Birthday cake

I have been trying to become more accomplished in my cake decorating skills. If you have seen our family blog you will see the fire engine cake I made for preston, the cab is a little wonky as I did not level it off very well. It was then one of my colleagues birthdays so I offered to make him a cake. Seeing as we work for Cintas I wanted to make a cake that looked like a Cintas uniform. I think that I did a pretty good job mixing up the colors and the such, it seemed to be a hit at the office.

Blondies

I was recently introduced to blondies and wanted to give them a try. I had always wondered what it would be like to bake a batch of cookie dough together and apparantly this is how blondies were started. I found a recipe on line and then put my own twist on it. Blondies are very versatile and gives you a chance to play around with different flavors, very fun.

1/2 pound butter at room temperature

1 1/2 cups light brown sugar

2 eggs

1 tablespoons rum extract

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 1/2 cups chocolate chips

3/4 cup dessicated coconut

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Place 1/2 pound of the butter and the brown sugar in the bowl and cream together beat in the eggs one at a time and then add your extract.

Sift together 3 cups flour and baking powder. Gradually add the flour and fold itno the batter.

Gradually fold in your chocolate chips and coconut.

Grease and Flour a 9 by 9-inch baking pan. Pour the batter into the pan and sprinkle with your mix ins, I also added some chopped almonds for a little kick. Place in the preheated oven. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until set yet still moist.

I liked this combination but Heather does not like rum, you can just use Vanilla extract or any other flavor combo's that you wish. They turn out moist and went down great with a glass of milk.