Sour Cream Coffee Cake

This recipe is a Christmas morning tradition at our house, and it's my favorite!
Go ahead and make it..... you'll be hooked too!

CAKE BATTER

2 eggs

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup butter

1 1/4 cup sour cream

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 cups flour


STREUSEL

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

3 tablespoons flour

2 tablespoons cinnamon

3 tablespoon melted butter


DIRECTIONS

preheat oven to 350

Mix together dry ingredients

cream eggs sugar and butter together in a large mixing bowl.

add sour cream, then remaining dry ingredients, one cup at a time.
(batter will be very thick )

spoon into greased bundt pan

(Pour half of the batter, half of the streussel, repeat)

bake 50-60 minutes

Cool 10 minutes, run knife around edge of pan and upend onto cooling rack.

ICING

To glaze, mix 1 cup powdered sugar and 2 TBS milk and drizzle over cake.

YUM!


* To make a loaf pan, halve the recipe and bake for 30-40 minutes.

Necktie Shirt

Surfing the web, I came across some pictures of dresses and shirts made out of old neckties, so I decided to rummage around in our guest closet, where we keep old clothes. Getting out all of my Dads' old ties, I made a blue pattern of ties. After I layed out my design, I started to sow them together. Eventually, I'll have a blue necktie halter-top made completely out of my Dads ties. But for now, I just have a blue, stringed mess. =)

Happy halloween!

emily & emily ☺

My Pup

This is Tucker, my handsome, white goldendoodle puppy. No matter what, he just wants to go. In a car, in a boat, on plane or even just for a walk around the neighborhood, Tucker's all for it. Of course he's a clumsy furball and trips over his own paws, but he's easy to love. Tuck is still a puppy, about six months old in the picture, but weighs over 50 pounds and growing. That is my fluffy yeti-dog, Tucker.

Today's Treat is.......

Puppy Chow (For people only!)

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Peanut Butter
1/4 cup Butter
1 cup Chocolate Chips
1/2 tsp. Vanilla
9 cups Crispix, Cheerios or other dog food looking cereal
1-1/2 cups Powdered Sugar

Instructions:
1. Combine peanut butter, butter and chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl.
2. Microwave for one minute then stir to blend all ingredients thoroughly.
3. Add 1/2 tsp. vanilla. Stir well.
4. Place the 9 cups of Cereal cereal in a very large bowl.
4. Pour the peanut butter-chocolate mixture over the cereal and toss evenly, making sure all the cereal gets a good covering.
5. Coat with powdered sugar, sprinkling evenly over the cereal and tossing as you sprinkle to cover each piece well.


Enjoy!

Note: We ran out of powdered sugar, so we made our own using a hand-held blender.