St. Patty's Day 2010

St. Patrick's Day has always been a favorite in our family. Yesterday afternoon we had a houseful of dear family, good friends, good food, and music. Thought I'd share a few images of our day...

Emerald Isle Cake

(One of our favorites! This recipe tastes sort of like those dunkin' doughnut sticks. It's very good!)


1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 3/4 cup flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup milk


Mix all ingredients together well, then pour into an 8 x 8 square baking pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Make glaze (below) and pour over hot cake
fresh from the oven. Allow to cool, cut into 4" x 2" pieces and serve with tea
or coffee. Delicious!

Glaze

1 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons milk

Stir together until smooth. Pour over hot cake fresh from oven.

Craft Project - St. Brigid Cross

I found the pattern for this pretty craft project in a current copy of Disney's FAMILY FUN magazine on a recent trip to the doctor's office with my daughter and grandchildren. I preferred to make my cross out of plain raffia, but found the pattern on-line. For instructions, click here...

http://familyfun.go.com/st-patricks-day/st-patricks-day-crafts/luck-of-the-straw-841010/

Diaper Cake

Our daughter, Amber, is doing a baby shower for a friend, and came up with this really nifty idea...a diaper cake!!! Isn't this beautiful! Here is a link for instructions...

http://www.creative-baby-shower-ideas.com/diaper-cake.html

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