I teach cake decorating classes and occasionally blog at Darla's Cake Blog.
From time to time, I may need to ramble on about random topics, including the odd coupon code or sale, so I'll post such nonsense here. As well as horse stuff.
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Just an FYI…
Starting Monday, May 27th, you can save 10% on your Honeyville order with coupon code KITCHEN.
Don’t worry, I’ll remind you again on Monday. This deal is only good for 5 days.
I told you guys I was going to make gluten-free strawberry shortcake today, and I did!
Only, instead of making the gluten-free biscuits from scratch as I’d planned, I cheated and made the biscuits with Pamela’s Gluten-Free Baking Mix, using the back-of-the-bag recipe.
The topping is coconut milk cream with a touch of vanilla extract and splash of maple syrup mixed in. My kids picked the strawberries yesterday at Valley Home Farm, and they are ripe, juicy, and sweet, so I didn’t add any sugar to them. I just sliced them up.
For my fellow riders and horse people, have you checked out SportHorseRiders?
Skipper the hay soup nazi shares his secret recipe.
Ingredients:
- hay
- clean water
Method:
- First, take a mouthful of hay. Alfalfa is good, but any hay will do.
- Allow most of it to fall into your water bucket. Have the humans position your hay next to your water bucket so you don’t have to drag it across your stall or waste time freeing it from the hay rack.
- Gather up a few sips of water while still chewing what’s left of the mouthful of hay, allowing your hay backwash to flavor the soup now brewing in what started out as a clean bucket of water.
- Continue until hay is gone. Then demand fresh water and more hay.
DALE!
For those who don’t already know, there’s a young Clydesdale out at the barn where I board Skipper. His name is Dale, and he’s still very much a baby, despite being the size of a house. Okay, he’s not really as big as a house, but he’s huge. A true gentle giant, and I bet he weighs more than my minivan.
you smell pretty.
like hay and treats and grass and spooky at meaningless shit.
With a grin like that, please tell me this horse’s name is Cheshire.
(via showjumperx)
If you live in Tennessee, there are some cool cake shows happening this year, and if you are within reasonable driving distance to Lexington, KY then please try to attend the ICES annual convention in August.
But first…
The East TN Sugar Artists are hosting the Fall into Sugar Cake Show on June 29, 2013 in Oak Ridge, TN. More information, including rules and entry form are available on their website: http://fallintosugar.webs.com/.
Those of us in Middle Tennessee can participate in the cake decorating classes that are part of the Williamson County Fair’s Culinary arts competitions. It looks like they still need to update the website with all the details, but the fair itself runs from August 2-10.
ICES Convention is August 8-11, and it’s in Lexington, KY this year, which is an easy driving distance for me so I’m all registered and ready to go. Well, not quite ready, since my bags aren’t packed yet or anything, but then, I have until August to worry about that. More info is here: http://icesconvention.org/Welcome.html
On September 5-7, the West TN Sugar Artists are having their second annual Cake Show and Competition in conjunction with the Delta Fair and Music Festival. This is gonna be busy, complete with contests, classes, and vendors. You can download the flyer here: http://www.westtnsugarartists.org/uploads/WTSA_flyer_2013-D.pdf, and check out their website for more information, including the competition rules and registration forms: http://www.westtnsugarartists.org.
Do you know of any cake shows, classes, or events happening in Tennessee or any of the neighbor states? If so, please leave a comment and let us know about it!
