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CNYEats A Taste of Utica Strawberry & Cream Cake

This week’s recipe from our book A Taste of Utica is posted by Mikki and dedicated to Don the Menace. I’m not sure who Don is nor why he is a menace, maybe because he had his fingers in the batter while Mikki was trying to bake the cake. Makes 1 9” Double Layer cake to serve 10 – 12 1 1/2 cups sliced strawberries 2 cups sugar 6 TBS butter, room temperature 3 oz pkg of strawberry flavored gelatin (*I used this but think it made the texture …funny?! – besides, if you’re vegetarian, don’t use regular gelatin) 3 [...]

By Joanne|2013-02-24T15:29:32-05:00February 24, 2013|Taste of Utica|1 Comment

Baby Showers, Graduation Cakes, and Testing

Test results for Running Coach certification: I PASSED! YAY! I hate tests and I’m a crappy test taker. But the result on this particular test was a passing grade with FLYING COLORS. Ted and I took Shane for a long walk Sunday morning and decided to skip our morning bike ride this week. Ted had shoulder aches and pains and I was hurting from low back to my toes. We’ll shoot for a Monday night ride, if it’s not raining. Monday workout: treadmill time in order to evaluate the foot pain situation. Was it still sore? Was it going to [...]