared pan.

Bake for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool cake then frost.

Strawberry Puree

2 cups chopped strawberries
1 tablespoon sugar

Sprinkle the sugar over the strawberries and let sit for about 2 hours. I didn't want to wait that
long, so I put them in the microwave for about 1 minute. Microwaving it kind of gets the juices to come out faster. Dump it in the blender and puree. Measure out 3/4 cup and save the rest for the frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting

4-5 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons strawberry puree
8 oz cream cheese, room temperature

Beat strawberry puree, cream cheese and 4 cups of powdered sugar until fluffy. Add more powdered sugar to get the desired thickness. Spread on cooled cake.


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