Saturday, July 23, 2011

Sour Cream Coffee Cake Recipe...

A tried and true recipe for a yummy sour cream coffe cake. Crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. There is a crumble topping and also a layer in the middle. The brown sugar crumble mixture makes it seem like bits of gooey caramel through out.


Sour Cream Coffee Cake

coffee cake ingredients

2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup (or 1 stick) butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
8 ounces (or 1 cup) sour cream

topping crumble mixture

1/4 cup flour
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)
1/4 cup (or half stick) butter, room temperature

For the coffee cake...

Pre heat oven to 350* and grease 10 inch bundt pan.

In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda and baking powder and set aside.

In another bowl, cream together sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla, mix well. Add half the flour mixture, then add sour cream and mix well. Add remaining flour mixture and mix until combined

Prepare the topping mixture. Blend all crumble ingredients with fork or mix with hands until crumbly.

Spread half of the cake batter into the bundt pan. Sprinkle with half of the crumble mixture. Top with remaining cake batter and spread evenly. Top again with remaining crumble.

Bake at 350* for 40-45 minutes. Cool and remove from pan.

Enjoy,
~Karen~  




Thursday, July 21, 2011

Thoughts on Thursdays...

Movies...I don't go to the movie theater very often. I should, because our daughter works there and it's free for us. Well, we went last night to see the last Harry Potter movie. We have been fans of the books since the beginning when our girls were younger. I won't spoil it for you, but if you follow Harry...go see it!!!

Adding this series of movies to my favorites list...

Sound of Music
Star Wars
Harry Potter

I know odd mix.

How about you...any favorite movies?

Have a happy Thursday,
~Karen~

Monday, July 18, 2011

Tool Time Tuesday...Paint Craft Bucket

Hi everyone! So glad you could drop by for  visit. Tool Time Tuesday is where I try to find items that can be used in different ways. I find things in hardware stores, automotive stores, office supply stores, my recycling bin etc...the motto for Tool Time is to "think outside the box"! Always look twice at something and make your brain think beyond the norm...like this item below.

I love this Tool Time...Why? It was $2.39 and it's red! After I show you what you can use it for, you'll love it too.

This is a Handy Paint Cup.



A mini hand bucket. It's great for when you are painting or cutting in trim work. Just pour a little paint in and your hand fits comfortably under the handle. Wow...that sounded like a commercial ( I really have no connection to this product...just caught my eye in the paint aisle.)




See that black rectangle? It's a magnet.


 Holds your paint brush out of the paint when not in use. Great for craft painting, not just wall painting.


The metal on the brush sticks to the magnet.


Well, it's Tool Time at Sew Many Ways, so needles and pins stick to this magnet too!!


Great handy bucket to hold hand sewing projects.


I'm sure the handle will fit on some chair arms or hang some where in the car when sewing on long trips.




Holds your hand sewing, scissors, glasses, thread etc. The needles and pins are always there on the magnet and won't get lost.




Great for...
  • hand sewn hexagon projects
  • cross stitching projects
  • jewelry or bead work with the little metal tools
  • the obvious craft paint
Take a trip down the paint aisle...great ideas in there!

Have a great Tuesday,
~Karen~

My Little Girlies...

Not so little any more...all grown up and we love them to pieces. We went to a seafood shack for 4th of July and we had a greatest time. Fooled around with our cameras waiting for the food. These were some of the least craziest!!

Kelsie and Courtney...




Hubby waiting for the food...


This will be our Christmas card this year...so cute!


This will NOT be our Christmas card this year...bug on the tree!! Can you hear the screams? Lol!!


Thought I'd share the girls today. They're leaving for school at the end of August, so we are enjoying every second with them!

Have a great day,
~Karen~

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Sew Darn Crafty Party...Week 23

We blinked and another week went by...crazy how time flies. I think when we have too many irons in the fire, time passes by quickly. I have so many projects started I just need to slow down and complete one. No crafting going on this week. I had mentioned earlier that we cleaned out all our closets a couple of weeks ago...very good for the soul. I love the feeling of minimizing.

My daughters Courtney and Kelsie and I have an idea to share some of our things. We are having a party at the house. The girls will invite their friends to come over and bring things they have and don't want any more...clothing, shoes, purses, belts etc and we will hang every thing up and display them like a store and then all the girls will "shop" for something "new to them" for free.

Our girls are college age, so this will be so much fun for them and cheap!! Maybe I should craft something as a little take home gift for the party. See, another iron in the fire! Stop me please!!

Well, let's see what irons you had in the fire this week...




Sew Darn Crafty is all about YOU!! Show off your projects, share a tutorial, show us your vacation pictures, share a family favorite recipe...share anything. Not only does linking inspire us all, it also brings lots of new people to your blog for a visit. Click here for past parties and lots of inspiration

Easy steps to join in on the fun...

  • link up to the specific project post, not your whole blog. Makes it easier to link right to that post and not  search through all your entire blog. To find the http address to a specific post, just click on the Title of your post.
  • link as many projects as you'd like...old or new
  • anything goes...cooking, sewing, knitting, crafts, organizing, remodeling projects, vacations, parties etc...
  • visit other links to share some blogging love! You know we all love comments!
  • grab a Sew Darn Crafty button for your blog (on my right side bar) or just link to the party in your post.
  • the more we share, the more people will join and then there's more inspiration to look at!
  • linking is open til Saturday night, so plenty of time to join in
  • just click the "click here to enter" button and follow the easy steps

Have fun linking up! Don't forget to come back and take a look at all the great projects during the week,
~Karen~

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