The Cinnamon Bun Cake

Daughter L had great success with this cinnamon bun cake she made for a special friend's birthday. Here is the recipe video she used and reports that she found it very easy to do compared to the recent apple pie she made.

Here is the one she made for us without icing. It was beyond delicious, due in large part to the use of lots of unsalted butter.

Paint Party Friday - Naked Cake Design

Welcome to Eva and Kristin's Paint Party Friday! This piece (8 1/2" x 11") on heavy paper using permanent markers is a naked cake design (barely there frosting and a popular designer cake trend). I am printing some cards with this design, thinking they would be good for birthdays or weddings.

Superfruit Smoothie

This post went off a bit earlier than intended, so am reposting again under the correct date, apologies if you already saw this one!

I was reading an article on healthy items you can order at Panera Bread and one of them was this superfruit smoothie with greek yogurt. I didn't know it contained ginseng, not sure about that item, but otherwise it was full of fruit and only about 230 calories and it is a quite a large smoothie. It was worth trying anyway.

Scribble Picnic - Blanket

Welcome to Michael's Scribble Picnic, the theme this week is 'Blanket'. I decided to wrap my chipmunk in a cozy blanket done in fall colours, it is the season after all! My piece is done with permanent markers outlined with a black waterproof PITT artist pen.

The Wallet

Daughter L baked these cupcakes for a friend's birthday recently. I guess her friend is a sports fan.

Husband M and I were at in the drugstore on the weekend.  We noticed this open wallet stuffed with lottery tickets and some cash  was even visible, lying on one of the cashier tables.  There was no cashier at that stand.  So we gave the wallet to the other cashier in the next aisle.  We left, thinking that's everyone's nightmare.

The next day I was at the drugstore with my friend S.  I asked about the wallet and it seems the manager knew the owner of the wallet, based on the id inside it and gave her a call.  She came right over to pick it up.  Apparently it wasn't even an older person, which I had wondered about.

Early Fall

It's that 'fall' time of year when the chrysanthemums and my favourite flowering kale come out. Squirrels are scampering all over the place gathering acorns. There are pretty leaves falling on the pavement.  I do enjoy early fall before the cold, blustery winds start and the trees become bare.

Ice Latte

My daughter gave me this gift card which had $1.13 left on it, she had been carrying it around for 2 years so I thought I would clear it out, it was about time don't you think? I don't go to Starbucks very often but I ended up ordering a small (short) Ice Latte no sugar and it was delicious. Their drinks are a lot more expensive than say Tim Horton's or McDonald's, just saying. Are you a fan of Starbucks?

And welcome to October!