Coffee Cake

Hello there my dears! Happy eve of Christmas Eve! It’s time for a recipe and a backstory. The recipe is for some delicious coffee cake (YUM!!!). Now I found out a few years ago I’m allergic to eggs so this is an eggless coffee cake, but you would never be able to tell. Every Christmas my family has coffee cake for breakfast, this tradition stopped when I found out I couldn’t consume eggs. All the other recipes I’ve tried have been flops but this one is PERFECT! Hope you all enjoy and a merry almost Christmas, thanks for reading, Kirstin.

Eggless Coffee Cake  

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups sifted unbleached all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup white sugar 3 teaspoons egg replacer (dry) 4 tablespoons water

1 cup sour cream substitute 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 cup fresh blueberries (optional) 1/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional) 5 tablespoons white sugar 2 tablespoons soy margarine 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions:

1.	Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x9 inch baking pan.
2.	In a large mixing bowl resift flour with the baking powder, baking soda, salt and 3/4 cup of sugar. In a separate bowl combine the egg replacer and water (2 eggs' worth) and mix in sour cream substitute and vanilla. Pour the 'egg' mixture into the flour mixture and beat until smooth. Spread batter in baking pan. Sprinkle blueberries (optional) and/or walnuts (optional) over the batter, and stir slightly so that they stay in the top layer.
3.	In a small bowl, combine the 5 tablespoons sugar, margarine and cinnamon. Mix with a fork until mixture resembles cornmeal (not smooth). Sprinkle topping over batter.
4.	Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool slightly before serving.

Owls Round-Up

Howdy lovelies! It’s Friday!!!!! And I am going back to my Friday round-ups. As you may have noticed owls are very “in” right now (well at least my friend is completely obsessed with them!).  So while bopping around on Pinterest I found lots of just plain adorable owl tutorials! Well here we go:

First up, this lovely bunting

Source: moonstitches.typepad.com via Kirstin on Pinterest

Next a little tote:

 

Source: gingercake.typepad.com via Kirstin on Pinterest

And these little pillows:

Source: prudentbaby.com via Kirstin on Pinterest

Next these little owl stuffies:

Source: efemera-ink.blogspot.com via Kirstin on Pinterest

And finally this little hootie boo hoo pack:

Source: simplyjenna.blogspot.com via Kirstin on Pinterest

Thanks so much for reading, Kirstin

Bearing Change

Hello you wonderful people! If you haven’t noticed I’ve been changing the look of my blog (again!). It’s taking me a while to try to get it just the way I want. Sorry that this may be hard to read! I’m new to the whole html codes and what not! I hope to be done with this little adventure soon!

Thanks for bearing with me and for reading! Kirstin

Blog Button Vote

Happy Monday everyone! Today I want to have a little poll for my blog button! I made four and would like your feedback on which one you guys like the best! The gray and yellow one is number 1, to vote just leave a comment with the number (there are 4 different ones). I’m looking forward see which one you guys like!

Thanks for reading, Kirstin

Little Trees Round-Up

Hello my dears. Sorry I’ve been giving my blog the cold shoulder! I’ve been feeling a little under the weather, and very tired. So I have been on Pinterest a lot lately so I am breaking my mold and doing a round- up on Wednesday (gasp!). Since it’s almost Christmas I found a few little tree’s for you to make to. So here we go!

1.   The first one is in another language, but essentially you use saran wrap, glue, and yarn to make an adorable little tree: http://trocasdelinhas.blogspot.com/2010/10/arvore-de-natal-e-bolas-feitas-com.html

2.   The next trees are wire ones and I thought they looked very nice and are super simple: http://www.myhomemystyle.com/enotes/2011/12/02/turn-wire-into-whimsical-trees/?utm_source=MyHomeMyStyleEnotes&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5366

3.   And finally this Anthro knock-off paper stacked tree: http://www.thewonderforest.com/2011/11/diy-printed-paper-pine-tree.html

Have fun! Thanks for reading, Kirstin