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Cake Pops

Have you noticed these days that the newest way to serve cake is on a stick. Cake pops are everywhere from your local coffee shop to the kids down the block last birthday party. I friend of mine was one such person to join in the newest cake pop craze for her daughter’s [...]

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Teddy Tea Party

Little girls love to play dress up and pretend, they also love to have tea parties. Why not have her invite all her teddy bears to a tea party and have your little hostess take the lead. The menu is simple but the possibilities are endless from presentation, decorations and of course imagination. [...]

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Firetrucks, Birthdays and Budgets

What little child doesn’t love fire trucks? The fascination with fire trucks seems to begin around the age of one with most children and who knows when it ends…for some, in particular boys it never does. So of course if you’re looking for birthday ideas for someone special in your life you can’t go [...]

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Desserts with kids: Homemade Ice Cream

All kids love ice cream, right?  Well why not let them burn a few calories while making their own homemade ice cream.  Here is a great and simple ice cream recipe using a bag.  This is a fun activity to keep kids entertained at any gathering.

Ingredients:
• 1 T. sugar
• 1/2 c. milk or half & half
• 1/4 t. vanilla
• 6 [...]

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A Jar of Salsa and Beyond

What do you think of when you think of chips and salsa? The answers are endless; we serve this popular combination almost anywhere and anytime. The key of course is great salsa. Well we don’t always find we have the time to make our own from scratch. That’s okay because when [...]

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New York Cheesecake recipe

There is a difference between ordinary cheesecake and real New York cheesecake. It’s a difference that can only be seen and tasted, and once you’ve had real NY cheesecake, you’ll wonder like the rest of us – why no one else makes it the way old New York does.
Here is a great recipe I found [...]

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Giant Burger Cake recipe!

At any celebration or holiday, one of the main events is always the dessert. It’s always a fun surprise to see what the hostess has created or bought. At one of the recent parties I attended, the hostess had a big surprise for her husband: a Giant Burger Cake.

Yes, a giant burger cake. It’s a [...]

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